[Up to $250,000 in Office Supplies and Technology to be given away through coupon savings.]

Up to $250,000 in Office Supplies and Technology to be given away through coupon savings.

I am conducting a marketing test to provide some background for a Client in an effort to convince them that adopting bitcoin as a payment method would be a useful strategy. At this point, they want to see if there is enough interest in their goods to implement a bitcoin payment strategy, and have authorized me to make this offer in US$ only.

Here's the deal- Reliable, an online division of OfficeMax, is offering a $50 off of a minimum $100 purchase coupon for purchases made by small business customers in the continental US. (Sorry rest of the world, I am working on something for you too, stay tuned.) I have codes for 5,000 of these that I will be distributing during the next few months to anyone who meets the requirements and requests on through a PM to me.

The Rules:

• You must be able to claim that you are a small business, and order using a business name.
• You must be able to describe having at least 5 employees at your business.
• Your order must total at least $100 before taxes before the coupon can be applied.
• Your order first order must be less than $1,000 and will only have one $50 coupon applied.
• There will be a small (<$2) delivery charge added to your order.
• You must take delivery within the 48 continental US states.
• You will have the option of paying by credit card or being invoiced, if you invoice you will be establishing business credit in the name of the business you use.
• You will be contacted by their customer service people following to see if you want to set up an on-going account relationship, and will have access to all kinds of discounted prices, monthly specials etc.

The Procedure: Send me PM that you are interested. I will respond with a coupon code, and the 800 number you will use to place your purchase, along with their web address so that you can browse everything they offer. You put together your order of at least $100, call the 800 number, place your order and give them the code I sent you, and they will apply a $50 discount off your order. Your order will arrive in two days (in most locations, they will confirm this with you) and will include free gifts in addition to what you ordered- I believe they are doing some vinyl tote bags and tins of chocolate chip cookies this month. It's the kind of stuff the receptionist at your business loves to find when they open the box of supplies.

That's it. No future purchase requirements, unless you choose to buy something. You will be setting up an account number, and you will have an initial credit limit of $500 +/-, or you can use a credit card when you order (note- you will NOT be ordering with me).

If the test works, I may be able to offer these again for a second order after 6 months, but for now this is a one shot deal.

And, if the test works, I will have very strong evidence to present that the alternate crypto-economy is a good place to sell their goods, and that they should accept bitcoin as a payment method. And that will be a huge step toward mainstream adoption of bitcoin as an alternative payment method, as this would be the first Fortune 300 company to accept.

So give it a shot. The upside? You can get $100 worth of stuff for your office for $50.

Local rules for this thread - no flame wars. No ad hominem attacks on anybody. No off-topic nonsense. This is a giveaway for all intents and purposes, not a discussion per se, and posts that are not in the spirit of this marketing test are not welcome.

Tickets were given away... enjoy the show.

Hi!

Your market is broken. There are a multitude of accounts that have been locked up for several weeks going back into October. The Charts page has been inconsistent and delivering error messages or out of date information for the same period. You allegedly had your first con artist list an asset under the exact same name as the exchange "GLBSE" and managed to claim that this was a fake through proxies and only after shares in the asset were sold, and now many of those buyers are locked out of their accounts and unable to access the damage that your negligence is responding or protecting the market has permitted. The fact is that you sold them the right to list that asset by taking fees, you accepted the name that they assigned it, and you are responsible for it.

Despite 18 different attempts to communicate with "Nefario" and the other entities listed on the Contact page as being responsible for the project over the past 3.5 weeks, the only response I have received to date was a false statement by ColdHardMetal that Nefario would be resetting the bitcoind failure on the 14th of November. This has either never happened, or it was not the problem because anecdotal information indicates that the market is continuing to work for some users, and not for others.

I can understand that people relocate and travel. I can accept that developers get into car accidents and are laid up for a few days and not up to fixing things. I understand that people involved in bitcoin projects often have a multitude of other things going on in their lives, and don't place user issues as their highest priority. That does not excuse almost a month of keeping my account in a broken condition. It does not give license to manipulate values artificially by letting some players continue to use the market while locking others out of the process.

It seems unfathomable that a single developer is the only one involved in the project who hold the magic key to fix things, and somehow he cannot be contacted to take action, only to give out false assurances that things will get fixed "soon". I am positive that one of the other worthies involved in the project could be trusted with the passwords or secret codes to access the program and fix what needs fixing, to unlock what needs unlocking.

This type of unprofessional and potentially criminal negligence is exactly the wrong message that bitcoin needs.

At this point I must demand action be taken. I have been patient for long enough. While the value of my holding may not be massive, your fiduciary responsibility to those who entrust their value to you is very significant, and legally binding. I am holding Nefario, and all other entities listed as responsible for the project accountable for this failure.

I am available through any of my contact methods listed here or through the GLBSE registration or forum. I have also provided direct contact information in my many emails. If you need any information from me, I will provide it again, but I demand that my account be unlocked or repaired or dipped in honey and reborn or whatever else you need to do to restore full function to me as the account owner, in full, immediately.

In frustration, I remain

username: LoupGaroux