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Economy => Exchanges => Topic started by: leithaus on May 09, 2016, 10:14:55 PM



Title: Watch out for Coinbase!
Post by: leithaus on May 09, 2016, 10:14:55 PM
Coinbase has held my funds in limbo for 7 days without any response from Coinbase support.

https://twitter.com/leithaus/status/729793969735897088


Title: Re: Watch out for Coinbase!
Post by: Whosdaddy on May 10, 2016, 06:50:11 PM
Have you talked to the coinbase community about it?
I've seen multiple reports of the same case in the community and I see that the support is individually helping them, although the problem still exists.


Title: Re: Watch out for Coinbase!
Post by: BitcoinSupremo on May 14, 2016, 11:51:13 AM
Really ? Do I have to say it for the 1000 time, do not keep your funds in an exchange , you are not in charge of your bitcoins this way, they can go offline and lose all your money, they may restrict your account, they can do anything to you if they feel like it. Use a desktop wallet or hardware one, and do trading with little money to learn first, if you are successful add more money, but withdraw directly after trading to your desktop or hardware wallet.


Title: Re: Watch out for Coinbase!
Post by: crazyivan on May 14, 2016, 12:13:28 PM
Troll harder. That s exactly what we need in crypto world.


Title: Re: Watch out for Coinbase!
Post by: alyssa85 on May 14, 2016, 02:59:58 PM
If you have an issue, the best place to contact them is on their subreddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/CoinBase/

I don't think they bother looking in this forum much and tweets will just get lost.


Title: Re: Watch out for Coinbase!
Post by: HarryKPeters on May 14, 2016, 07:06:46 PM
If you have an issue, the best place to contact them is on their subreddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/CoinBase/

I don't think they bother looking in this forum much and tweets will just get lost.

I would rather advice to use their support. It's faster and better. Especially in the weekends where they don't monitor their social media heavily.
But if you got no response going viral is the best way to get their attention.


Title: Re: Watch out for Coinbase!
Post by: DavidoAlto on May 14, 2016, 11:10:37 PM
Really ? Do I have to say it for the 1000 time, do not keep your funds in an exchange , you are not in charge of your bitcoins this way, they can go offline and lose all your money, they may restrict your account, they can do anything to you if they feel like it. Use a desktop wallet or hardware one, and do trading with little money to learn first, if you are successful add more money, but withdraw directly after trading to your desktop or hardware wallet.

If you use bitcoin you need a place where you can access your coins fast and not only at home, so an exchange is needed. And yes i believe coinbase to be an ok exchange


Title: Re: Watch out for Coinbase!
Post by: Herbert2020 on May 15, 2016, 03:38:59 AM
you shouldn't use these services in the first place, they are legit without a doubt but they have some terms of services that are not compatible with everybody and makes a lot of problems.


Title: Re: Watch out for Coinbase!
Post by: Monnt on May 15, 2016, 04:23:37 AM
Always. Keep. Your. Funds. In. Your. Own. Control.

Or this will happen. If youre such a cheapskate as to use coinbase so they pay your fees, you don't belong in this community im sorry.


Title: Re: Watch out for Coinbase!
Post by: traderethereum on May 15, 2016, 04:27:35 AM
I never put all of bitcoin on one wallet, even if their service is good.