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Don't fuck with Blazr indeed. I hope you get your money back from this scumbag.
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Mine comes up in English without a problem. Maybe try clearing your browser cookies and seeing if that changes anything? Not sure why it would do that.
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Yankee responded to you in the BitInstant support thread. Sounds like your funds were sent to a different address. Did you give him the wrong payment address?
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Sorry for the thread revival but I feel this webinar deserves some kudos.
You can watch it for free if you register with lawline which is very easy. It also follows a dialog format between the host and the speaker so could really be helpful for folks who like this format.
Any summaries on their conclusions? |
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This sounds more like an indie developed game than a major one. |
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PayPal gave me my money back about a week ago... as annoying as it is from a seller's point of view, PayPal is pretty great if you're a buyer who has actually been scammed.
Yup. It's kind of a necessary evil on their part. |
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This weekend is not a forced closing for businesses in the United States. Its not even a popular trend for businesses to stop operation during MLK weekend.
If you want to contribute to this thread please either take time to develop on the issues present, or stick to a simple explanation of your own relationship with Bitinstant.com
It's not a forced closing, but many businesses choose to close for the weekend anyways. Especially smaller companies. Here's my contribution: give BitInstant until at least Monday to respond to your inquiries either in their support thread or through your other contact methods. You can check Yankee's log in details to see if he's been logged in since you made your request: if he's been on and hasn't responded, that could be a problem. You can open a thread in the scam accusations forum once your newbie restrictions are removed if you feel Yankee deserves a scammer tag, which will also give him another opportunity to respond to your claims. And, as Blazr mentioned, you could also take legal action against BitInstant if you feel it's gotten to that point. Is that more helpful? I'll be willing to bet upto 10BTC that they will resolve this fully in the end, so if you think they scammed you, get in contact with me and we'll discuss the details of the bet.
I'm willing to add a few BTC to this bet as well. |
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I like bitcoin because of it's distributed nature. I see the benefit to be able to keep the anonymity (seems to me not so robust if one can cross reference the emails and the bitcoin addresses), but for many cases (like online shopping), we need a credit system to build mutual trust. Otherwise it'll be always a chaos of 'get what you can' and 'give nothing back'.
This is something I agree with. People do need to be able to make their own informed decisions on whether or not to trust another party, but we also need to find a way to alleviate these kinds of concerns if we truly wish for BitCoin to take off as a respected alternative currency. Casual consumers will pass by BitCoin without a second glance if they feel that unsafe about it. About the anonymity, I see a lot of arguments about how the current financial system ignores the illegal activities under their nose so it's no problem for bitcoin to allow those too. However what one can do or can do better isn't always what one should do, and I look forward to a day when people can use bitcoin addresses as their identity number. If bitcoin keeps the anonymity as its only advantage, it'll become a underworld system, and its rivals will always use this as an excuse to shut it out of the open market.
This is another thing I agree with, and I think I've mentioned it on the forum before. Detractors are going to look for more excuses to distrust BitCoin the more that BitCoin continues to grow. BitCoin already has a bit of a negative stigma attached to it as a black market currency. We should be working against that negative image. We can admit that BitCoin has and continues to be used for illegal purposes, but we shouldn't either act like that behavior is okay or simply ignore that behavior and hope that others will. This doesn't mean that we have to relentlessly pursue that kind of behavior in the name of justice. I just think that our community needs to work harder on disallowing those sort of transactions from this forum and focus on portraying a positive image for the future of the currency, experimental as it may be (as an offhand thought of mine, I sometimes feel like people use the experimental nature of BitCoin as a way to dismiss questionable transactions). I don't think an identity number system is the answer, but I agree with your basic point: just because the current financial system ignores illegal activities doesn't justify us doing the same. It's an opportunity for us to be the bigger man, so to speak.  |
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This thread is to identify people who post like a SCAMMER, and unfortunately you fit the template to a tee.
Dude, how thick is your skull? Don't put people up here and not take them off you ignorant prick. How about I make a stickied list and put your name at the top and label you a scammer? I've already been trusted with $100 dickhead so get over yourself. Either remove my name or I'll request a mod to remove it for you. Sound good? This isn't a stickied list. And I doubt a mod will remove your name from a list of speculative names. Worth a shot if it really bugs you though. To Tomatocage: both of the threads with Jakers on your list are now closed, so you can probably take them off the list since there's nothing "pending" anymore. |
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Liberty Payout bought Bitcoins with my money and will buy bitcoins, lets see how this goes. Will update! Edit: Completely ripped off, peice of shit. Open a thread in scam accusations with info of the transaction. Maybe you can get him a scammer tag. Sorry to hear you lost your money. |
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No really, DannyHamilton, you're presumptuous and rude. GTFO.
You've been more rude than he has. BITINSTANT STOLE MY FUNDS.
I contacted their live chat. Waited for hours....
I contacted their email support. Waited for a day...
I contacted their emergency line. Waited for days...
IVE RECEIVED NO CONTACT BACK.
It's a holiday weekend here in the states. |
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It's a worse case scenario, but you won't be able to find a lender who knows you're getting a loan to pay off another loan: if you couldn't pay off the first loan, why would the second lender have any reason to believe you'll pay off his?
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Just wondering how that is an over-reaction? . . .
As far as I can tell, he ran into an issue on a Holiday weekend here in the U.S. He posted exactly one post in the Support thread on a Sunday, waited 18 minutes and 55 seconds for a response, and then created a second post announcing "Newbies Beware! BITINSTANT selective scamming? IGNORED BY SUPPORT!" How is that not an over-reaction? I read the same post. He didn't give them a whole lot of time to respond. I've never had issue with BitInstant in the past myself, regardless of transaction size. |
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The bounty for the forum software project is a damn good amount. If I had any programming experience, you can bet I'd be jumping on it. Wouldn't it be easier to use the money to hire a professional developer or company? You could easily afford it with the value of the current bounty. I was also thinking of using some of the the money to hire a lawyer to make sure the forum is protected in every way possible.
That sounds like a really good idea too. There are quite a few grey areas here and there that need clarification. A free and open forum is a great thing, but we also need to present a positive image for Bitcoin adopters. |
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Has the original post been updated lately? I would think that BTC10 pays for more than one month of hosting at the current rates.
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OP is offline since: Last Active: October 13, 2012, 11:09:38 PM
So I'm guessing his business venture never took off then. |
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I would personally suggest trying to push for more "clean" and legal ideas (as in not gambling or other grey-market things).
Bitcoin needs more press and publicity for legit non-sketchy things. It doesnt really need any more of a reputation for being a drug and gambling currency if our end game is to get larger mainstream usage down the road.
My thoughts exactly. Sometimes I feel like BTC's worst enemy is its own user base. |
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What is 'tx' in your post?
Transaction, I think. |
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Looks like a legit charity, but I agree that he's probably using it to front his scam. This topic probably belongs in scam accusations though.
Yeah, I looked up the charity and it looks legit. But the OP I don]t believe is affiliated in any way with it. And you're right, it probably does. I just replied on here because OP did. I gotcha. And yeah, he's not affiliated with them at all. His story of being "moved by them" was pretty damn flimsy. |
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Looks like a legit charity, but I agree that he's probably using it to front his scam. This topic probably belongs in scam accusations though.
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