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May 21, 2015, 03:08:12 AM |
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Jeremycoin
The guy at the counter was clearly not the owner of the store nor of the machine. The only thing he really told me was that the machine was used quite a bit. I was only there some 15 minutes so cannot know for sure.
BOTH other guys put in a number (a lot) of FRNs of different denominations (1s, 5s, 20s, 50s). That was what made me think of them as possible drug dealers. Erm, they were both BIG guys... One of them stepped out the door to call someone: "Hey, did you get the money yet?", I presume that was re the BTC transaction.
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I have a HARD time finding BTC via localbitcoins even though I live in a city. Even then I usually have to pay the guy(s) (we meet in person) 5% over spot anyway. Plus I have to drive over. Sometimes pay $5 or $10 to park. So, the 12%, yes, is very high, but I prefer the relative anonymity. No names. No ID. No hand print. No apparent cameras.
Keep in mind that it is possible that the motives of the other two customers of the ATM might have been different than my own. I was bored (that afternoon in NYC), looked up and then found the machine. And bought some BTC NOT via exchange nor credit card, etc. Nice and quietly.
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