The 4ner
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April 08, 2013, 01:06:11 AM |
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Me too....
I sent $200 at CVS. Zipzap confirmed they got money. But, no money goes to my MtGox. I sent them messages, but no replies. Here is my order info:
Quote ID 4391f8f3-6f6c-4f70-8434-80ea75fe9b8e
Event ID 616c1cda-66b0-4d17-b148-804d4d5b6297
Quote valid until Sun Apr 7 22:48:27 2013
Fees (Not inclusive of ZipZap) 3.99%%
Amount you need to pay $200.0 USD
Amount you will receive $192.02 USD
Expected delivery time(HH:MM:SS) 0:04:00
Guaranteed delivery time (HH:MM:SS) 1:00:00
Destination exchange MtGox
What's going on ?.....
Why didn't you purchase the bit coin directly from Mt. Gox? |
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jack789
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April 08, 2013, 05:34:32 AM |
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Well, you need to fund Mt.Gox before you can buy bitcoin.... Mt.Gox has several methods to fund your account. Per advertising, Bitinstant appears to be fastest ( they said within 1 hour).... But, that now looks like a pipe dream.....
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bitfreier
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April 08, 2013, 05:41:14 AM |
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I'd rather trade with a trusted member of this forum than use these opaque exchanges... jmo
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The 4ner
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April 08, 2013, 05:47:38 AM |
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I'd rather trade with a trusted member of this forum than use these opaque exchanges... jmo
I agree. I was about to purchase my first coin today but started doing some extensive reading regarding BitInstants service and read plenty of negative threads convincing me to withdraw from making such a transaction. Shame. I guess I'll try purchasing BTC locally  |
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coinsandcoins
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April 08, 2013, 07:39:47 AM |
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iv'e never had a problem with bitinstant iv'e bought more then 10k worth or bitcoins and mtgox credit through them. it took 30 seconds for the coins to get sent to my address and the moment after the money was sent my mtgox account was credited. they give a great service that is hella fast and there the only way i buy bitcoins wire transfers are to slow  |
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BitSmack
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April 08, 2013, 08:45:42 AM |
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Is it possible that Bitinstant is going out of business and keeping everyone's money? Look at there facebook page and the recent user posts. Also check out this page bitinstantscam.com
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Zaih
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April 08, 2013, 08:47:37 AM |
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Thats a very broad accusation bro, especially to BitInstant. You should try contact their customer support and sort it out. I'm positive this is a misunderstanding  |
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BitSmack
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April 08, 2013, 08:56:06 AM |
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Thats a very broad accusation bro, especially to BitInstant. You should try contact their customer support and sort it out. I'm positive this is a misunderstanding I don't care I have loyalties to BitInstant, they took my money and delivered nothing in return. I've tried contacting them from every direction possible with no success. The only option left now is to buy a plane ticket and fly to New York. |
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Bjork
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Look for the bear necessities!!
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April 15, 2013, 03:49:19 AM |
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looks like they are at it again.
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moni3z
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April 15, 2013, 04:02:49 AM |
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reddit full of 'where's by coins bitinstant' threads, guess their system went down. they need to hire more people
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BTCisthefuture
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April 15, 2013, 04:48:05 AM |
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There's certainly a lot of delays going on right now. Bitinstant has admitted to this in recent interviews and have talked about it in their blog postings.
One problem they admittedly have is that when you give bitinstant money they don't actually receive it for a few days, but typically pay people instant. So when demand goes through the rough like it has recently it turns into a problem where they don't have enough reserves to pay people right away. This causes a lot of problems obviously.
Also I think ALOT of these cases is people simply entering wrong account numbers. For example bitinstant gives an example of using your mtgox account number that starts with the letter "M". Meanwhile on mtgox when you go to funing options/bitinstant it tells you to use a completly different account number. I actually don't know which one to use now, but I wonder if that's causing problems for people as well.
The good news is i've yet to see a verified case of someone never getting their money. At worst people face long delays and scream and yell that it's a "SCAM". But i've yet to see anyone get scammed, just poor customer service and delays.
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tmine
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April 15, 2013, 05:58:28 AM |
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The whole western union thing kind of made me feel uneasy. I cant wait until cash for bitcoin kiosks begin to show up in more places. Definitely the person who does that on a large scale will make serious bank.
In a gold rush, its best to sell the shovels.
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Bjork
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Look for the bear necessities!!
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April 15, 2013, 01:32:53 PM |
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Bump, still waiting on my money been a week
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RodeoX
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The revolution will be monetized!
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April 15, 2013, 02:13:22 PM |
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Sorry you are still waiting for your money.
But bitinstant is making money hand over fist and they are not going to throw all that away to "scam" you out of a few measly bucks. It is convoluted the way it uses bitinstant, money gram, and ZipZap. Because of laws regarding $US dollars, this is the best you are going to get right now.
If you are a bank or have a licenses to transmit money, then please do open up a competitor.
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