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November 23, 2010, 12:59:36 AM
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I sent cash in the mail to trade for bitcoins. It's been over a week so far.
How long should I wait before I conclude that I've been ripped off and post a negative review?
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Each block is stacked on top of the previous one. Adding another block to the top makes all lower blocks more difficult to remove: there is more "weight" above each block. A transaction in a block 6 blocks deep (6 confirmations) will be very difficult to remove.
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November 23, 2010, 01:13:45 AM |
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I sent cash in the mail to trade for bitcoins. It's been over a week so far.
How long should I wait before I conclude that I've been ripped off and post a negative review?
If you sent the money internationally, say from the US to a dealer in Canada like I did, it will take much longer than you would assume that it should. I believe that it took almost three weeks for me. |
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FlyingMoose (OP)
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November 23, 2010, 01:18:53 AM |
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Nope, just within the US.
I'll wait a bit longer though, I don't want to hurt someone's reputation if it's not justified.
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November 23, 2010, 01:31:07 AM |
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I did a similar transaction and it took 5 days. I would give it up to 10 though before declaring an issue. If it wasn't mailable, you should have gotten it returned to you. There's only something like a 1% chance that it got lost in the mail.
Don't trade with anyone who doesn't have a good reputation on the forums.
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November 23, 2010, 01:32:11 AM |
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Also, with the advent of bitcoingateway.com, I don't think cash-in-the-mail is the best way to buy them anymore.
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November 23, 2010, 01:48:02 AM |
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Also, with the advent of bitcoingateway.com, I don't think cash-in-the-mail is the best way to buy them anymore.
When did that launch? That's great we finally have a credit card solution. |
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November 23, 2010, 01:52:29 AM |
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I've done a lot of reading on the forum and never heard of bitcoingateway.com. I tried to go there but it says the server isn't responding.
I wish someone would come up with a *real* solution to buying bitcoins.
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November 23, 2010, 03:00:54 AM |
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Hi guys. BitcoinGateway.com is my site. It's currently open to the public (and you guys) but I haven't started advertising it actively yet (so that I can work out the kinks). Any feedback is appreciated. Oh, and Bimmerhead -- check your email  --Chaord |
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FlyingMoose (OP)
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November 23, 2010, 03:31:37 AM |
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The site is working now, looks pretty good.
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nanotube
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November 23, 2010, 04:14:21 AM |
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Also, with the advent of bitcoingateway.com, I don't think cash-in-the-mail is the best way to buy them anymore.
nor with the earlier advent of bitcoin-otc, there's been btc-ppusd trading going on based on a web of trust there for a while now. beats cash in mail, as far as i'm concerned. bitcoingateway looks great and quite useful, though! |
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November 23, 2010, 04:24:03 AM |
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Yep. Although I must say, cash in the mail can be quite fun when it works out I don't know why, it just has a certain excitement to it... |
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November 23, 2010, 04:24:42 AM |
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Yep. Although I must say, cash in the mail can be quite fun when it works out I don't know why, it just has a certain excitement to it... haha interesting point. |
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February 10, 2011, 12:05:48 AM |
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The cash I sent just arrived in my mail today, marked "insufficient address". So, that's almost 3 months that it was in the postal system.
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February 10, 2011, 10:55:06 AM |
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The cash I sent just arrived in my mail today, marked "insufficient address". So, that's almost 3 months that it was in the postal system.
Then there is still hope for me! I mailed a payment two months ago which didn't arrive. |
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February 10, 2011, 03:59:11 PM |
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The cash I sent just arrived in my mail today, marked "insufficient address". So, that's almost 3 months that it was in the postal system.
and did not get lost (keeping in mind how big and federal US are) good work! |
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
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