that would be called abusing the trust system, and you should be prepared for a lot of red in your profile should you start doing so. you also seem rather mad over nothing.

looking through your trust summary i would guess it is because you acted shady, in one of those instances you refused to use escrow. also the admins dont give a shit. negative rating isnt given for a scammer, its given if one is deemed untrustworthy or shady.

yes you were scammed. by kralle.
similar naming scheme to the lat one, coinchlochard, and uses age as 65 in the throwaway skype profile, same as the last incident. location set to germany too. count your losses and move on, your fault for not using escrow.

imho, both of you are to blame here.

first off, the buyer did threaten to "never get payment" if a scam report was opened, but i can guess that this isnt extortion, but it may be him saying that "i will not purchase these cards if a scam report is opened," as he did not use, resell, or redeem those cards yet. language barrier, giving benefit of doubt here. the buyer did also say that he had no way to make money, and requested that the seller wait until the 5th of august, which he promptly refused. Also, offering to give a few extra dollars as an apology is not bribing. thats an apology.

is the buyer trying to buy your favor or influence much as a lobbyist would with a politician? no.

And you also offered to give the buyer a 10 dollar card as an apology, is that bribing by your definition too?

Judging by the fifth picture, this issue was caused by a misunderstanding in the prices, the buyer was clearly confused by the total amount owed. In addition, you yourself offered to "put it on his tab" to be repaid at a later date, with no specification on a date where the tab was due. However, it is also the fault of the buyer for failing to provide an estimate on when he could pay what he owed, as well as informing the seller that he had no income for the next few weeks. The details of the trade, which include the total amount owed as well as the dogital goods that would be exchanged for that amount of money should have been agreed upon before initiating any sort of trade, which clearly did not happen as the seller opted to send pdf documents with the gift card/certificate info before confirming and agreeing with the buyer on these details.

same with me, i will be retracting my bid until all information and statistics on the faucet(s) is posted.

OP, you should post all the relevant information of your site so bidders know what exactly were bidding for.

i would be interested in one in the case op was giving out a vouch copy, but i have to ask if these accounts are botted or not, as I have had several of my botted accounts banned. for you know, being botted and sold.

if you want to pm me the details of the problem(s) youre getting i might be able to help you out.

that's not really earning or making anything though, op has the technical knowledge to provide a service that he can use to earn money, not just save a few dollars every noe and then to buy a measly amount. offering pc repairs on CL or something o the sort and accepting bitcoin as payment is another option to consider as well.

i dont see a minimum raise, so ill go ahead and bid 0.051

i think its mostly because there is little to know or understand in order to play the game, high or low, thats all there is to it. it is popular because fundamentally, it is the simplest form of gambling out there that can be proven to have fair rolls, even if there is a house edge.

i think there was another one a few weeks back, i dont really remember the exact time too well, but my logic is that downtimes are a huge no no for blockchain.info, considering the services they provide; they provide a wallet service, which I personally, would like to have access to my money 100% of the time, and although the incidents were few, blockchain.info has shown vulnerabilities, and it was more or less pushed me away from their website.

maybe just set the ending time to be convenient for both sides of the world; as youre in the eastern time zone (US), there is anywhere from a 5 to 10 hour difference to EU. maybe setting your auctions to end around midday your time would give EU bidders a better opportunity, as midday your time would be nearing bedtime in EU. not really a whole lo that can be done about it though.

you did not provide much information, one crucial part being what payment method you will be using to purchase bitcoin. in the case you are actually looking to buy bitcoin, i suggest you use a non-reversible payment method to have a chance at getting a deal. (OKPay, WU (after money is picked up from seller))

i like this suggestion; bids could be made by providing a signed message from an address containing funds, and a message stating the bid for the item. the seller could, in turn, provide occasional updates by posting in the thread about the current highest bid. its a neat idea, but i see no benefit of using a silent auction over what is done now.

as far as problems go, it would be up to the seller to provide constant updates on the price and manage the flood of messages into their inbox. without a platform to manage bids like ebay, i think doing it on the forum would be a bad idea solely for this reason, and it will likely be an issue with popular items.

if no one offers you a deal, go check out shapeshift.io to convert your btc to doge instead, people usually trade cryptos for fiat in this section so you might not get many offers for doge.

im moving away from blockchain.info as it has become unreliable as of late and has downtimes that are more than necessary, and viewing more info is always a good thing imo.

same with me, approaching 12 hours overdue now.

it has an additional 1000 satoshi fee which goes straight to the developer, which if you ask me, is well deserved. 1000 satoshi isnt even that much, i dont know why people complain about a fraction of a penny.

accounts for collateral do not have a set-in-stone value, theyre worth what the lender considers them to be worth as they need to resell said collateral to cover the capital of the loan. however, keep in mind that collateral must be resold easily, ie liquidated. in addition, things such as post quality and market demand must be taken into consideration as well, as well as the availability of a signed message. also, what you wrote up here doesnt account for activity, just the rank of the account.