https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=341082.0

There's also this, but these are posts that I consider isolated incidents where one person had an awful time and it doesn't speak to the average experience of hundreds, thousands, however many customers.

Personally, so far, they do seem very 'sorry, these are the rules'. I set up 'instant buy' after creating an ACH transaction and they won't cancel it, honor the instant, or allow cancellation of the instant-to-be-processed in a week.

Frustrating, but not the scam I've read so far. Not happy, but for the price, not calling my bank/card company just yet.

I'm sorry. I did find this thread, but my sign-up experience was so vastly different, I figured I'd solicit newer opinions:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=293013.0

I searched the ten most recent pages and no talk of Coinbase.

Any opinions? Absurdly low fee of 1%.

PM'd

Please note OP's reputation (-6) and refusal to possibly send first. I just hate seeing people scammed more since it happened to me.

Please post any public commentary you'd like to discuss here.

I've been here since 2012, I've bought mostly - Vescudero, Garr255, EpisKing, BCB(TM ), manicminer and I was scammed by CoinCleaner (after others, and never banned apparently....)

Anyway, I plan to be more active so please if you have anything good or bad, speak up. Reputation is everything here and I'd like to accept any praise or settle any dispute transparently and amicably.

I'm just choosing a popular thread because I want to understand from the most people that I can, how reputation is considered on here.

Say you're buying/selling BTC, what determines the terms of agreement? What supersedes what 'stat', or does that even matter? Do you just need to find a willing pair? I haven't been on the forum in so long and now it seems even more scam-my.

I tend to disagree with the 'near food' argument.

I want to be near people who provide valuable services; we're still going to have a functioning economy, just not based around the USD. A higher density population means I have more trading opportunities available within x radius than in rural, crop-growing areas.

Presumably, we'd outsource the import of food just as we do now: people would be paid to make it their job to transport enough food for the urban population(s) they service.

Also, social controls are going to be more important as government falls apart. No one hears a home invasion in the middle of no where. And fuel will be too valuable to constantly travel long distances just to make normal exchanges.

(I realized my post is kinda talking post-apocalyptic US, assuming the world is on par with the States' condition. Naturally if the USD alone plummets, the answer is 'outside the US.')

I'm sure they'll outlaw it as soon as they believe it's half-feasible. Even if they can stop some from barely stepping outside their near-absolute control, they'll take that compromise and just keep brainstorming..

I'm in the US and I've never gotten a speeding ticket in ten years of driving.

Parking tickets on the other hand. I've gotten enough ill-deserved parking tickets that I had to teach the Clerk a thing or two about the false security their boots provide.

It turned out to be a really hideous side table to a set of low-level chairs and a futon. Live and learn.

Oh wow. I've been working with local PD and Greendot and (with the nudge of my lawyer) they've escalated to the Internet Fraud Division of the FBI.

Wait until I show them this thread.

(removes dog collars)

Reported. This whole forum is miserable. For the nth time, please stop spamming my thread. I can imagine where you got those 835 posts..

PayPal's overreactive freezing is troublesome, but it's certainly not a negative for buyers who have few other defenses.

Please don't spam my thread.

Thanks again.

The most reputable financial institution online. Known for freezing accounts at the drop of a hat. Giving users plenty of security options to ensure they're protected. I've had it locked down until I called because I accessed it from a state away.

If this isn't trolling, what would satiate your hesitation to trade? I said I was open to suggestions - do you have any ideas of how I could assure a seller of my credibility?

Thanks

(For future Dwolla'ers, I'm pretty sure the $1,000 threshold is what's flagging me for a consistent two week turnover.)

Looking for about $700 with no hard limit on minimum transaction amount.. just please avoid the single digit BTC.

I can link you to PayPal's page that shows my verification date and good standing.

You have all my info so I expect you to send first, with me standing by to pay you immediately. I'll use the family/friends option and in the memo indicate that I'm giving you the nonrefundable deposit I promised. Something clear enough to show intent.

Open to other reasonable methods of protection.

Last resort, I buy a MoneyPak/send MG/WU, you pay escrow.

PM me with your availability so we can chat in real-time and get funds transferred as painlessly as BTC can be.

Yeah, I suggest you look into what personal bankruptcy equates to, big picture. I'm guessing you haven't read enough if $800 for help with bankruptcy-level settlement seems exorbitant. That and I saw the term 'fresh start.' For a flat $800 I assume you're just borrowing their letterhead.. and adding $800 to your debt.

The fact that they have no stake in the transaction is marginally helpful, but my main point is that in the case of escrow defecting, you have two parties telling the same story as opposed to one person's word to another's in a direct trade.

Looking for $300-400 in BTC for Dwolla. Verified on Dwolla, waiting for Gox - hence the trade.

Dwolla finally released a considerable bank-funded deposit today after holding it for just a day short of three weeks. I will never use them again. They're poised to be the next PayPal anyway. One of those things are.

Bitcoins, bitcoins everywhere. Not two blocks to clink.