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The original was posted on /r/gmecanada by /u/TheLightWan on 2025-10-13 23:02:13+00:00.

Allright buddy’s,

I’ve done the work this weekend as an European ape to rip packs through powerpacks and to see how far I could come to send the Gamestop funds to my European bank account. OG before everything was clear can be found https://www.reddit.com/r/Superstonk/comments/1o42ox8/powerpacks_europe/. BUCKLE UP;

1. First of all you need a Gamestop account. As an European you can access Gamestop (depending on the country of origin), however this is the first 3rd party software you need; a VPN. Get a VPN that gives you an USA ip address so that everybody thinks you’re browsing from the USA.
2. With a VPN setup you can access powerpacks.gamestop.com and request the Beta access. It took me approximately 3-4 weeks before I got access to the Beta.
3. After Beta access has been granted you can start ripping! This process is quite easy and all you need is an American express / Visa or Mastercard to deposit funds and start the Ripping
4. You ripped an awesome card and Gamestop is offering you a buyback offer. Great, but now what? This is where it gets tricky. Before you start accepting the offer (and create a Stripe account in the process) you need a WISE account. Wise gives you the possibility to have virtual local banks (which you need for Stripe). So go ahead and register for a WISE account and create a USD currency within your WISE account. You need this when setting up the STRIPE account
5. After you’ve setup the WISE account you can then proceed with the buyback offer from Gamestop and create a STRIPE account in the process. This will ask you for an USA address and a USA Social Security Number (SSN) or a Tax identification Number (ITIN). When registering you can enter some gibberish, but you need this later as Stripe is asking you for this to keep the account alive. Now this is the stubborn part, because getting an ITIN takes you a couple of weeks so I suggest you to start this process when you’re waiting for Beta Access. Due to pure luck I had an ITIN lying around because I requested this 2 years ago when I wanted to open USA bank accounts to request USA credit cards (due to the high miles bonusses they give you lmao). To get an ITIN you have to follow the procedure described in the subreddit you can find in the comments. It can feel overwhelming, but if you follow the steps and take your time to read in it doesn’t really is that big of a deal. You have to fill in 3-4 forms and send it to the IRS by mail, after which you will receive the ITIN, which you need for you Stripe account.
6. That’s all! When following or completing all the steps above, you can get paid by Gamestop on your EU bank account :)
7. Finally; if you want to ship the physical cards outside the US, another ape notified me of the process:
   1. Just enter your PSA vault address when checking out from GameStop and they will be sent to your PSA vault. From PSA Vault you can send to the UK or elsewhere. I can’t remember the list of countries where PSA sign up is allowed.
   2. If this doesn’t work for your country, you can setup a virtual USA address and let them ship the package with DHL or UPS outside the USA :)

To summarize:

1. VPN for Gamestop website access
2. Stripe for Powerpacks payment
   1. Wise for Stripe payment
   2. ITIN for Stripe Payments
3. EU bank account for Wise payment
4. Extra: Virtual USA address or shipping from PSA Vault if you want to ship the cards to Europe or outside the USA