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Title: Alternative to VirWox for buying bitcoins in Singapore? Post by: bitcoinFan1987 on July 12, 2013, 07:28:43 AM I just spent 313.92 SGD (248.75 USD) and got only 2.09 BTC in return :|
Current BTC to USD is 97. Just so much of fee is paid in so many layers: 1) SGD to USD in PayPal 2) USD to SLL in Virwox 3) SLL to BTC in Virwox I lost about 40 USD (almost half a bitcoin) in this. Any better way? Title: Re: Alternative to VirWox for buying bitcoins in Singapore? Post by: edmundedgar on July 12, 2013, 07:45:08 AM SLL are Linden Dollars, right? Are VirWox still letting you sell those for Bitcoins? I thought Linden Lab had imposed capital controls and shut down third-party sales of Linden Dollars?
Title: Re: Alternative to VirWox for buying bitcoins in Singapore? Post by: Frost on July 12, 2013, 07:47:59 AM SLL are Linden Dollars, right? Are VirWox still letting you sell those for Bitcoins? I thought Linden Lab had imposed capital controls and shut down third-party sales of Linden Dollars? Thatīs right. You canīt even sell in to virwox now through SL. I did try it on the vorwox terminal some minutes ago and got the L$ send back in seconds. This is sad. Thought to spend my L$ into bitcoin today. Title: Re: Alternative to VirWox for buying bitcoins in Singapore? Post by: edmundedgar on July 12, 2013, 07:53:43 AM SLL are Linden Dollars, right? Are VirWox still letting you sell those for Bitcoins? I thought Linden Lab had imposed capital controls and shut down third-party sales of Linden Dollars? Thatīs right. You canīt even sell in to virwox now through SL. I did try it on the vorwox terminal some minutes ago and got the L$ send back in seconds. This is sad. Thought to spend my L$ into bitcoin today. That's what I thought. So what did the OP do? Are VirWox still letting you trade a sort-of shadow Linden Dollar that only exists in their database and never actual makes it to Second Life? Title: Re: Alternative to VirWox for buying bitcoins in Singapore? Post by: andrewsg on July 12, 2013, 09:26:09 AM https://www.fybsg.com/
Title: Re: Alternative to VirWox for buying bitcoins in Singapore? Post by: Frost on July 12, 2013, 01:49:04 PM SLL are Linden Dollars, right? Are VirWox still letting you sell those for Bitcoins? I thought Linden Lab had imposed capital controls and shut down third-party sales of Linden Dollars? Thatīs right. You canīt even sell in to virwox now through SL. I did try it on the vorwox terminal some minutes ago and got the L$ send back in seconds. This is sad. Thought to spend my L$ into bitcoin today. That's what I thought. So what did the OP do? Are VirWox still letting you trade a sort-of shadow Linden Dollar that only exists in their database and never actual makes it to Second Life? The workaround seems to be buying L$ through the virwox website with paypal or whatever. And then change the L$ to BCoins. This is then just happening over the virwox website and not through the game anymore. But it is kinda crap because the way back would be then BCoins to L$ and then to paypal or whatever. Its kinda annoying and expansive. I would not suggest that anymore. I believe the creator Linden Labs of Second Life did get into trouble and this is why they donīt allow third party anymore. I believe it has to do with Bit Coin because they did cancel thirdparty agreement when bit coin got trouble here and there too (closing bitcoin services and freezing bank accounts) a month or two ago. Itīs shit because I am Second Life veteran and I do have tons of L$ over there due to the fact that I am merchand and graphic designer in Second Life. I usually just pay out with paypal there but two month ago I did spend them for bitcoins via virwox because I learned about bitcoin and it was a hell of fun doing these exchanges and watch the rates going up. :D |