I think it was a legit question...
It isn't that a question was asked, it was the word choice. Just seeing that title and nothing more, someone might assume there was a service problem where a customer wasn't getting satisfactory service to such an extent that there was the need to question if the service is even legit. That's a huge difference from a thread with the title "Can anyone share their experience with X?"
I was looking for the same information and didn't find any active posts like the service was very active.
Probably because we see services that interact with the banking system and see so much suck, we just assume that every service must suck. But services that operate through a website and work as advertised don't require much interaction through the forum. They do exist. There even is one site that occasionally posts "out of stock" followed hours later with a "restock completed" type of message simply to bump the thread. Even with plenty of orders happening daily, there just are no customer complaints so the thread otherwise looks barren.
So, the whole point of my reply was to ask that the title be changed so that wrong words aren't associated with a service that did nothing to deserve such a negative association. And now since that hasn't been done and there has since been a half dozen replies means the negative exposure has been shown many times more than if I had simply winced, and let it be. Which is something that I now regret not having done.
I understand your reaction; however I had the
exact same thought (possible scam) due to some red flags:
- I had never heard of it or seen it on the forums before (as opposed to other highly known sites)
- The posts on the site were not done by a site account but a personal account. Is this person the owner or just a promoter?
- There is no one thread for the service, which is pretty common here. This was the biggest red flag for me
- The fact that an official representative has not stopped by this thread to clarify is also concerning.
Fact is that scammers love to scam, and with BTC there is no recourse. When red flag are thrown then it is the smart consumer that does his research. A simple "No it is not a scam. I am the owner and we have been operating for XYZ months, ask me any questions." would have worked a ton to clear things up.
Again I think the fact that two 100% unrelated people had the same thought (this might be a scam) is indicative of a need for some action on part of the site owners. Blame the customer approach generally doesn't go over well.
