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I don't know why some people who starting his business here didn't mention his location. You should explain it, so other people don't need always to ask same question when a new business appears. Anyway, good luck dude :D

Thanks for the tip, I'll add my location in the post, but this is not limited by location!

I will be around all day today 9/20 to fulfill food orders of anyone interested in trying my service. :)

Sent you a PM dude :)

But i don't think your service is available in the location i PM'ed you about :)

Catering in India? If yes, I am going to order a lot ;D

I shot you a PM back, I hope we get to do business ASAP :)


I used to do this largely for my friends in India, so it should still be viable and working. I would be more than happy to give it a try!

the idea is hard to do
if the resturant give the food to the wrong address what you will do ?

I can't imagine it would be likely that the restaurant would deliver to an incorrect address, and if they do I'm sure the restaurant would replace your order without a problem.

Awesome service, but I'm quite sure this service will not be available in my country. Do you have a fixed rate for the pizza though?
And how will you be conducting this deal? We pay you btc and you pay someone USD or EUR for the pizza?

I can't think of a reason why it wouldn't work in pretty much any country. Basically the charge is whatever your order is +8%-15% fee, depending on your location and the difficulty of dealing with everything that comes with your particular case.

You pay me BTC, I order you Food for Delivery/Take-Out your choice. We may use an escrow service if you feel it's needed.

Hmm in that case I'll order one up tomorrow, when I get my sig payment

I'm looking forward to getting back into business. It's been years since I've dabbled in Bitcoins, and it gets addicting fast! Hopefully my service catches wind around here, and more users like yourself find it useful. :)

Keep the peace in my thread boys, it's alright that you didn't catch my "P.S.". However, yes technically I'm giving out vouch copies to the first couple extraordinarily trusted/experienced members around here to get the ball rolling. :)

Hmm ok I "seperated" 0.02(~5 usd) for this, think this will be enough for my first pizza?

Cool, so giving out vouch pizzas too? How about one in India? I will take a vouch pizza xD


Vouch one is not free, but 1:1 right? I want to order, please PM me with the pizzas available and I will choose one.

You're the same person: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1185330

I wonder if you can get me a fastfood order from a local fastfood chain here in the Philippines (since you said you're service isn't limited to pizzas). If it turns out well, I might just be able to use your service again. Vouch pizzas/food/anything food related is most certainly welcome. :)

but how? can food send to another country? lol its takes more than 1 week isnt it??
how do that "freshness" can be maintain  :-\

I don't think he'll be shipping the food to different countries he will probably order food from a local restuarant or something pay them in USD and then take btc from you.

Most likely order to a local service and pay with a credit card. It's not that he's going to order in his country and deliver it to yours. That's just nuts and isn't worth the time (and the money too).

It is certainly possible, it depends on how much a pizza costs wherever you'd like to order. :) Shoot me a PM with the zip code and the name of the restaurant so I can let you know if it's doable.




Yes I am the same person, and yes I should be able to order you fast-food in the Philippines! Shoot me a PM if you'd like to get started.




That is correct, I will PM you and we will get this on the go ! :) With any luck you will be my first vouch.




I'm not sure if you're trolling me or not, but you send me the BTC and I place an order to the local food-establishment of your choice for either take-out or delivery (also your choice).




That is exactly correct, thank you for clarifying :)

Cool, am ready to do this now. I am online. Send me the details and if it goes well I will leave a vouch for you.

Just sent you a pm. If everything works out well, I'll leave a picture of what I told you and write your name in it to state that everything went well.

i am also from the Philippines and i would love to hear a feedback from dothebeats after a succesfull deal then i might try your service ::)
i just wonder what are the guarantees that this service is legit ???

I'd like a vouch as well if possible, and if the service is actually legit I'd even be willing to advertise your service in my signature space(no charge of course).

I added you on Skype, accept my contact request and let's get this first transaction going! I just got off from work and I'd like to go to sleep in a couple hours.




Replied to your PM.



The guarantee will be the trust that is established through smooth, professional and consistent transactions. I am very pleased to hear that the biggest hold-up on the service is my newbie status because that will quickly be abolished. :)




Send me a PM with your Skype/ICQ/Other and I will be in contact shortly. I will glady trade a vouch for some advertising and one of my first vouches.  ;D

I wonder where'd you get my Skype account? ??? I don't have one dude. Maybe that is some other people under the same name that I use here in the forum.

He is talking to TheGr33k mate, see the post he quoted.
P.S: @OP lol what wouldn't have this guy given to buy one pizza from you https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=137.0

i see dude, i'll just wait for vouches (preferably from reputable forum members) and will try to order some and use your service
best of luck to your service

Didn't mean to scare you, quoted the wrong post :P





In his defence, I quoted the wrong post ;) I edited it before anyone else could notice haha.





Thank you, and I hope you will be back to try it once I have a few vouches down. Should hopefully be today!

I am around to fulfill orders again today.

Shall we continue our postponed transaction? I've sent you a pm just in case.

It would be my pleasure, happy to see you back

Just received the vouch, and OP actually delivered. Will post pictures of it later! :)

Awesome I'm having a conv with the OP as well, would love to see the pics xD

I would love to see the pictures as well haha, would do my thread some justice! dothebeats is eating though, so give it time hahaha.
Do me a favor and fill out a formal Order sheet from the OP, it'll make things a little smoother with my 6-minutes between posts/pm's.

Oh man didn't see that wonder how I missed it sending another PM now. Sorry for the hassle my ignorance may have caused.

Not a problem at all, I recently updated OP. I have joined your chat, and I do not mind using the escrow you have selected.

Patejl here has asked me to escrow for this transaction , I understand your position as a newbie you can't send PM regularly due to the limit.
Please confirm it through a post instead

The limit applies to both PM & Post, however yes this is correct :)

Pictures are here: http://imgur.com/a/V19W6

At first glance, a newbie posting a service involving a credit card in the Services section would probably be deemed as a scam or the OP is probably using a hacked credit card, you might say. But the OP, EthanB, has somehow proved some legitimacy on his offered service. While we were conversing about the vouch I would like to have, I'm noting how would he handle such a situation wherein he could probably have some problems (I actually tried to see if he will try to do something fishy by means of ordering on a closed restaurant that doesn't accept online payments.) After a couple of minutes, he returns to me, sending me a screenshot that he already made an order.

https://gyazo.com/efa4cf6b1c795df31b8b8420906a6617

Because the order couldn't be processed because the restaurant that I've ordered to was lacking an online payment service. I was waiting for him to let me 'pay for the vouch' even with a big discount because it was already on my way but he didn't. A couple of minutes again passed and he received an email regarding the order that he made, stating that it has been on-hold. Tired, I bade him goodbye and told him that we will try to do the order tomorrow.
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Today, I was browsing bitcointalk for hours and just waiting for him to send me a pm. He didn't, so I sent him a message stating that I am ready to try it again and see if it will get completed this time. Well we went again to the same service that I know doesn't accept online payments, but this time I told EthanB that I talked to their support stating that they aren't accepting online payments that's why my order got hold. I was expecting him to rage and start acting weird, but he doesn't. He kept his cool and asked me if there are still some restaurants that I want to order food to, and I said there is one, and that is KFC. So I told him to order something just to meet the minimum order required to complete the online transaction, and that is worth $5.

He told me that everything is set, and just wait on the delivery to arrive. Everything arrived as promised.

https://i.imgur.com/6u1qune.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/6vVeV6z.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/bRoe7H9.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/JUbqUhb.jpg

To sum it up, OP delivers, and I got this meal for free. Also, upon calling the hotline of KFC, I asked the name of who paid the meal, and turns out it isn't a hacked credit card (the CC holder name was the same as the first one he used at the restaurant that didn't accept online payments. I called both restaurant to confirm about it.)

In using his service, I have experienced some things:

-He will keep you entertained for the duration of your transaction with him,
-He'd be sure that you'll get what you want, and if the option isn't available, he'd be happy to wait for hours until the customer arrives with their needs.
-There are still many problems he encountered in taking an order. Take for example the time on until when will a restaurant be open for online payment. To be able to perform being a middleman between restaurants and customers who wants to avail foods at their terms, the middleman should be familiar with all the things necessary in setting up a transaction smoothly and fast.

Last note, before making your first transaction with this guy, be sure that you know what you're doing. Use a trusted and reputable escrow in doing deals with him, especially if a deal involves large amount of money. Use your due diligence, people. Though OP delivered, chances are he can still pull out some fishy tricks, though I highly doubt that one.

All in all, I had fun utilizing his service. Thanks, EthanB for the free meal. :)

Wow that's a nice review. OP has agreed me to give 1:1 deal for a vouch too. I have agreed and we will be dealing tomorrow.
I will post a complete review tomorrow and explain how it went.

Thank you , dothebeats for the wonderful review! It was my pleasure to give out the first-meal to my first-customer completely FREE in the spirit of transparency and to get my business off to the right start!

I'll admit my service isn't perfect, but it will get better over time, and I am grateful to have such an understanding customer who stuck with me through the hold-ups and problems we encountered. I hope to do plenty more business with you, and once again thanks for using / validating my service!

Bump, still offering this service.

As I can see that your service still not approach for Indonesia yet.

Anyway this service is interesting and good enough... Good Luck

My thread is available in Indonesia, it is available everywhere in the world that you can pay-remotely.
If you can order it online, then you can use my service.

Are you still offering the vouch copy, and if so, does it include Pizzahut?

Yes, however only the first vouch copy was for free The remaining 2-vouch copies are for 1:1 exchanges :)
If this is alright with you, feel free to shoot me a PM. Pizza hut would work.

Congrats mate, you successfully just made me hungry ;D
I wanted to order, but too bad my country isn't listed  ::)
Oh well, enjoy your meal  :)

This is available in every country in the world and I don't know why nobody understands that haha. ???
Anywhere they accept online-payment, it will work.

Well, that's the problem
Online payment isn't available in here yet :P
They still using ol' phone order or drive thru
Thanks for your concern :)

Within the next month or two I will be installing an international land-line so I can order via telephone world-wide as well.

I haven't gotten a chance to install an international land-line yet, but this service is active and running.
Contact me to place your order!

I have to ask how many people have done this with you!!  Very interesting concept though.  I always wanted someone to be able to pay cash for my food while I pay with the BTC I earned using the faucets.  This is a great idea and I look forward to hearing from you to see how this has been working for you.  Good luck with it all.

Haha smart idea man. Good way to get some BTC. Might use this service soon :D

I haven't been keeping up with this service for the past month or so because I ran into some financial trouble, but I have done this for a couple of users on here so far. dothebeats posted his review, but I'm always looking for more business :)

It's been working well, as long as the customer can provide a link or some medium for me to pay the business, but occsionally the customer contacts me with a business that only accepts cash in-hand which is obviously something I can not do.

I'm around all day today to place orders! Up!

Seems like a great service ! I will definitely use it if I need to order something ! By the way I will need to share my personal details with you right like my address and phone number ?

If you want it delivered to your address and you want the restaurant to have your phone number, then yes.
You can order take-out though, and pick it up under any name you'd like.

Man, I love reading about this hustle....good stuff OP

Good looking service but 15% fee is quite high. Wouldn't a tip be needed to pay to the delivery person as well on top of this fee you are charging. Isn't tips for delivery now 20+% of total bill?
I don't know haven't ordered takeout delivery in ages but remember you need to leave them a tip or they will get upset some what.

It might be a little high, but it's negotiable and definitely varies with the amount of food I'm ordering. Just trying to make it worth my time, anywhere between 5%-12% is more realistic for what I'd charge. I worked as a delivery driver for a couple months and I literally didn't make a single tip, so I never tip delivery drivers now.. :P

This is a novel idea, and the price is definitely NOT high for having to deal with placing the order, keeping the customer informed of the order, etc...

Just be careful @Ethanb on your end as well, cause if you''re indeed legitimate, I'm assuming you're placing these orders with your credit card? If so, EVENTUALLY some scammer here is going to have you call his friend who answers the phone "Scammers Pizza & Pasta what can I get you today?" Now these guys have all your credit card and personal info after you place your order. A scammer might risk $10 in bitcoin to get your info, and then because you have been placing orders all over the world, it will probably be hard to dispute an unauthorized charge with your credit card company. So try to stick to major chains that take online payment. Just food for thought :-)

But protect yourself and use a credit card with unlimited rewards points and you should be able to make some extra $. I would charge 10% MINIMUM period to do what you're doing and the risk involved. It's a very cool idea though, and I hope it stays  legitimate on both ends.

Good luck to all parties involved!

I really appreciate the feedback and forewarning.. Believe it or not that is something that I've run into when I ran this service in the past. I've had to deal with extensive attempts on my identity and financial information.

My bank is very good about refunding my fraudulent purchases.. I haven't come out losing yet :)

That's good to hear! I wish you much success with it.

I'm around and available to place orders all day today :)
Let me know by posting below or shooting me a PM!

The same way it works for everyone else in the world. :D

1) Find a restaurant that accepts online payment
2) Tell me your order
3) Pay me
4) Get your food.

How does it work in countries where they don't accept USD?

My bank allows my card to be converted to any currency that the merchant is asking for, for a small fee.