Sites to buy and sell on

[robertprosper]

What sites are there that I can buy and sell on using bitcoins other than here and silk road that have traffic and sales most on https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Trade look dead or limited.

[1715151098]

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[Risse]

Well BitMit is definitely the biggest one out there, I heartily recommend it.

[robertprosper]

That looks like just the site I am after thanks a lot.

Looks like a good site to list on with a good choice of pricing options.

[penguin_brian]

Well BitMit is definitely the biggest one out there, I heartily recommend it.

Unfortunately there is a big cloud over BitMit in the moment as to exactly who owns it, and who has control over escrowed funds. BitMit don't appear to be interested in trying to clear this up either. How can you trust an escrow service if you don't know who runs it?

This is discussed in a number of threads on bitcointalk, for example:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=135366.0

[Risse]

Well BitMit is definitely the biggest one out there, I heartily recommend it.

Unfortunately there is a big cloud over BitMit in the moment as to exactly who owns it, and who has control over escrowed funds. BitMit don't appear to be interested in trying to clear this up either. How can you trust an escrow service if you don't know who runs it?

This is discussed in a number of threads on bitcointalk, for example:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=135366.0

Oh, had no idea of this! I remember that there was some drama going on a while ago. I talked briefly with the owner when he opened the website, but I had no idea it has been sold. You are correct though, changing ownerships seems suspicious. The new owner should come forward and say what's happening.

[robertprosper]

Well BitMit is definitely the biggest one out there, I heartily recommend it.

Unfortunately there is a big cloud over BitMit in the moment as to exactly who owns it, and who has control over escrowed funds. BitMit don't appear to be interested in trying to clear this up either. How can you trust an escrow service if you don't know who runs it?

This is discussed in a number of threads on bitcointalk, for example:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=135366.0

That's them off my list then.

Seems the only real place is to trade here and otc with individuals direct.

I have to say as a businessman my early impressions of bitcoin as a medium for doing business with isn't good seems safe to assume everyone is a crook at worse or unprofessional at best until proved otherwise.

[penguin_brian]

I have to say as a businessman my early impressions of bitcoin as a medium for doing business with isn't good seems safe to assume everyone is a crook at worse or unprofessional at best until proved otherwise.

That is nothing specific to bitcoin. I get the impression that there is a lot of scams going on in the ebay/paypal world for example.

There are very professional people on ebay working hard to earn a good reputation, just as I imagine there are very professional bitcoin people here working hard to maintain their reputations.

I think it does help if you have a good trusted escrow service. The problem with ebay is that paypal is the defacto default escrow service, and they don't have a very good reputation of resolving disputes fairly.