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Title: Looking for private traders
Post by: mattboston on June 20, 2011, 05:10:59 PM
I'm new and don't have a Dwolla account so I can't use MtGox or TradeHill.  Is there anyone willing to trade Bitcoins for PayPal USD?  I'm a verified PayPal merchant through my hosting business.  Also I can offer web hosting and domain names.  I also have some domains that I'm looking to sell.  Please send me a PM


Title: Re: Looking for private traders
Post by: neneko on June 20, 2011, 05:14:26 PM
PayPal might freeze trades with bitcoins. I think it's because they don't allow currency trades over paypal or something along those lines.

It's probably safer and easier to just make a dwolla account. That eliminates the trust issue that comes with private trades too.


Title: Re: Looking for private traders
Post by: mattboston on June 20, 2011, 05:24:29 PM
How would they know?  As far as myself and the other person it's just one person giving money to another person. 


Title: Re: Looking for private traders
Post by: Aptitude on June 20, 2011, 06:15:49 PM
What magnitude of trade are we speaking?


Title: Re: Looking for private traders
Post by: mattboston on June 20, 2011, 06:44:04 PM
Just enough to get me started, probably 2-3 BTC


Title: Re: Looking for private traders
Post by: BTCrow on June 20, 2011, 06:50:37 PM
PayPal might freeze trades with bitcoins. I think it's because they don't allow currency trades over paypal or something along those lines.

It's probably safer and easier to just make a dwolla account. That eliminates the trust issue that comes with private trades too.

I second this paypal in their ToS clearly say that they are not a currency exchanger, a lot of people already got their paypal account suspended because of bitcoin trading.

I do not recommend to anyone to use bitcoin and paypal.


Title: Re: Looking for private traders
Post by: mattboston on June 20, 2011, 07:00:17 PM
PayPal might freeze trades with bitcoins. I think it's because they don't allow currency trades over paypal or something along those lines.

It's probably safer and easier to just make a dwolla account. That eliminates the trust issue that comes with private trades too.

I second this paypal in their ToS clearly say that they are not a currency exchanger, a lot of people already got their paypal account suspended because of bitcoin trading.

I do not recommend to anyone to use bitcoin and paypal.

Sigh!!! Ok, didn't want to setup yet another online payment account.  But out of curiosity, how would PP know that two people were trading bitcoins and using PP as the payment method?


Title: Re: Looking for private traders
Post by: Solution on June 20, 2011, 07:34:31 PM
Sent you a message, check your inbox


Title: Re: Looking for private traders
Post by: mattboston on June 21, 2011, 06:32:27 PM
Thanks.  I went ahead and setup a Dwolla account.  I decided it wasn't worth risking my PP account


Title: Re: Looking for private traders
Post by: BTCrow on July 04, 2011, 01:21:54 PM
Thanks.  I went ahead and setup a Dwolla account.  I decided it wasn't worth risking my PP account

Very good move, a lot of people got their PP account suspended by doing bitcoin transactions.


Title: Re: Looking for private traders
Post by: raresaturn on July 04, 2011, 01:39:15 PM
Thanks.  I went ahead and setup a Dwolla account.  I decided it wasn't worth risking my PP account

Very good move, a lot of people got their PP account suspended by doing bitcoin transactions.

Dwolla is only for US customers, what are we non-americans supposed to do?


Title: Re: Looking for private traders
Post by: QuickTrader on July 04, 2011, 01:50:09 PM
VIRWOX accepts PP and trades BTC


Title: Re: Looking for private traders
Post by: bitcoinTrader on July 04, 2011, 02:37:36 PM
Thanks.  I went ahead and setup a Dwolla account.  I decided it wasn't worth risking my PP account

Very good move, a lot of people got their PP account suspended by doing bitcoin transactions.

Dwolla is only for US customers, what are we non-americans supposed to do?

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