since shameless spamming is the new order  , I will post my offer to sell Canada Maple Leaf silver coins to EU residents for free:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=151800.50
(Scroll down to post #50, "free" means that you get them delivered to your post office, for the spot price of silver)

21.3.2013 - Opportunity closed. Thank you all who ordered from us, don't forget to give honest feedback on the shipping process!

Whereas,
We are so Happy to have more trust among the members of this community due to the following developments,
- 2 orders in the first 3 days of operation
- The new "donator"-tag with all the associated privileges
- I have successfully edited my signature to reflect my status,

WE WANT TO GIVE OUT SOME MAPLE LEAFS AT SPOT PRICE, , INCLUDING SHIPPING.

We see this as a move to try out the capabilities of our shipping department also, and to see how the new ordering system works. The offer is limited to 50 coins in total, and a maximum of 3 coins per customer. Note that there is a quota of 3 orders only per EU country, which means that you may not qualify to order even though there are coins left in the total quota. I will inform you beforehand of this development, by posting below, the countries that are excluded from the offer due to the cap in orders:

CLOSED

You may take advantage of this offer by following the procedures set out in the Original Post (OP) of this thread, with the only exception of the price being the one set on this post. (If you order for normal price, I will honor your decision.) Please use the satoshi-message as specified.

Also when you order, I would appreciate your greetings here in this thread.

We are in the process of making an exchange-rate prediction market:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=153742.0

We do not yet have someone to work on the web end. Please post there if you are interested.

No, since 1996. I have also increased my net worth by about a factor of 2^9 since I quit watching TV. Edit: Inflation adjusted (10->9).

At first I read that "they are great for tipping people.." and thought - WHAT KIND OF LIFE IS THIS GUY LIVING..

Thank you for showing trust to my procedures. I'm trying my best to make it as straightforward as possible, yet retain some redundancy to make it possible to solve error modes.

Yeah, you guessed it right. I intend not to spend from this wallet until I have to. The next goal is BTC1000. The private key has not been shown to the network yet, it is split in half and stored in paper form in two different safes, so the funds should be secured from illegitimate access.

We are proud to announce the new 24/7 instant order option for amounts up to 100 One Ounce Canada Silver Maple Leaf Coins.

See OP for details and comment here!

If you definitely want to do that, use the easywallet.org. The only online service that I have been able to keep BTC100 for an extended time without anything happening.

Use easywallet.org for this kind of stuff:
- I know the operator
- He receives 0.0335% daily fee for the storage so he does not need to steal
- There is an automatic, functioning mixer

Yes, and with Silvervault you can also buy BTC directly by just depositing your trading bank account, no ordering process necessary. (In beta for partners only at this stage)

https://www.silverbank.net

Hello all,

We have the following service in development. I post here in order to integrate our efforts with the wishes of the community.

<spex>
The essence of the prediction market is to offer contracts expiring every Friday, for predicting the USD/BTC exchange rate (volume-weighted average) on that day. The outcomes are in $1 granularity, ie. you may select a slot $43-$43.9999, and no matter what the exchange rate is, as long as it is $43.xxxx, you win. Otherwise, you lose.

We intend to offer the betting of a single slot, for up to 100x payout. We intend to offer a range contract for several adjacent slots, such as $40-$44.9999. We intend to offer binary calls and puts. Binary means that if you are right, you win the specified amount, regardless of "how right" you were. Our system enables also conventional calls and puts, which pay out more if you are more in the money.

The UI would be running on a webserver. Upon arrival to our website, you are generated a URL-based user account with a deposit address, credit balance and referral code. You are also prompted for a dead-man-switch address that will receive all the BTC in this account after a 2-month period of inactivity in the account. (It is of course possible to withdraw manually also.)

We will offer a large variety of contracts for each maturity, up to 3 months into the future. You can view and bet on the contracts easily, internally in our website. You will know the odds beforehand. You will be able to both buy and sell contracts. If you sell something you haven't previously bought, you are essentially writing the contract. In this case you deposit the maximum payout upon writing, and are therefore never liable to pay more. We also don't run a risk of our customers defaulting.

We have a proprietary software for setting the odds, and as long as we are teaching it how to work properly, you will only be able to bet BTC10 at any one time. There is no total maximum, however, but the software will adjust the prices of the contracts based on the volume and direction of bets. We will raise the maximum one-time bet limit as soon as we are comfortable, and aim to offer BTC100 as soon as possible.
</spex>

To add credibility to the people behind this idea, I claim that I am the Chairman of a reputable financial institution and prove it here:
https://www.silverbank.net/index.php/en/meista

The syndicate behind this idea has raised BTC400 initial funding for concept and software development, and is willing to commit more if needed. If you know how we should proceed with this, please contribute here, or join the team. I will tip at my discretion the valuable advice you give in this thread, so please include your BTC address. If you are interested in joining as a programmer, service operator, marketing specialist, or financier, please contribute something here first, and then PM me. As for financiers, we have both stocks and bonds to offer. If you are familiar with MPEx, you know what I mean. Stocks get the net profits, bonds are limited-duration commitments to make good on the losses that the company makes.

I am curious, could you post some of the resolved cases here, so that I will know, what kind of legal tradition MP uses when arbitrating?

If that coincides with what I believe in, I might be interested in using this free service.

Yes, I know the post is rather old, but good ideas don't die of age.

If you divide the sumBids with the sumAsks, you will get the balance price. Now we are heading up.

..but not until a dip to the 3Xs, giving me the opportunity to buy..

Would you buy bitcoins.com for 150 BTC?

Well, I assumed that shipping is international. After all it is a metal disc about 1mm thick. Shipping that is not rocket science

Good. See you then. $35,000 -> BTC1000 sounds like much better than BTC1000 for a pizza slice.

Binding buy on the condition that price is max. 1.15.

If you sell your own used stuff (such as silver coins).. there is a € 5,000 tax waiver on profits, so that helps the capital gains tax issue. I think bitcoins should qualify.

VAT is only for professionals. If you just sell your own stash, no need to care. If you want to be sure, sell to a non-Finnish entity.

But yes, kudos for setting up Bittipörssi despite the tax hassle. I would have quit

OK, one more day with weak trading action..

I have a purchasing plan for rather many bitcoins but I will suspend it until we see $3X's. The breaking of $50 is not really in the cards now. Sorry.

Institutions such as this one will pop up, and start buying in lots of $million:
https://www.silverbank.net/