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I was initially excited at the prospect of buying bitcoins at walmart, but if an ID is required, my enthusiasm is dampened.
Do all these CVS/walmart/7-11 type services require ID?
Does bitinstant accept cash-in-the-mail or money orders?
I've made several purchases via CVS moneygram -> bitcoin to e-mail, and I've never had to show any I.D. The person on the phone does ask for my information however (name, address, and phone number). |
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bitinstant is making it much easier to get coins now. If you're still looking for a way, head over to their site.
+1 for the win!!11! Now it is as easy as buying a beer. Yeah it's really convenient, but it comes at a cost depending on which options you use. If you go through moneygram (CVS, etc..) they will also charge you a $3.95 fee, on top of the 3.99% Bitinstant takes, and the $1 that coinvault takes. That $3.95 fee sucks. Overall I've been paying about $10 in fees for each transaction. (Under $200) |
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Honestly the best way to learn is to do it with $20 and see how easy it is. Go through the process on BitInstant.com, and you'll see all the instructions you need.
I tried it. I selected 'walmart' and 'to email' options, and tried depositing $20: It says I'm going to get $19.20 for my $20. A 4% fee. Seems good: It asks me for a 4 digit PIN, then tells me I'm going to receive $18.20 for my $20. A 9% fee. What happened there? Oh, and it also tells me there will be a further 1% fee for the USD to BTC conversion. So that's a nice round 10% fee in total. Then when I get the voucher to print, it turns out I have to pay $23.95 (a convenience fee of $3.95 has been added): That makes a total fee of exactly 25%. I pay $23.95 to get $18.202 and then have to pay an extra 1% on top of that for the conversion. I wonder if there's some way of presenting the true cost up front, and making the fees clearer. It seems, for instance, that I end up getting more money if I deposit $99.99 than if I deposit $100, because the rate goes up 1% at $100. But the only way of finding that out is by trial and error. I'd like to see the fee structure spelled out clearly. The rate is a flat 3.99% all around. When you do 'Bitcoin to email' coinapult charges an extra 1% for the conversion and trading fee which we clearly display in orange on the next page. For some transfers, zipzap adds $3.95 fee on it. So yes, when doing $20 it may seem $5 is too hefty, but on $500 its alot less. Any tips on avoiding the 3.95 fee by ZipZap? I read earlier that it seems to be because of MoneyGram... Which locations use moneygram? I can verify that the CVS location uses Moneygram and charges the $3.95 fee |
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bitinstant is making it much easier to get coins now. If you're still looking for a way, head over to their site.
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Wow. Perfect service. Went through CVS and paid the 3.95 moneygram fee and received my bitcoins via email almost instantly. Highly recommend. This dude's about to get lots of my money
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I just downloaded the payment slip from the site, but it also says: Click "Create Payment Slip" to have your slip downloaded to your computer for printing and sent to the email address provided above. However, I didn't receive an e-mail and my e-mail address isn't listed on that page. Should I be concerned? I want to make sure the coins go to my email address. (using cash -> coinapult)
When I click 'Return to merchant' I get a page that just displays 'not found'
I had this for wal-mart ->mtgox as well. I have the slip but never got an email. Have you payed for it yet? I plan on waiting til I hear back. No, I'd have to drive 15 minutes to do it and I've got a busy day. I may not pay that particular slip at all, but I would like to do this soon, because F dwolla. As long as the slip was created and you have it you are good to go. The return to merchant and email slip is a simple glitch we are fixing now. Your quotes are in the system, we've already processed a dozen or so orders today Cool, thanks for the quick reply! |
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I just downloaded the payment slip from the site, but it also says: Click "Create Payment Slip" to have your slip downloaded to your computer for printing and sent to the email address provided above. However, I didn't receive an e-mail and my e-mail address isn't listed on that page. Should I be concerned? I want to make sure the coins go to my email address. (using cash -> coinapult)
When I click 'Return to merchant' I get a page that just displays 'not found'
I had this for wal-mart ->mtgox as well. I have the slip but never got an email. Have you payed for it yet? I plan on waiting til I hear back. |
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I just downloaded the payment slip from the site, but it also says: Click "Create Payment Slip" to have your slip downloaded to your computer for printing and sent to the email address provided above. However, I didn't receive an e-mail and my e-mail address isn't listed on that page. Should I be concerned? I want to make sure the coins go to my email address. (using cash -> coinapult)
When I click 'Return to merchant' I get a page that just displays 'not found'
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This is so great! Many thanks to the developers.
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Has anyone tried using the qwickbit.com? Any thoughts on this?
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Yeah the 30 day wait sucks.... I need some damn coins.
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Good to hear you were able to resolve. Was hoping to find a good alternative to MtGox. Anyone else had any issues with them?
Waiting for a simple exchange 3 days now. Stuck in zendesk escalation hell lol What payment method are you using? |
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Good to hear you were able to resolve. Was hoping to find a good alternative to MtGox. Anyone else had any issues with them?
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I've starting looking for some people to trade with.. need to get some more posts and time in.
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Yeah this really sucks.. just got hit by the 30 day message. Anxiously waiting...
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In case anyone is still looking - bitcoin faucet will also give you .005
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New to bitcoins. Dwolla not letting me deposit to exchanges for 30 days, so I stumbled on this site.
Looks like I have lots of reading to keep me busy.
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