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Please be advised that Bitcoin Brokers is officially winding down its operations. It has been my pleasure working with all of you fine members over the course of these last few years. I wish everybody all the success in the world. Adios.
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Was the title some sort of double entendre with the word "insertion"?
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Once again, I am looking for more sellers. This is a great opportunity for those who are looking to be paid well about market rates for their bitcoin.
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I am looking for a widget which sources from Bitstamp or Coinbase in US dollars. I would like for it to also have the 24 hour high, the 24 hour low, the 24 hour volume, and the 24 hour % change. I like the one that I see at the Winkdex, which can be seen at http://winkdex.com/I would want the widget to say "Powered by BitcoinBulldog.com" similar to the way the BTCQuote widget appears found here: https://www.firebase.com/blog/2013-10-25-btcquote-bitcoin-price-ticker.htmlFrom what I understand the APIs from the exchanges only like a certain amount of requests per minute or hour, so some advice and guidance would be appreciated as to how we should set this up so that the ticker is always going to work without isssue Additionally, since I will want other websites to embed my widget for use on their websites, I will want the widget to be in various display sizes such as 300 X 250, 336 X 280, 728 X 90, 300 X 600 These seem to be the top four sizes that Google suggests for ad word campaigns on websites as far as CTR, and as such I would imagine these would fit well into the most amount of websites without causing the website/blog owners to have to redesign their websites to fit the widget. The layout for the information displayed with the widget will need a couple different designs due to the size and shape changes of the 4 various sizes I am looking for. The ideal candidate will have created something similar in the past which I can see. Feel free to PM me if interested. Please indicate the price you will charge as well as the time frame necessary to complete the work. Thanks. |
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As you can see from the title of this post, the rate I want an article writer to be paid is between $50-$100 for 1000 words. I believe this rate is higher than what most article writers would normally encounter, and as such I hope many high quality writers will be interested in this job. Explanation of the hiring process: 1) I will provide the bitcoin specific topic which I will want the writers to write about. 2)If a writer feels they are interested in writing this article, they will need to compete against the other writers to win the writing job. 3) To enter the competition, each writer will need to pay an entry fee of $5. There will between 10-20 openings per article competition. I will read each article, and whichever article I feel did the best job of articulating the topic will win. I will not make any money from this. Every dollar which is collected from writers, gets paid back to the winning writer. 4)The winning article will be published at www.BitcoinBulldog.com which is a new website which will launch within the next 60 days. BitcoinBulldog will be focused on bringing a mix of breaking news within the bitcoin ecosystem, as well as some op-ed pieces. The writer will receive full credit for their writing if published at BitcoinBulldog. To alleviate any concerns from people who might think that this is some elaborate scam designed to get people's bitcoin and run, I would like to point out that I am the owner of Bitcoin-Brokers.org and you can see my review thread here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=237164.0I have been running Bitcoin-Brokers for 2.5 years. Over the course of 2.5 years, I have acted as the escrow agent for over 7 million dollars worth of bitcoin transactions. My review thread has over 80,000 views, hundreds of comments, and I am proud to say that if you take the time to read through the comments section you will not find one single complaint from anybody. This is the first time that I have attempted to hire an article writer at Bitcointalk, and to the best of my knowledge this is the first time that an offer like this has been presented. As such, I have no idea if this offer will be appealing or not to article writers. I do know that by structuring the offer in this manner it will weed out the weaker writers immediately. Hopefully the idea is a success, and is well received by interested writers. If it is a success, then this will be an ongoing competition, but we can cross that bridge if and when it comes. Rather than asking people to send any money right now to declare their desire to enter, I feel it would be just as easy for interested parties to declare their intention with a simple post below indicating their desire to enter. As such, if you are a writer who would like to enter this first competition, please make a post indicating as such. If we get to the point where there are enough interested parties then I can ask the interested parties to submit their payment at that time. I think for the first competition, I would allow the writers 7 days to come up with their 1000 words. This should allow each writer enough time to put something together. If anybody has any questions, feel free to post your questions below. Obviously each writer will need to come up with original content. Any writer who submits content which is stolen from another website will forfeit their entrance fee to the winning writer. To verify that each writer's content is original material I will be using www.copyscape.com to verify the integrity and originality of each submission. If the event that there are multiple high quality articles, the winner will receive all the money collected, and I would probably offer a nominal fee to the other high quality writers to at least compensate them for their entrance fee (there would be no obligation to sell me the writings, but the writers will have the offer made in case they have no other use for the submitted writing). Thanks for your consideration. |
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Bumping...lots of bitcoin available right now.
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Bumping...lots of bitcoin available right now.
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This is a limited time offer. This offer will expire October 7th. Bitcoin-Brokers has $10,000 worth of bitcoin which needs to be sold by October 7th with a cash deposit at any Bank of America location. Order sizes can be anywhere between $400-$10,000 until the bitcoin has been liquidated. We are selling this bitcoin at Bitstamp +2%!! (Normally we charge much more, but we have a client who is in a hurry to get his hands on some cash). Bitcoin-Brokers' review thread can be seen here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=237164.msg12540541#msg12540541To obtain this special pricing, you must mention that you saw this ad, otherwise you will be quoted our regular rates. Thanks. |
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the trust system on the forums is a joke and it serves no useful purpose. It should be removed.
I completely agree. Fortunately I was able to get that person to reverse the negative remarks that he left on the trust system so it is now back to normal. |
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I can't imagine you're getting many buyers if you're asking for 12% over Bitstamp.
Your imagination aside, isn't it much like localbitcoin with a concierge service? The rates are fairly similar to lbc, and often discounted in comparison. LBC does maybe a thousand bitcoin a day, yes? If you don't like it, don't use it, or set up your own better service, but I don't see a reason for the disparagement. I agree with you 100%. This thread seems to have attracted a plethora of people recently who have never used the service suddenly deciding they want to bitch and moan about it. If they have so many ideas as to how the business should be run perhaps they should open there own business and offer some competition since clearly they all have opinions on how it could be run better. |
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What I'm irritated with is that you repeatedly promote your service here, but when people actually contact you, it turns out things are not quite what they seem. For example, you say "any major US bank such as Bank of America, Wells Fargo, PNC, US Bank, Citibank and US Bank" but often do not have anything available at most of those banks. During those 7,000 transactions there has never been one complaint from a single buyer or seller because inquiries are handled lightning quick, bitcoin is received the same day, and clients are treated like gold.
You claim there has never been a complaint, but in the past I got a somewhat different story from you: First time buyers are required to submit a copy of government issued ID so we know who we are dealing with. The first year of business we used to just issue deposit instructions to buyers without verifying their identity, yet we fell victim to fraud. The fraud was committed as follows:
The criminal realized that if they could trick victims into making cash deposits into our bank account, they could represent themselves as the depositor and get paid the bitcoin. Once the victim realized that whatever they thought they were depositing money for was a fraud, they went to the bank and informed the bank that they had deposited into one of our accounts (naturally thinking that whatever account they were depositing into was the criminal's account instead of ours.) The bank then froze our funds, investigated the fraud, and closed our account and it turned into an absolute nightmare for us. So, as a result of those shenanigans we now need to ensure that we are actually dealing with a person who is fully aware of why they are depositing into our accounts.
We only ask for ID once. Once new buyers have identified themselves, we never ask again. We just need to do our best to scare away the bad guys for everybody's safety.
If you would like to make a deposit, we ask that you upload a photo of either your Passport or Driver's license to this ticket as well as a copy of a utility bill which is no more than 90 days old. We ask that the photo of the ID captures all outer edges of the ID. Additionally, we ask that a note be written and laid next to the ID so one single picture captures the note and the ID. The note must read
"I am depositing into Bitcoin-Brokers bank account for the purpose of purchasing bitcoin".
Once we have that, you are "good to go" to purchase as much bitcoin as you wish.
You are completely taking things out of context and you know it. You are quoting a post which was made 1 year ago. Did you read the date of the original post? That is July 2014 and we are now in July 2015. To make you happy since you say it irritates you, I have adjusted the initial post. 1)Every time a buyer submits a request to purchase bitcoin I provide that buyer with exactly what banks are available at that moment. The banks which are listed are banks that my sellers use. Sometimes sellers run out of bitcoin and I will offer what happens to be available when the ticket is submitted. 2)With respect to there never being a single complaint, I stand by that statement 100%. Did you read my review thread? There are 80,000 views, hundreds of comments and you CANNOT find one single complaint anywhere on that review thread, so why on Earth do you think it is appropriate to try to parse a section of our introduction to the service email and say that this somehow represents a complaint on the review thread? |
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Despite you saying there is no need to make a buyer submit a ticket, allow me to explain why in fact there is a need.
Bitcoin-Brokers deals with many different sellers who offer their personal bank accounts as deposit locations for our buyers wishing to purchase bitcoin. Each of these sellers has their own amount of bitcoin available for sale, and as a result of this, the banks that we might have available one day could be different than the next. Thus, the business model works best when we actually speak with each buyer one on one for each and every transaction to make them aware of what is actually available.
This can be addressed in many more efficient and scalable ways than having the buyer contact you directly through a support ticket system. Your contention that the business model works "best" this way, however, is definitively incorrect based on my definition of "best." My definition of best is the fastest, easiest way of performing the transaction. This is not the fastest or easiest way. Hopefully you understand that. Hint: manual methods are almost never the fastest way to address things for online services. I do see, however, that it could be one of the most convenient ways for you in the short term. But as you've said, you've been at this for two years. That's why I think it's strange you do things this way. I have looked at your ticket, and I can see that you were responded to exactly 17 minutes after you submitted a ticket to the help desk. In my opinion having to wait 17 minutes to actually get a live response from a live company representative is impressive, and I am not aware of any other bitcoin company that would offer you a full response to all of your questions within that amount of time. Where did I say I had a problem with the speed of your support service? I was quite happy with it, actually. Manual services are too inefficient, however. You're wasting the buyer's and your own time when you don't need to. Heck, if you're really just too lazy to code, manually input what's available directly on the site. You don't have to post account numbers, but just the amount of bitcoins currently available, and the associated banks. It just seems like you didn't really think this through, with the way you're doing it. And again, you've had two years to think on it further and improve it - and it's still in this condition. That is, again, another reason why I think your methods are strange. Granted there are services which offer bitcoin for rates less than what Bitcoin-Brokers charges, yet I seriously doubt that any of them would respond to your requests in such a timely manner. Additionally, I would like to point out that even though our rates might be more than what you want to pay, if you take the time to read through this review thread in its entirety you will see that after 2 years of doing business, there is not one single complaint from either a buyer or a seller. This is after approximately 7000 transactions and approximately $7 million worth of sales. The majority of our clients are repeat clients who are treated with all the respect in the world. Hopefully one day you too will be added to our list of respected clients.
Hopefully the bolded phrase is referring to a general you, and not actually me. I never said it was more than what I want to pay. I simply showed the rate, which you're refusing to show for a reason you still have not made clear. I don't understand why you're dodging the main point of my post. Let me spell it out for you: I don't understand the reason you are not posting your rate in the OP, when you have no problem informing customers via support that it is 10% over bitstamp + a 2% fee. Mind you, also, this actually comes out to greater than 12% - I'm sorry, I actually overlooked this. The 2% fee is charged to the bitstamp+10% rate. Therefore, you actually charge 1.10*1.02 = 1.132 times the bitstamp rate. This amounts to a 13.2% fee. I will edit my post accordingly. You either are wholly truthful with your buyers about how you do business, or you are not. Again, I see no reason for you not to post your fee on the OP. But it's your decision. Post it or don't. Either way, that info should be out there for potential customers so they actually know what you are offering. Hanging out a shingle and saying, "I sell btc" isn't good enough. What are the rates? Bulk options? How much can I do daily? I need this information. This market is all about what you're selling at. That means everything. Conveniently leaving out your price is a ridiculous way of attracting customers. I'll say this again: You're wasting both your own time and the time of those that will not accept the 13.2% fee you require. Simply post the fee, so those that accept the rate can do business with you. Granted there are services which offer bitcoin for rates less than what Bitcoin-Brokers charges, yet I seriously doubt that any of them would respond to your requests in such a timely manner. LBC exists. I'll spare you the details, since you already know them (give it a quick peek if you haven't in a bit). And please spare me any 5-cent rebuttal. We both know what the realities are. With that said, I think it's just fine for you to charge whatever you please. But just be straightforward about it. As a trader and a once potential customer, I can say that hiding things from me only serves to inspire distrust and worry. If you intend to run an honest business, be wholly honest. That is my advice. 1)My post does not have those words bolded.....just yours does. 2)It is 11% and not 13.2% (A $400 deposit nets the buyer $356) A $400 deposit nets the buyer $356 worth of bitcoin. (I can see how you might think it is 12% based on how it is worded in the explanation, but since our 2% fee is taken from the amount after the seller is paid, it actually works out to 11% for the buyer when the smoke clears) |
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I can't imagine you're getting many buyers if you're asking for 12% over Bitstamp.
I suppose what you think its a lot of business. $7 million dollars worth of sales over the course of 2 years. During those 7,000 transactions there has never been one complaint from a single buyer or seller because inquiries are handled lightning quick, bitcoin is received the same day, and clients are treated like gold. I've done 100 million in business over 100,000 transactions! Ha I win! [Your words literally mean nothing, a year ago you said 5000 or 6000 I believe so obviously your business is basically dead since then, personally I highly doubt you've done even a million USD in business thus far.] $7 million in 2 years is exactly what has been sold. Your statement is correct with respect to the fact that within the first year there were about 5000 transactions and that in the last year there were about 2000 transactions which is over a 50% drop off in sales. This is not just my business. Look at the volume levels of Bitstamp. They have seen a drop in sales of the exact same amount. When prices are rising we sell more than compared to a falling price environment. |
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I can't imagine you're getting many buyers if you're asking for 12% over Bitstamp.
I suppose what you think its a lot of business. $7 million dollars worth of sales over the course of 2 years. During those 7,000 transactions there has never been one complaint from a single buyer or seller because inquiries are handled lightning quick, bitcoin is received the same day, and clients are treated like gold. |
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It's pointless to waste both your time and the buyer's time by requiring them to submit a "support ticket" - strange way of doing business, by the way - just to find out your rate. Post it on the OP. There literally is no reason not to unless you actually intend to mislead the buyer. No offense intended. It's just nonsensical to post a trade thread without a rate, and then to have the buyer have to inquire about the rate, which is held constant (it's not like it's different on a per-buyer basis). So just to make it clear for everyone, and to save some significant time on the part of sayulita and the forum members:
The rate is 12% over Bitstamp.
Despite you saying there is no need to make a buyer submit a ticket, allow me to explain why in fact there is a need. Bitcoin-Brokers deals with many different sellers who offer their personal bank accounts as deposit locations for our buyers wishing to purchase bitcoin. Each of these sellers has their own amount of bitcoin available for sale, and as a result of this, the banks that we might have available one day could be different than the next. Thus, the business model works best when we actually speak with each buyer one on one for each and every transaction to make them aware of what is actually available. I have looked at your ticket, and I can see that you were responded to exactly 17 minutes after you submitted a ticket to the help desk. In my opinion having to wait 17 minutes to actually get a live response from a live company representative is impressive, and I am not aware of any other bitcoin company that would offer you a full response to all of your questions within that amount of time. Granted there are services which offer bitcoin for rates less than what Bitcoin-Brokers charges, yet I seriously doubt that any of them would respond to your requests in such a timely manner. Additionally, I would like to point out that even though our rates might be more than what you want to pay, if you take the time to read through this review thread in its entirety you will see that after 2 years of doing business, there is not one single complaint from either a buyer or a seller. This is after approximately 7000 transactions and approximately $7 million worth of sales. The majority of our clients are repeat clients who are treated with all the respect in the world. Hopefully one day you too will be added to our list of respected clients. |
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Bump....lots of bitcoin available right now with a cash deposit in the USA.
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I mean, is he in possession of any kind of proof or evidence against you? In his report he clearly specifies that you are running a ponzi and you can run away at any time, if he does not have any proofs of that then he is abusing the system and therefore should be kicked out of the default trust system like many other people. One thing that really bugs me is why some people on default trust, they are there for a reason i suppose, have so little sent feedback, you would expect them to use the trust system way more. Are they just wasting their position?
He is not in any possession of anything. He wanted to work with me, and I felt that he was dishonest and rude, and as such I chose not to work with him. He then said that I had better start treating him with more respect if I wanted him as a customer. I informed him that sellers are not my customers, that the buyers were my customers, and that his ego has essentially torpedoed any chance of him being represented by Bitcoin-Brokers. That is all he has...just me indicating that I will not work with him. That is when he went on his little rampage with the Trust System. I have had 6500 transactions with hundreds of buyers and sellers. I work with a handful of sellers every day and a few hundred buyers who repeatedly come back to use the service all the time. Nobody has ever been scammed in any sense. |
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I have spoken with this person, and apologized for our argument, and asked him if he could please remove the negative rating.
He is refusing to do so.
What would be the wisest way to handle this situation?
I am open to suggestions. I just want this resolved as quietly and quickly as possible.
Is it appropriate to contact a Mod about something like this?
This is all new to me.
Thanks for any suggestions.
Talk to escrow.ms about having BenAnh removed from DefaultTrust. escrow.ms is the person on default trust who trusts BenAnh, which is why many people will see his ratings. If he is removed, then the rating will stay, but be less noticeable. explain the situation to escrow.ms and explain why you think he might be abusing trust. OK, if you think that is a good idea I will do it. I had always just allowed my review thread to be my Trust system, and never asked anybody to use the Trust system and now this guy causes those bloody red letters which just scares away people. I know those red warning letters would scare me away if I had never dealt with a company before. I appreciate your advice. |
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https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=237164.msg11702420#msg11702420 (My review thread) I run www.Bitcoin-Brokers.org and have been on these forums for 2 years. In that time, this forum has helped me sell $7,000,000 worth of bitcoin over the course of 6500 different transactions. Every single one of these 6500 transactions has been perfect. The buyer always received what they paid for. My review thread has 80,000 views, with hundreds of comments, and there is not one single complaint over the course of two years. A couple of days ago a member of these forums contacts me because he wants to join my team of sellers, and have me direct my buyers to his bank account. After private messaging back and forth for a couple of days, I told him that I would not allow him to sell his bitcoin through Bitcoin-Brokers. He then posts a negative ratings on my trust saying things like I am a scammer, and running a ponzi scheme, and that I cannot be trusted, and that I am an asshole. (it literally says that now) Now I have those dreaded red letters next to my profile. Any new buyers visiting my previously perfect review thread could easily be scared off when they see the trust rating suggesting that they should exercise caution when dealing with me. It is not fair when I run a perfectly honest service, and a disgruntled person who has never transacted one single dollar with my service can smear my reputation. I have repeatedly apologized to him in an attempt to bury the hatchet, and repeatedly asked him to please remove the negative trust, and his simply refuses to repeal his negative feedback. I worked so hard for 2 years to treat every client with the greatest of respect, and then a competitor can simply come along and trash my reputation seems completely unjust. Is there anything that a mod could do to help me with this?
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