Bitcoin Forum

Anyone?

Looks like no sellers for ETH or TRX, so let me try with BTC.

No chance. Absolutely none. PayPal is reversible up to 180 days from the time of sending funds. USD 5K is an immense sum of money. Even PayPal's Friends & Family mode is reversible if a scammer knows the right dispute strategy. It simply involves informing PayPal that the transaction was done without your authorization, that you were travelling or at work or somewhere else when your PayPal account was accessed somewhere by a person or people unknown to you.

Alternatively, the charge can be reversed as soon as you mention the F (fraud) or B (bitcoin) word. PayPal is stubbornly anti-crypto and they tend to conservatively side with whoever is paying.

Escrow will not protect anyone who risks taking PayPal, simply because the reversibility risk defeats the core purpose of an escrow service which is to protect either party from defaulting on the transaction terms.

PS.. oh yes, there is one alternative which is to pay by PayPal and wait 180 days for escrow to release the coins. That's because after 180 days you will no longer be able to dispute and charge back the $5K.

Thanks for stating the obvious risk. I believe that is where trust in BTC forum comes in - otherwise, it is meaningless. Maybe things have changed in past few years.

No one at all?!

any amount at 10%

I think you'll find that BitcoinTalk has rightfully become more and more cautious with trades, especially when lending or exchanging currencies, likely more than the last time you have been active - although you may already know this by shadowing the forum. Is it possible for you to use any payment form other than PayPal? Wire transfers work well.

Yes, I can see that. If you are willing to sell some for wire transfer, I will do that. I used to buy from BCB (sent him a message already) and few others, but unfortunately don't see them being active much anymore.

10% on top of current price? That's a lot. My only motivation for the purchase is to get it quicker than Coinbase. I will wait. Thanks.

We can handle Escrow for this transaction. Let us know.

-Backend

 ;D ;D ;D ;D   Been a long time for me too (sublime5447), came back to find my account hacked. Good to see someone with a familiar name on here, it really looks like the forum has gone to shit. I dont think there are any real trades going on. 

Oh man! After many years! How are you? I got out of crypto during end of 2013 - lots happened inbetween, and trying to dabble again. Hope you get back your account. Nice memories! Let's be in touch.

you need pp 5k ? i can help you with a trustfull source dont now if your country fits https://anycoindirect.eu you will have your paypal in minutes ..

stay away from trading btc for paypal always ends in a nightmare

Me too, only reason I am back is because in 2013 ripple labs gave me 40k ripples. I traded all but 8.5k of them back in 2013 for bitcoin. Some kid came by a few weeks back and was talking about ripple and I was like oh shit, so I restored my wallet and cashed a bunch out. I dont think I am gonna get my account back though, because the bitcoin address that was linked to my account had the same password. There was no coins in it but now someone else controls my old wallet. I can prove it is my account through other means but thymos wont respond to me. 

Sorry to hear that. That's a shame. Are you planning to dabble in the crypto market again?