In all honesty, the poster is too cluttered that I stopped reading it pretty quickly. The information needs to be condensed and formatted so that it is appeasing to look at. The poor colour contrast and endless text is kind of off putting. Although it's a good start it could definitely do with some changes.

I don't think that the postal service workers are targeting these packages because they contain physical Bitcoins. Sometimes you can just feel that the item being sent is a coin and sometimes workers are tempted into thinking that they're rare and collectible coins that can be sold for a quick profit.
To be honest, I don't think they know what the coins are until they search for them online at which point they don't realise their mistake.
Given that the coins have public addresses and first keys it would make flipping them more difficult.
The best way to avoid this happening is by disguising what you're sending. For example, put coins in between card to prevent the coin shape protruding through the envelope. Alternatively, use thicker and padded packaging materials etc.  

There are a bunch of similar websites/forums to the one you posted above.
They are all massive scams. The admins/moderators vouch for certain sellers and then when you place your order you don't get anything in return. If you try complaining or posting a scam accusation on the forum the moderators will just remove it and ban you. The forums have been set up to make it look legitimate but it's far from it.
Never trust any of those sites. Always use a reputable escrow and when the deal in question sounds too good to be true then it probably is.

Another option is buying an unfunded Kialara bar and then funding it yourself. They are very sweet pieces of art!
You mentioned that you're looking for something with a value of 0.1-0.5BTC. Is that what you're willing to pay or is that the value you want the coin to have?
Casascius made coins with 0.1 BTC and 0.5 BTC denominations, but they fetch a pretty premium. If you're looking to spend 0.5 BTC on a Casascius, you may be able to buy a silver 0.1 BTC and expect a little change.
Otherwise your other options would be Lealana, Denarium, or some DIY coins.

There is no set premium. These premiums depend on numerous factors that include but are not limited to: supply/demand, if the coin is graded, coin grade, coin condition, PGP key availability, price of BTC and etc.
The point is that there is no fixed premium per coin and trying to document it won't really yield accurate results.

What Amazon UK cards do you have and how much are you looking for per card?
What is the nature/how were these cards obtained?

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It's hard to say exactly who is trusted but looking at their member status and trust/reputation is definitely a good indicator.
You can also assume that cards being sold dirt cheap shouldn't be trusted so always go for the older and trusted sellers who are selling at market prices. They're likely to be the legitimate ones.
Alternatively you could look at sites like gyft.com and various listing on localbitcoins.com too.

I don't see why BTC had to be used for this. I understand the use of the Blockchain and such but the same could be done using a paper trail of Bank Transfers etc. If the company was practicing legally then they'd clearly be on top of the loans they give out either way, so I don't see what added benefit the Blockchain transparency brings in this case.
Secondly, this isn't necessarily good for BTC. The loans themselves would just be converted to FIAT so the BTC link would end there...

Kind of a cool idea so long as it doesn't get to the stages that we saw in Truth or Dare.
Website is pretty nice and easy to use.
The only downside with this is that I can't see why anyone would use the site really. The thrill that Trith or Dare offered was that it was illegal and the task were daring/dangerous. I don't see why people would pay to watch someone do 100 push-ups when they could log into YouTube and watch hundreds of similar videos for free. 

Might as well try my luck. Put me down for 2 spots. Will send BTC in a little bit and will edit this post with txID once sent.
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Payment sent
https://blockchain.info/tx/6dce99ef9df3aab6d34ed7801c57674fc062de66679136c088125154a2a5cecb

The way I see it is that most coins with ore-mines and more specifically ICOs are more likely to be scam coins. The best way to decoupage the continuation of these ICOs is just to not support them. The less support they get the fewer scam-coins that are created as the creators will see that nobody would buy into their 'scheme'.

I remember someone else on here asking for information as he too wanted to write a dissertation on BTC. Im not sure where the thread is but if I find it I'll paste the link here.
I'd be very interested to read the final dissertation if you do decide to go ahead with it.
Good luck!

Do you have any bars for sale?
If you have anything (even coins) which are more than 1oz please let me know. We can meet up in person too

What benefit would central banks have in buying Bitcoin?
From my perspective, the only reason for them to accumulate BTC would be to reduce the market supply as they see it as 'competition'.
Using a basic supply and demand model, if supply decreases at the same level of deman, then price rises quite drastically.
If the price rises significantly enough, more people would then turn to BTC as a form of an investment thus further driving up the price.
In that case you could expect most transactions to be micro in scale.
Having been said, I very much doubt that would ever happen and you'd also need to take other price factors into account.
If a bank really wanted to see the end of BTC, they could splash out and go for a major buy out.
Having been said, that won't happen either as everyone will just start using another form of crypto so ultimately the Bank's efforts would have been in vein.

0.13BTC

At the time of writing, the BTC market cap is over $16.2 billion. Clearly the BTC market is flourishing.
However, the success of independent businesses is very much dependent on the nature of the business itself. One company could be making a lot of profit while others could be running at losses. It all really depends on what the business is and what goods/services they are offering.

That is one sweet piece. I'm sure it'll fetch a pretty penny (pun intended) but I'll take my chances in the early bidding rounds. How much would shipping be to the UK?
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I understand. Ideally that would be best but the problem is that very few developers would want to work for sweet equity only. Working on the project takes time and uses skills that they've worked hard on to develop, both of which could be earning them money elsewhere. They need to earn an income too and therefore wouldn't really be in a position to accept a job for equity only. If the project fails then it's a lot of work spent on nothing. I'm not saying you need to pay very high fees, but equity with a fair salary for the work involved is usually what's accepted.

It depends on how complex the idea is.
Most developers won't work solely for equity so you'd have to offer them a cash incentive too. If the site isn't too complex you could try outsourcing smaller tasks to different freelancers and put the final product together. Even if that isn't perfect, it could give you a working prototype to show to potential partners/investors who could then help in building/financing the final site.

It depends how much you're willing to pay. Other factors that determine the price are the kind of feautyres included. Honeycomb effect holograms tend to be a little more pricey than the standard ones. Not all manufacturers are able to produce holograms with a transparent window and those are also a little more expensive.
You can find manufacturers in Asia, the US and Europe although expect the most competitive prices to be found from manufacturers coming out of HK, China and India.
If you need some help feel free to PM me.