First: the auction terms were terrible (
see unedited post):
:Auction Terms:
Starting Price: 0.01 BTC PER BAR
:Starting Bid:
Bid Increments: +0.002 BTC on *Bar 1,2 or 3*
My first impression was reading: "Starting Bid 0.002".
What MagicByt3 wrote can easily be misinterpreted. And that could easily have been prevented:
:Auction Terms:
:Starting Bid:
Starting Price: 0.01 BTC PER BAR
:Bid Increments:
Bid Increments: +0.002 BTC on *Bar 1,2 or 3*
My terms were clear.
No, not really, as explained above.
The open price shown is 0.01BTC
Bids should have been 0.002 BTC
How can you not see this is far from intuitive?
We have all been here for years and know how things run.
2. The bar is to be directly send to the buyer not to the escrow.
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How is this escrow if I have to send directly to the buyer escrow is to protect BOTH party's not just the buyer.
I did ask to send it direct to MJ escrow but he said no the buyer has requested direct send.
I've never used escrow, so I'm not familiar with "how things run", but I would have had the same expectation as MagicByt3. What's the point of using an escrow if the escrow doesn't check both parts of the trade?
I have consistently through my time here used various different escrows across the forum and never once have shipped my item to the escrow. It is always direct send. I have been the buyer and the seller for many high priced items.
Saying "you and I both know this isn't how escrow works" is completely wrong and shows your inexperience and stubbornness.
Hypothetical: even with signed delivery, what happens if the seller ships a brick? It's still going to be the seller's word against the buyer's word, which negates the use of escrow.
TECHSHARE won't give me the TXID... or allow signed..
Based on
the PM, it's because of his privacy. I get that for the signed post, but the TXID will become obvious after the escrow forwards funds to the seller. Unless the escrow uses different funds and also acts as a mixer, but my assumption would be input > output (minus fees).
But I think as it stands this situation stems more from inexperience and lacking communication skills than anything more sinister.
Agreed!
Honestly guys I think this is just getting way out of proportion.
Agreed!
What a shitshow.... round and round and round....
This sums it up nicely. I've read most of the topic, but this filled far more pages than needed.
I'm glad this sorta came to an end already
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