It's even worse than that: after I answered all those questions, they asked for records relating to the purchase of those bitcoins. MtGox doesn't have records from 2011, and BitInstant isn't even operating anymore!!

I'm not sure what kind of records they'd want for in-person trades with people I haven't spoken to since.

Of course not! But if I'm lying, it's super-easy to unsubscribe! =)

Hey guys!
Just another BitCoin nerd here! Wanted to show off this service I made: http://btcwarn.com

I built it because I didn't feel like always watching BitCoin prices, but I wanted to know if there was anything interesting going on with them.

Basically, you just input a phone number (US only at the moment) or email address and tell it, say, "Text me immediately when the price of BitCoin moves more than 10% within 48 hours!" and it'll do that. It checks BitCoin prices once a minute so it's super-fast and can contact people more-or-less instantly when a price shift does happen.

I've been working on it for a while, and I'm pretty excited about how it's going. Would love to hear what you guys think, though!

Oh yeah, and it's free! Forever!

Sorry to revive an old thread, but it looks like this is still happening: https://medium.com/surveillance-state/19a5db211e47

That guy mentioned BitCoin on a mailchimp list, and got blocked.

Pretty interesting! I tried it for a few minutes and I have some reservations about the % success rate. I swear I got all those captchas right, but its only showing a 32% success rate. Not encouraging!

Didn't some people actually manage to get refunds, while others can't? I wonder what the difference is.

Someone should organize a torch-and-pitchfork meetup at their headquarters.

Guess I'm one of the lucky ones -- I never actually bought their stuff, though I strongly considered it! The company just didn't pass the smell test imho. If you've got a product ready to go, there's no need to engage in this pre-order crap. If you've got a solid business plan to build a product, getting real investment money is easy enough.

What I didn't want is to become an investor without knowing it.

So I made this thing: http://btcwarn.com

You give it a phone number of email, and tell it "Text Me immediately if the price of bitcoin moves more than X% in Y hours" (default: 10% in 24 hours) and you'll immediately get notified of major price shifts.

It's free, and you won't have to watch the price like a hawk (if you don't want to!)

Oh, also.. having trouble loading your portfolio site. Seems to be down?

Pretty cool design!

Howdy! Just joined too, can't wait to start coding some bitcoin tools and whatnot!