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Title: Selling a book , and wish to stay anonymous
Post by: calci on January 01, 2015, 07:56:39 PM
Hey Guys, I plan to sell a digital book, and wish to stay anonymous  while doing so .
The customer, is kind of a newbie to bitcoin. Is there a way, to sell him the book, with getting a payment in return in some other form ?

I thought of Amazon Gift card , but it would later sell for 80% of the cost. I wanted something to sell almost at the same price.
Any recommendations for this?


Title: Re: Selling a book , and wish to stay anonymous
Post by: KenJackson on January 01, 2015, 08:07:43 PM
Is there a way, to sell him the book, with getting a payment in return in some other form ?

FRNs (dollar bills) by mail.

I know they say not to mail cash, but a lot of gold is shipped through the mail every day.


Title: Re: Selling a book , and wish to stay anonymous
Post by: calci on January 01, 2015, 08:21:09 PM
Is there a way, to sell him the book, with getting a payment in return in some other form ?

FRNs (dollar bills) by mail.

I know they say not to mail cash, but a lot of gold is shipped through the mail every day.
Thats a great idea, problem is we are from different countries.


Title: Re: Selling a book , and wish to stay anonymous
Post by: KenJackson on January 01, 2015, 08:59:04 PM
Thats a great idea, problem is we are from different countries.

Vendors in several of the few countries I've visited accepted USD.  Maybe the non-US party or parties is/are familiar with and can deal in USD.  After all, for the moment, the USD is still the world's reserve currency, which is convenient for resolving problems just like this.

Alternately, one of you could go to a bank in your own country and exchange one local currency for the other's. Of course the fee for that might be worse than the Amazon gift card.

Do you both have paypal accounts?  That's less than ideal too, but it might be worth investigating.

This is the kind of thing bitcoin is wonderful for.  Maybe you can walk him through setting up an account on an exchange site.  If the payer is non-US, he's in luck because there seem to be a lot less choices in the US, probably due to FATCA.



Title: Re: Selling a book , and wish to stay anonymous
Post by: sickhouse on January 01, 2015, 10:54:50 PM
Kind of a newbie to bitcoin? Can't you just show him a guide or write him a guide yourself? It's not rocket science..


Title: Re: Selling a book , and wish to stay anonymous
Post by: calci on January 01, 2015, 11:13:29 PM
Kind of a newbie to bitcoin? Can't you just show him a guide or write him a guide yourself? It's not rocket science..

I could, but he is not interested in it. He is only able to pay with paypal atm, and I would probably have to go with Amazon.


Title: Re: Selling a book , and wish to stay anonymous
Post by: Puberty on January 01, 2015, 11:59:05 PM
Well if it's an ebook then there is the NXT digital goods store but I doubt someone who is a beginner to Bitcoin would know how to use that.


Title: Re: Selling a book , and wish to stay anonymous
Post by: sickhouse on January 02, 2015, 12:12:30 AM
Kind of a newbie to bitcoin? Can't you just show him a guide or write him a guide yourself? It's not rocket science..

I could, but he is not interested in it. He is only able to pay with paypal atm, and I would probably have to go with Amazon.
Why not paypal? You can add a new email adress to it if you have one that's not anomynous enough.