@stenkross:
Much appreciated, thanks for joining us! We aim to organize more of these and expand them as we go along. Hope to see you at the next one!

For other people on the forum, we will announce our events on www.meetup.com/safello, this week we held our first BitStockholm meetup, also see this topic: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=286349.0

@prophettx: thanks for elaborating. In fact we are NOT putting VAT on the bitcoins, only on the service charge. We will rewrite it to make that more clear.

As for the charge itself, we operate faster than those exchanges you mention in terms of time from money leaving your account to bitcoins in hand. Keep in mind normal international transfers cost money and take time, usually a couple of days. By using local bank transfers in Sweden we can minimize transfer cost and optimize delivery time. And that time advantage can count with bitcoins current market volatility. That is not to say we aren't sensitive to complaints and will monitor how receptive customers are to our fee structure.

@prophetx: the VAT is included in that 9%, so it's actually 7.2%. Legally we are required to add VAT, we'll rephrase that so its more clear. Having said that, what would be a percentage that would change your opinion on this?

@stekross: No, looking at the RSVP list there will be some women joining! Spots are running out though: http://www.meetup.com/Safello/events/135210812/

@ninjaboon: Thank you sir!

Haha, we'll work on that @mickey25. Shoud've known that'd do the trick 

Hi all,

As promised, we just launched our first version of Safello.com (http://www.safello.com) and have started processing orders as of Friday. Currently we only accept Swedish krona (SEK), but we are in the process of getting approval to add Euros.

Some features you may enjoy:
- Real-time quote of your SEK to BTC value before purchase
- Transparent breakdown of cost structure: BTC value, fee and VAT
- Automatic receipts for your bookkeeping
- Regulatory compliance to improve the reliability and durability of our service

Here is a direct link to the buying page: https://safello.com/en/buy.xhtml
Here is a direct link to our team page: https://safello.com/en/team.xhtml
You can change the language of our website on the top right above the menu.

@Roland68: I hope you stand corrected on the "they will not open soon part"

If you have any questions or run into problems signing up or with your order let us know via support@safello.com, www.twitter.com/SafelloAB or on our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/Safello.

Looking forward to your feedback!

Kind regards,
Frank Schuil
CEO & Co-founder Safello

Hi there,

Frank Schuil here, CEO & Co-founder of Safello.

We will open soon @Roland68, but your sarcasm is appreciated and understood Our company has this week gotten approval from one of the largest banks in Sweden and so far there has not been any objection from Swedish FI (financial inspection).

Whether we can live up to our slogan we'll have to see, but we will do whatever we can to do so.

If any of you want to meet us, please come visit us at the meetup we're organizing in Stockholm together with Stockholm School of Economic sponsored by Stanford Alumni Club: http://www.meetup.com/safello/. We might be able to set up a livestream for the event as well, so we can take on questions through Twitter.

Kind regards,

Frank Schuil

Hi there,

My name is Frank Schuil, CEO & Co-founder of Safello. We're working hard to launch, but have had some delays with the banks which we have now resolved. If you'd like to meet us, please come by at our event in Stockholm: http://www.meetup.com/Safello/events/135210812/

@stenkross: as for the slogan, we will do everything in our power to deliver on that promise. If we don't, we'll change it 

Look forward to have you as customers!

Kind regards,

Frank Schuil

Interesting, we're actually transitioning into a network based positioning provider using the DD-WRT firmware. Any experience with that by chance?

Two different kinds, one is an indoor positioning company (www.qubulus.com), the other is reviving the '90's slap bracelets (www.clickclacks.com) )

Hi,

Got here through this link https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=145506 and this one http://www.btcpedia.com/how-to-buy-ripple-xrp/. I've already had a MT Gox account set up and transferred BTC to my Bitstamp attempting to exchange them into XRP. Yes, I failed miserably as you probably already figured out. The data on the above topic seems to have passed and the only other option is to get a free XRP from other users. Any advice for this newbie? Or perhaps there's a friendly user willing to send me 300 XRP to rHcKwR6Y2mge6neZhk9aH1kExrtdx4bcwZ, going for the long shot here.

Not to make this topic completely dull, I do have a question that I didn't find a clear answer to skimming the web or this forum. Is the Ripple currency limited to 100 billion or is there a way to expand it. To the average reader, which I unfortunately am, the lack of mining efforts required make it sound like a "out-of-thin-air" Bitcoin alternative. Who is controlling the code for this currency, is it Opencoin? Probably an ignorant question, but please do enlighten me.

Cheers,
Frank

Frank here, Dutch guy living in Stockholm Sweden, running a startup.