That's not how an auction works, you set no minimum bid or anything. |
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I believe an exception is made for alt accounts of banned users in the meta section.
Right, the quote posted above is from where he posted outside the meta section while he was banned. |
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The seller should consider not removing all posts you cant sell a acc with 1k+ act and 1k+ posts if you remove them before you sell them=  He could mean that he will just go through all his old posts and edit the text to say "deleted" or "account sold" or something like that. It would preserve the activity and post count without tarnishing his reputation. It would also reveal the account to be a sold one which will make it a loss for the buyer. Besides, he can't edit or delete posts from locked threads or those in Lending section. I don't think he really cares about revealing his account if he intended to delete all of his posts in the first place. As he said, he wants to find a buyer who won't give his account a bad reputation, so they would probably understand why he would want to do this. |
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The seller should consider not removing all posts you cant sell a acc with 1k+ act and 1k+ posts if you remove them before you sell them= He could mean that he will just go through all his old posts and edit the text to say "deleted" or "account sold" or something like that. It would preserve the activity and post count without tarnishing his reputation. |
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Well that is 1 nice thing you get for having some good feedback/trust...you do not have to send first! I rarely have to use escrow anymore most people just send first then I pay later.
This is why people want to be able to act as escrow. It will help them quickly build up trust without any cost to them. When someone wants to build up trust, they will need to either buy or sell items which will cost them money. However if they are only acting as a middle man then there is no cost to them. Once they build up trust they can potentially scam for larger amounts as they can potentially engage in multiple deals in a short period with the other person always sending first Providing escrow services really doesn't enhance one's trust as much as you seem to think it does. If I offered to act as escrow for a sale you were making, you would (hopefully) decline my offer, since I do not have a long history of transactions on this forum. One can only become an escrow after establishing a good reputation through normal trading. The level of trust one needs to be considered an acceptable escrow is greater than the level of trust needed to convince others to send first when trading. Yes, while a reputation as a good escrow would allow someone to scam easily and in large volume, the reputation one must build up to be considered as escrow in the first place allows for pretty much the same thing. There really isn't too much to be gained for a scammer through escrow services, unless they are chosen for a particularly large deal. |
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I said wait a few weeks, not 2 days. Also, it's usually inadvisable to link the thread you're trying to distance yourself from.
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Dear haploid,
I know I'm asking such a silly question, but are you still providing loans?
Good question. I know it is none of my business, but I am curious as to what happened to justbtcme's 23 btc loan. It seems like a fairly significant amount not to have been resolved by now. Fortunately, it was collateralized, but it would definitely hinder haploid's ability to give out new loans if he did in fact default, since it would take a bit of time to liquidate the collateral. |
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Well I would say that most people that own a hero account who are the original owner of their account would have noticed by now how people sometimes react around the sale of accounts, plus the fact that he was vague (somewhat) about the details of the account. Also just to clarify, I don't think it is good to misrepresent the stats of your account, I just think it is wise to be vague about the stats so prevent this kind of analysis.
I think it is fairly safe to say that a hero account was not sold by the OP, although it is possible that he has found a buyer, escrow has been funded, but has not sent the credentials yet to make it more difficult to determine the account was sold via the seclog.
He really wasn't that vague with the details. If he wanted to be vague, he would have said 750+ activity and posts, since there is no point in differentiating between 750 and 800 when you're trying to be vague. 750 activity already implies 750 posts anyway, so he could have left it at that. When you look at the account stats, it becomes clear he just chose the nearest rounded number, since he wanted to make the account look as appealing as possible to any potential buyer, without giving away the exact numbers. |
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Might as well add this account (bobolini) to the list. As Injust said when buying the account, transparency is best, and I applaud his decision to make this fact public. I dislike that this is in scam accusations, since I don't think Injust intends to scam after making the change in account ownership public, but this is the best place for others to see it and be made aware.
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If you wish for your account to remain anonymous, I would suggest you edit the information you have provided to be a bit more vague. I'm fairly certain I know the username based off of that information, and it took me about 5 minutes.
Well it took 5 minutes to be pointed in a different direction so it worked fine  I tried doing you a favor, only to be told I was wrong. Let's go off the assumption that the information you provided about your account is not a lie. There are 5 hero accounts registered during February 2012 that match the activity and post statistics that you provided. They are wizkid057, mezzomix, Zubilica, Isokivi, and flatfly. Right away, we can eliminate wizkid057, since he runs Eligius. Flatfly is working on an ongoing project on the forums that he mentioned his active involvement in less than two weeks ago. It does not make sense for him to sell his account. 3 to go Mezzomix is definitely not inactive. In fact, he is online right now and posting. While I initially dismissed that account simply because he speaks mostly German, his English appears to be quite good, and he could have definitely made this thread. Regardless, he is very active, and a change in account ownership would be quite noticeable, since the new owner would be unlikely to speak German. 2 left So, how do I know if you're Zubilica or Isokivi. Both accounts are inactive, Isokivi is even more inactive than Zubilica, so one might think that is evidence pointing to Isokivi. There are three strong reasons that should convince any reasonable person you're Zubilica and not Isokivi. 1. Isokivi has a strong financial interest in retaining control over his account. His bitcointalk account is strongly tied to his ownership of his website btctrinkets.com. Selling his account would give him a lot of liability, since a large percentage of his customers probably come from the reputation he has built on bitcointalk. 2. You're trying to make your account seem as appealing as possible to any potential buyer. That is why you gave the registration date, activity, and posts. Zubilica's activity is 784, barely over the 750+ advertisement, and his post count is 805, barely over the 800+ advertisement. Isokivi's post count and activity are well over these amounts, and they would have been advertised as such if this was your account. This reason alone should be enough to convince anyone that this is your account, but I decided to go through the process systematically just to prove you wrong. 3. Finally, Isokivi's last activity at this moment is October 17, 2014, 03:53:16 PM. Zubilica's is October 28, 2014, 06:54:21 AM. This thread was created one minute later at 06:55:16 AM. You clearly logged out of your main account onto your alt and posted this thread. Please try and dispute this. In conclusion, you are a liar. You have either lied about your account's statistics, or lied about the identity of the account you are selling. It is very well plausible that he misreported the registration date in order to protect the identity of the account. Advertising a feb 2012 account would not affect the value very much verses a jan 2012 (or even a dec 2011 account). There are many people like nutala that troll accounts that have been sold and the op does not want to deal with this. It was said that the account was sold however none of the accounts you listed have a warning about their password being changed/reset so it is very unlikely that any of the accounts you listed were sold. I also find it hard to believe that the op was able to sell his account so quickly as there is not that high of a demand for hero accounts, although it is possible that someone made a low offer that he accepted. Like I said, this is all going off the assumption that the information the OP provided was accurate. Given that it is an individual making a one off sale, and not an experienced account seller like yourself, they might not have felt the need to misreport information. Seeing as Zubilica logged out minutes before this thread was created, presumably because he was switching to this account, I have little doubt in my conclusion. I think it is pretty clear that the OP has not sold their account. The logs show the only Hero Member to have changed his password since the time this thread was created and the time of this "sale" is info@anonibet.com, who obviously did not sell their account. I believe that the OP intends to try and sell their account in the future, maybe a few weeks from now, when this has been forgotten. |
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Glad I inspired this idea, I'll be sure to add any accounts I uncover in the future. For now, here is the evidence against Zubilica taken from this thread, in case anyone is was wondering. If you wish for your account to remain anonymous, I would suggest you edit the information you have provided to be a bit more vague. I'm fairly certain I know the username based off of that information, and it took me about 5 minutes.
Well it took 5 minutes to be pointed in a different direction so it worked fine I tried doing you a favor, only to be told I was wrong. Let's go off the assumption that the information you provided about your account is not a lie. There are 5 hero accounts registered during February 2012 that match the activity and post statistics that you provided. They are wizkid057, mezzomix, Zubilica, Isokivi, and flatfly. Right away, we can eliminate wizkid057, since he runs Eligius. Flatfly is working on an ongoing project on the forums that he mentioned his active involvement in less than two weeks ago. It does not make sense for him to sell his account. 3 to go Mezzomix is definitely not inactive. In fact, he is online right now and posting. While I initially dismissed that account simply because he speaks mostly German, his English appears to be quite good, and he could have definitely made this thread. Regardless, he is very active, and a change in account ownership would be quite noticeable, since the new owner would be unlikely to speak German. 2 left So, how do I know if you're Zubilica or Isokivi. Both accounts are inactive, Isokivi is even more inactive than Zubilica, so one might think that is evidence pointing to Isokivi. There are three strong reasons that should convince any reasonable person you're Zubilica and not Isokivi. 1. Isokivi has a strong financial interest in retaining control over his account. His bitcointalk account is strongly tied to his ownership of his website btctrinkets.com. Selling his account would give him a lot of liability, since a large percentage of his customers probably come from the reputation he has built on bitcointalk. 2. You're trying to make your account seem as appealing as possible to any potential buyer. That is why you gave the registration date, activity, and posts. Zubilica's activity is 784, barely over the 750+ advertisement, and his post count is 805, barely over the 800+ advertisement. Isokivi's post count and activity are well over these amounts, and they would have been advertised as such if this was your account. This reason alone should be enough to convince anyone that this is your account, but I decided to go through the process systematically just to prove you wrong. 3. Finally, Isokivi's last activity at this moment is October 17, 2014, 03:53:16 PM. Zubilica's is October 28, 2014, 06:54:21 AM. This thread was created one minute later at 06:55:16 AM. You clearly logged out of your main account onto your alt and posted this thread. Please try and dispute this. In conclusion, you are a liar. You have either lied about your account's statistics, or lied about the identity of the account you are selling. |
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If you wish for your account to remain anonymous, I would suggest you edit the information you have provided to be a bit more vague. I'm fairly certain I know the username based off of that information, and it took me about 5 minutes.
Well it took 5 minutes to be pointed in a different direction so it worked fine I tried doing you a favor, only to be told I was wrong. Let's go off the assumption that the information you provided about your account is not a lie. There are 5 hero accounts registered during February 2012 that match the activity and post statistics that you provided. They are wizkid057, mezzomix, Zubilica, Isokivi, and flatfly. Right away, we can eliminate wizkid057, since he runs Eligius. Flatfly is working on an ongoing project on the forums that he mentioned his active involvement in less than two weeks ago. It does not make sense for him to sell his account. 3 to go Mezzomix is definitely not inactive. In fact, he is online right now and posting. While I initially dismissed that account simply because he speaks mostly German, his English appears to be quite good, and he could have definitely made this thread. Regardless, he is very active, and a change in account ownership would be quite noticeable, since the new owner would be unlikely to speak German. 2 left So, how do I know if you're Zubilica or Isokivi. Both accounts are inactive, Isokivi is even more inactive than Zubilica, so one might think that is evidence pointing to Isokivi. There are three strong reasons that should convince any reasonable person you're Zubilica and not Isokivi. 1. Isokivi has a strong financial interest in retaining control over his account. His bitcointalk account is strongly tied to his ownership of his website btctrinkets.com. Selling his account would give him a lot of liability, since a large percentage of his customers probably come from the reputation he has built on bitcointalk. 2. You're trying to make your account seem as appealing as possible to any potential buyer. That is why you gave the registration date, activity, and posts. Zubilica's activity is 784, barely over the 750+ advertisement, and his post count is 805, barely over the 800+ advertisement. Isokivi's post count and activity are well over these amounts, and they would have been advertised as such if this was your account. This reason alone should be enough to convince anyone that this is your account, but I decided to go through the process systematically just to prove you wrong. 3. Finally, Isokivi's last activity at this moment is October 17, 2014, 03:53:16 PM. Zubilica's is October 28, 2014, 06:54:21 AM. This thread was created one minute later at 06:55:16 AM. You clearly logged out of your main account onto your alt and posted this thread. Please try and dispute this. In conclusion, you are a liar. You have either lied about your account's statistics, or lied about the identity of the account you are selling. |
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WTS Hero Account Member.
Posts: +800
Activity: +750
Position: Hero Member
Date Registered: February 2012
Reason : No longer active here.
Price 2.5 BTC + escrow.
If you wish for your account to remain anonymous, I would suggest you edit the information you have provided to be a bit more vague. I'm fairly certain I know the username based off of that information, and it took me about 5 minutes.
... This was the same conclusion I came to as well. I refrained from mentioning the name publicly, out of respect for the OP, since it might hurt the value of the account. That being said, I agree that the account ought to be tagged once it is sold. As long as the person buying it is not doing so with the intention of falsifying positive trust, I don't see why this tag would hurt the value. |
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Nice knife, good wear. Not looking to buy, but here's a free bump since I have a question.
I might be selling a knife of mine for btc in the near future, and was wondering if you knew any good escrows who deal with steam items. Thanks!
I would recommend monbux if you're looking for a trustworthy escrow on these forums that can deal with steam items/trades. If you check my trust history, you can see I've already done a few steam related deals with him Alright, thanks. I know he and others are trustworthy, just wasn't sure if they dealt with steam items. Figured you would know, since you seem to sell here frequently. Good luck selling your knife! |
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If you wish for your account to remain anonymous, I would suggest you edit the information you have provided to be a bit more vague. I'm fairly certain I know the username based off of that information, and it took me about 5 minutes.
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[ persistent little fucker ]
Let's see if we can nuke this one in record time. Yup: Nuke user: N/A in topic #0 by member #390249Seems he has already registered three new accounts (judging by their names). MonkeyBBBBMossMadBBalAll created one after another. It's that lack of creativity that will be the end of him... Thanks for the links, will wait until he posts something. AFAIK it's not against the rules to register alts for banned accounts, but it's against the rules to post outside Meta with those alts. It really doesn't matter what he names his accounts. His posting style makes it pretty obvious who he is. |
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[ persistent little fucker ]
Let's see if we can nuke this one in record time. Yup: Nuke user: N/A in topic #0 by member #390249Seems he has already registered three new accounts (judging by their names). MonkeyBBBBMossMadBBalAll created one after another. |
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Nice knife, good wear. Not looking to buy, but here's a free bump since I have a question.
I might be selling a knife of mine for btc in the near future, and was wondering if you knew any good escrows who deal with steam items. Thanks!
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Have you tried to recover your password? It'd send an email to the email linked with it, and if you can access the email, you can change the password.
If you think (and you have evidence) that your account is hacked, you may send a PM to theymos proving it is yours (PGP signature, if you used it on the account, or sign an address that belongs to the account).
I think there was a thread somewhere about it, but I can't find it right now...
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=497545.0If you are unable to recover your account through conventional means (email address), this seems to be your next best option. Hope things work out for you. |
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I could never understand how these reports work, I have 9 posts with a math-defying 25% accuracy.
Of your 9 reported posts, 8 were given a verdict by moderators and one wasn't. It didn't count for or against your accuracy. Edit: then again, that link tells me "You have reported 3 posts with 0% accuracy"; it seems none of my reports were deemed to be "accurate".  If all 3 of them were reported recently, it could simply mean that no verdict has been given yet. I'm not sure how active the moderation team is with reports, but that is entirely possible. BB37BB has been banned and nuked too: Autoban user: N/A in topic #0 by member #390122Nuke user: N/A in topic #0 by member #390122( https://bitcointalk.org/modlog.php ) It's a bit of a shame new accounts are no longer restricted to the beginner's & help section like they used to be. At least he would have to wait a few hours between accounts. |
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