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Is there a service that will mail physical money to the specified address for a fee from your PayPal/Dwolla
PayPal, I can't imagine anyone offering that directly.
There is a party offering to mail out cash for bitcoins, so if you were to convert your PayPal or Dwolla first to bitcoins, then withdraw using this cash-in-the-mail nobody would be the wiser. But it isn't cheap!
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http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=82983.0As far as a Dwolla service that does this, Dwolla's terms of service were changed recently and expressly forbids this. Here's the section from their TOS:
You understand and agree that you will not engage in the following activities:
- Use the Dwolla system to operate or engage in any business regulated by FinCen, including the money service business;
- Use the Dwolla System without written consent in association with any online credit or virtual currency system;
So even if you found a party that does this that would violate your terms of service. That said, there hasn't been anyone reporting that Dwolla has closed accounts or frozen funds for doing account-to-account (A2A) transfers that are in violation. That doesn't mean they won't start doing that, just that to-date, nobody has reported that Dwolla is doing this yet.
Because of the risk of a reversal, offering this type of exchange is as risky as accepting Dwolla in exchange for bitcoins (except that there is a mailing address, but since that could be a personal mail box (PMB) or other drop point, that may not mean much).
There might be an announcement forthcoming from BitInstant in which there is the ability to cash out USDs from an exchange and pick up that cash at WalMart.
In the meantime, the service listed above is about the only cash-in-the-mail method offered. Another option is to buy a reloadable card and load it with MoneyPak and then visit an ATM to withdraw:
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http://www.BTCPak.com Also some prepaid debit cards also can be used for direct deposit accounts. Walmart's MoneyCard is one such card:
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https://www.walmartmoneycard.com/AcctMgmt/Content/Common/AddFunds/ACHBankAccount.aspxSo you withdraw from Dwolla to the prepaid debit card. And from there visit an ATM.
Or do a Western Union transfer to yourself, etc.
I am quite familiar with the fact that I can sell them and mail them myself. Thanks for the link to the thread though
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