I am curious to know why you closed a similar thread when redsn0w was questioning you about you changing your password, then you go and make a new self moderated thread. I hope that you know that if an account is hacked then it will show that it's password has been changed recently.

I am also curious to know what your assurances are that any paypal funds sent to you will not be disputed. This is a very serious problem for traders and your lack of trading history only exaggerates this problem.

I think it would be nice to be able to have the ability to quickly find all the addresses a particular user has posted as well as all the TXID's a user has posted. This would provide ease in proving ownership of accounts, making sure accounts are not hacked, as well as link accounts together to determine if one scammer account is linked to other accounts via the blockchain.

+1 on this. Or at least have the ability to access the forum via a hidden service in a similar way that blockchain.info allows access via a hidden service (they actually force access via the hidden service when connecting via tor)

I just wanted to let everyone know that the OP is an alt of Mrbutter, who was selling StarBucks gift cards until they started to get zero'ed out at which point he disappeared. Mrbutter's sales thread is here. Additionally according to his sales thread, Mrbutter is an alt of sbdealer who had a very similar fate.

I am going to say that I have very convincing evidence of this fact, however I am not going to post it publicly (I don't want the person behind these accounts to know what he did wrong). I am however willing to share it with anyone reputable on the condition that they agree to only say that they can make the same conclusion (or cannot make the same conclusion if that is the case) and agree not to post such evidence.

What is your rate? Can you prove that you actually have that much bitcoin by providing a signed message?

I wonder what will come first, the new forum or the new PD signature campaign. My bet is on the new forum

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While I do think it is cool to have an avatar, I think reenabling them will pose somewhat of a "scam risk" as the use of avatars will make it easier to impersonate other members (yes I know that people are responsible for themselves and should pay close attention)

i am on BadBears trust list

It takes roughly 18 months to become a hero assuming that you make at least 1 post every two weeks and have a total of 480 posts or more.

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I also have several senior accounts available that will become heros in a few months (already have almost and over 400 activity) for a lot less then the price of a hero.

If you had bothered to look into the situation you would see that the person who created the thread was attempting to scam by pretending to have his account hacked.

You are still ignoring my question, so I will continue to assume you knew they were not purchased via legit means
I did not attack you, I looked at facts. If you post a scam accusation then it is the communities business.
I only looked at the facts.
If you have not been paid then the dispute is still ongoing unless you are willing to concede.
You have no right to direct me not to post here. You do not own this thread nor do you own the forum. If you want to give such orders then you should go and create your own forum.

You can buy accounts here however if you do then you are risking the purchase price of the account if you only use the account to scam.

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If he wants to be reputable then he should use a supplier (assuming he has one, and assuming that he is not just an alt of all the other people who abandoned their accounts) that he has vetted to be legit.
It is a gamble however the OP is not passing it off as a gamble, he is passing it off as a sure thing. BTW it is a gamble with very unknown odds.
There are various things that can cause problems with a card, you are probably only describing one cause of problems. Unless you are familiar with SB's back end procedures then you cannot say for sure that is always the case
The OP already has not replaced a set of cards that the buyer was unable to extract any value from.
Or the seller cleared out the card after he was paid. If you are going to be trading gift cards you need to do so with someone who you can trust enough not to do things like this. If you are trading with a newbie then your risks are much higher because there is no value to their account, they can abandon their account and crate another newbie account.

I am posting about how risky it is to purchase from you which is on topic because it is both discussing the product you are selling as well as your overall level of trust.

Since you ignored my question about getting proof they were aquired via legit means I am going to assume that you did not until you correct me.

I am sure there are plenty of ways to steal gift cards and have the end result be that there is a remaining balance on the card.

I am making factual asserations, that is not trolling. Even if it was trolling that has nothing to do with the accuracy of my trust reports.

To address your concerns:
1- this is speculation and is untrue. Many people sell accounts, just usually not from their main account. This would be much easier to detect then if someone else on default trust list was doing the same. As mentioned above I am not stupid enough to do this.

2- not true, however also not relevant. Min the case in point I use facts to discredit your arguement. The fact that you are a scammer only strengthens my arguement.

3- I don't see the connection between this being my main account and the appropriateness for me being in the default trust network. If I was an admin it would be a moot point for me to be in BadBear's list because all the admins are already in default trust network. The same goes for (almost?) all the staff members as well.

To address your theory of the accounts you claim to be mine: this has zero to do with your concern. There are many valid reasons to have alt accounts. If any of them have received positive trust from me then I will explicitly deny ownership in them however after looking at a small number of them I did not see any that I have given trust to. Frankly it is none of your business what assets I own, including forum accounts. If you see any account breaking the rules feel free to either report posts in question, open a thread in Meta or pm a mod about it.

Slightly off topic however there is evidence that you are selling gift cards that we're purchased with stolen credit cards. It is against the rules to sell anything that is illegal in either the buyer's or seller's country. In my country it is illegal to receive stolen goods which would include things purchased via a stolen credit card, this is also true for most of the world. Are you either going to either restrict your customers to people that live in places that it is legal to receive stolen goods or take down your sales price in order to remain in compliance with forum rules?

you do realize that he is using a throwaway account right? Once the cards start to go bad he can simply abandon the account he is using and start over with a new account.

He did not replace the bad cards he tried to sell wardwrick so why do you think he would replace the cards he sold you?

If the dispute is not resolved then it should remain open. By locking the thread you are both making him look bad and yourself look good without the ability for the community to chime in. You likely locked it because you are butthurt that you were essentially proven that the cards were purchased via some illegitimate means.

You should be able to easily acquire cards with $0 balances so the fact that you do not sell them does not matter.

Your definition of "use" appears to be very liberal. He was not actually able to receive anything of value from the balance on the gift card. This was not the agreement. If anyone is willing to knowingly pay $25 for the opportunity to attempt to buy something with a stolen gift card is an idiot.

I would ask if you specifically know if the cards were purchased via legit means and if you personally verified that they were purchased legitimately prior to selling them? If not don't you think it would be smart to make a disclosure of this fact?

Not having 5 cards with $0 balances is poor inventory management on your end. You could have easily acquired 5 cards with $0 balances to resolve this.

A scam accusation is not a place for two people to discuss a dispute, it is a public place to provide evidence you were scammed and for the community to put pressure on the person scamming to reimburse the victim. If you wanted to keep the conversation between two people then you should keep the dispute off of a public forum and keep it in PM

Unless the dispute is resolved then there is no reason for it to be unlocked. A locked scam accusacation implies it is resolved, he has not repaid you therefore a locked thread implies that you admit you are in the wrong.

Like I said before you can easily load the balances on the cards to other cards therefore your arguement is invalid. The only "obvious reason" is that you know the balance on the gift cards are going to be reversed in the near future or that you know they will otherwise not work for the end user.

Well you locked the thread to prevent others from being able to discuss the evidence. You also locked it once it became obvious that you were proven wrong.

You sent codes for gift cards to the member and when the member attempted to use the cards he never received anything from Starbucks.

When he offered to return the gift card to you, your response was that you are not able to take the cards back for "obvious reasons", may I ask what those "obvious reasons" are? If you are going to say that he could still use the codes then you could easily load the balances to another card.

I got a few nasty PMs after I gave him negative trust for defaulting on your loan. This makes me believe that he is probably not going to repay

Hello,

I would personally proceed with extreme caution when dealing with this person. While dealing with another respected forum member the cards had their balances canceled.

Additionally you will likely not be able to spend $100 worth of Starbucks within 7 days which means you are risking spending a $25 for a few $4 cups of coffee.

If the gift cards were paid for via legit means then there is no reason why the cards would have any chance of having their balance be removed.