New Bitsumo.com - Buy Online With Bitcoins

[fible1]

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PayPal seems to haven taken issue with our business model so we will no longer be processing orders for items that require PayPal as the sole payment method; the biggest issue here being Ebay. Stores that have PayPal but allow us to pay via an alternative payment method, such as credit card through a different processor are not a problem.

I apologize for the inconvenience.

Pablo.

Why can't you just use a new completely unrelated paypal account under the identity of a trusted employee or co-owner? Or something. No paypal is really a deal-breaker.

Hey Recat,
   Because from the way PayPal operates, they will eventually just freeze that account and all funds associated for as long as they feel like it. It's not worth the aggravation and will present net losses to our operating reserves.

It was a tough decision but it is the best way to safeguard our operating capital. As you know, we do not rely on customer funds to place orders; if we had an account frozen by PayPal with significant funds in it that would present us with the option of shutting down or operating with customer funds which is very risky and I suspect one of the core reason for the Bitspend fiasco.

It's a decision designed to both safeguard us and our customers.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Pablo.

Okay, another question, then.

What prevents you from using arbitrary funded credit cards through paypal, but as paypal guest (hence unassociated to an eBay or paypal account) to order all items that require paypal?

This question cuts more into operations matters than I am allowed to get into, but let me say that it's not that easy to get new cards on accounts. Prepaids do not exist in Bolivia (where we are based). We will be exploring all options to get over this issue.

JFYI only about 10% of our transactions are PayPal so this should not be a big deal for most customers.

Pablo.

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[ReCat]

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Announcement
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PayPal seems to haven taken issue with our business model so we will no longer be processing orders for items that require PayPal as the sole payment method; the biggest issue here being Ebay. Stores that have PayPal but allow us to pay via an alternative payment method, such as credit card through a different processor are not a problem.

I apologize for the inconvenience.

Pablo.

Why can't you just use a new completely unrelated paypal account under the identity of a trusted employee or co-owner? Or something. No paypal is really a deal-breaker.

Hey Recat,
   Because from the way PayPal operates, they will eventually just freeze that account and all funds associated for as long as they feel like it. It's not worth the aggravation and will present net losses to our operating reserves.

It was a tough decision but it is the best way to safeguard our operating capital. As you know, we do not rely on customer funds to place orders; if we had an account frozen by PayPal with significant funds in it that would present us with the option of shutting down or operating with customer funds which is very risky and I suspect one of the core reason for the Bitspend fiasco.

It's a decision designed to both safeguard us and our customers.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Pablo.

Okay, another question, then.

What prevents you from using arbitrary funded credit cards through paypal, but as paypal guest (hence unassociated to an eBay or paypal account) to order all items that require paypal?

This question cuts more into operations matters than I am allowed to get into, but let me say that it's not that easy to get new cards on accounts. Prepaids do not exist in Bolivia (where we are based). We will be exploring all options to get over this issue.

JFYI only about 10% of our transactions are PayPal so this should not be a big deal for most customers.

Pablo.

Oh, alright.

I just have noticed that I've had success ordering on eBay as a PayPal guest, even if my eBay account is linked to the PayPal that is linked to the credit card that I used.

So, It seems to me that just logging out and using it as a guest, even if it's the same credit card, works just fine. It's just that you can't track items as good as you could otherwise. (you can't check the Purchased Items list since there's no account to look at)

[protokol]

Ordered some snowboarding stuff from amazon using Bitsumo, excellent service, would use again!

Only issue I had was: the first store I attempted to use wouldn't accept foreign payment (from bitsumo) to my UK address. Can't do much about that right now I guess...

just thought though, maybe the customer could phone the store in advance and give them a heads-up on the transaction, let them know the payments coming from a payment processor and items being delivered elsewhere?

[ReCat]

Can't bitsumo just mark it as a gift and provide the ship to address?

[fible1]

Ordered some snowboarding stuff from amazon using Bitsumo, excellent service, would use again!

Only issue I had was: the first store I attempted to use wouldn't accept foreign payment (from bitsumo) to my UK address. Can't do much about that right now I guess...

just thought though, maybe the customer could phone the store in advance and give them a heads-up on the transaction, let them know the payments coming from a payment processor and items being delivered elsewhere?

Some foreign stores refuse to take U.S. payment methods and to ship those products anywhere other than the U.S., others take the payment method and freeze the orders for weeks on end so we have a list of stores where we know transactions will fail and go through internationally. We generally encourage customers abroad to stick with regional Amazon stores as those are never a problem but we have ordered stuff from a bunch of foreign stores for shipping abroad as well.

[devthedev]

Just placed an order last night, waiting on the payment address (:

Pretty excited to see how this works out.

[fible1]

Just placed an order last night, waiting on the payment address (:

Pretty excited to see how this works out.

Hi Dev ,
   We were having some connectivity issues and I am just now catching up with orders, please expect your pricing within 24 hours and please accept my apologies for the delay .

Pablo.

[dave00]

A fast question, the service is only usa-usa or it can be also usa-eu eu-eu?
I do not want bad surprises you know 

[fible1]

A fast question, the service is only usa-usa or it can be also usa-eu eu-eu?
I do not want bad surprises you know 

Hey Dave ,
  We don't do reshipping, just FYI. As long as the store you are ordering from accepts U.S. credit cards and will ship to wherever you are, we are good to go.

A lot of foreign stores will not do this, so we are likely to tell you so in the pre-ordering process. If you want to ship something from the U.S. abroad it's best to sign up with a reshipping company.

Amazon and it's regional stores are always great and never present any problems .

Pablo.

[dave00]

Well i will try and let's see what happens 

[dave00]

My gmail address is displayed as non valid when i try to order 

[fible1]

My gmail address is displayed as non valid when i try to order 

Hey Dave ,
  That is a browser specific issue; please try a different browser and you should be all set .

O apologize for the inconvenience .

Pablo.

[fible1]

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Ebay Is Back!!!!
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I would like to let everyone know we are again taking Ebay orders on a trial basis, please feel free to submit htose and we will be happy to take care of them same day .

Do not hesitate to let me know if you have any questions.

Pablo.

[fible1]

Hey Guys ,
   Haven't posted in a while (sorry), been quite busy with orders but I will try to carve out more time for the thread starting now.

I just want to let everyone know we are placing a blanket ban on orders from Chinese sites. There has been a disproportionate amount of fraud going on there and it's caused me a lot of grief so I think it's just better to avoid these sites in future. Unfortunately, a couple of bad apples tend to ruin it for everyone.

I hope everyone is having a great day .

Pablo.

[zhinkk]

Hey Guys ,
   Haven't posted in a while (sorry), been quite busy with orders but I will try to carve out more time for the thread starting now.

I just want to let everyone know we are placing a blanket ban on orders from Chinese sites. There has been a disproportionate amount of fraud going on there and it's caused me a lot of grief so I think it's just better to avoid these sites in future. Unfortunately, a couple of bad apples tend to ruin it for everyone.

I hope everyone is having a great day .

Pablo.

What constitutes as chinese sites? So aliexpress, alibaba, etc are all out of question?

[fible1]

Hey Guys ,
   Haven't posted in a while (sorry), been quite busy with orders but I will try to carve out more time for the thread starting now.

I just want to let everyone know we are placing a blanket ban on orders from Chinese sites. There has been a disproportionate amount of fraud going on there and it's caused me a lot of grief so I think it's just better to avoid these sites in future. Unfortunately, a couple of bad apples tend to ruin it for everyone.

I hope everyone is having a great day .

Pablo.

What constitutes as chinese sites? So aliexpress, alibaba, etc are all out of question?

Hi ,
  Yes, correct. Any site based in China or whose payment processor is Chinese.

It was a hard choice but there is an exorbitant amount of risk and fraud in transacting here and discrimating the good ones from the bad ones goes down to splitting hairs unfortunately.

Pablo.

[Gladdy]

It will be great if you can accept chinese payment method and it help with the grow of bitcoin as well .

[fible1]

It will be great if you can accept chinese payment method and it help with the grow of bitcoin as well .

Yep, I agree, unfortunately the fraud risk is too high. It's a tough call cause we do a lot of business with those sites but I think it's a necessary call to maintain us as a viable site.

Hope that answers your questions .

Pablo.

[fible1]

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Hey Guys ,
    Just want to let our customers know that our two main cards got cloned. No money has been lost and all orders that have been confirmed will ship out as normal.

We will unfortunately not be able to place new orders that require credit card payments (PayPal is still fine) until around Friday this week. I will let everyone know when the new cards arrive and we are ready to take credit card orders again.

If you look at our thread this has happened a couple of times before (a consequence of placing orders at a large number of sites with varying degrees of security). Everything is under control and we will be back up ASAP.

No customer funds are being held or affected in any way.

Please post or email me at support@bitsumo.com if you have any questions.


Pablo.

[fible1]

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Announcement
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Hey Guys ,
    Just want to let our customers know that our two main cards got cloned. No money has been lost and all orders that have been confirmed will ship out as normal.

We will unfortunately not be able to place new orders that require credit card payments (PayPal is still fine) until around Friday this week. I will let everyone know when the new cards arrive and we are ready to take credit card orders again.

If you look at our thread this has happened a couple of times before (a consequence of placing orders at a large number of sites with varying degrees of security). Everything is under control and we will be back up ASAP.

No customer funds are being held or affected in any way.

Please post or email me at support@bitsumo.com if you have any questions.


Pablo.

WOOT! Our replacement cards have arrived!

We are ready for credit card orders again, apologies on the 4 day hiatus.

If anyone needs anything, I'm here.

Pablo.