Nice idea.  What sort of rates are you going to offer on virtual goods?  You are surely not going to know what the value of all goods from all games etc are?

Why do you need to buy the account?  Is Pirate no longer issuing accounts?

I am investing in Pyramining.  See signature for details.  I let my coins generate coins for me!!

Many thanks!

BFL have proved they are a serious company, shipping physical product and not a scam.  the only thing they have been reluctant to reveal is delivery dates etc, probably due to development issues.  When they first started accepting preorders, they probably had not developed the tech, but hopefully by now they have and its a question of asthetics etc?!  After all, they are due to start shipping in 4 weeks!

Its the same as any gambling.  You will lose in the end, its just a question of how long it takes you.  The house always wins, (otherwise the % edge would be meaningless).

This all sounds so complicated, especially running a different OS if you are on windows.  Why not just use Armory?  I am not trying to sell it, I just want someone to tell me if I have missed an obvious vulnerability and it is not as safe as I thought?

Pyramining links:

http://www.pyramining.com/referral/dtyxn62bs
http://www.pyramining.com/referral/ac2ef6khg
http://www.pyramining.com/referral/2kz9xr784
http://www.pyramining.com/referral/my6gq7hfk
http://www.pyramining.com/referral/s7tbr4amx

He may not be trying to scam you but many others are.  Use an exchange.  Its not worth the risk!

Paypal has always been a nightmare in my book.  They regularly froze my account when I was selling a lot on e-bay and accused me of selling fake DVDs when I provided receipts etc and all other paperwork they requested.  They kept the cash frozen for over 6 months and refused to close my account afterwards stating that they could not because it was frozen. 

As for Money bookers, they sold my e-mail address to numerous gambling sites etc.  I set up the address purely for Moneybookers and within 2 weeks I was getting loads of spam, some of it very suspicious.  I stopped using them as I dont believe that a financial insitution should sell my personal details.

Bitcoin is definately the way forward.

Speak to your bank.  They should be able to reverse the transaction.

I am not sure about the US, but in the UK we have a small claims court where you can take someone who owes less than £5k.  You can use a solicitor if you want but cannot recover legal costs, so most people dont bother.  You present your case to the judge and he can make the other party pay up.  You may have something similar.

I have a couple of coins in my mobile wallet, more in my PC online wallet and the majority in my offline wallet accessed via armory.  This is a brilliant wallet that allows paper back ups and true offline operation, without risking anything in that wallet (and no, I have no affiliation with Armory- I just like the app).

You have to be careful and do your research.  Even then, it pays to not put all your eggs in one basket (no matter how good the interest rate that basket is offering)!

Take a look at what is being offered and think is it realistic.  If the proposal doesnt sound realistic it probably isnt.

Pyramining links:

Pyramining links:

I can understand how it may be useful, however, your arguement is that because its run by a known thief and some other guys, the other non thiefs make it ok!  Seems a little mad to me.

And as for the 'withdraw instantly' thing, I seem to remember Pirate saying something else about his 'investment fund'!

Thank you Pirate for demonstrating the best way to run a Ponzi and to part willing volunteers from their coins!