Buy Bitcoins by SMS/Phone charge? (Virgin Mobile USA)

[agaruna]

This has been an issue I've been trying to solve for a good long while, and I've finally decided to come here for help in the hopes that someone will be able to help me out. I've checked out every service on this page http://www.justanswer.com/general/82skl-buy-bitcoins-sms-phone-payment.html and then some. After spending half a day searching for ways to salvage the excess account balance I have on my VM account, I'm willing to lose even so much as 75% of the paid credit, as my original plan to use Boku and a roundabout way of selling in game currencies has fallen through (Boku no longer supports VM in the US).

Is there any non-scam, working, US-based way to buy Bitcoins with a premium SMS/phone charge at this time? If not, what do you suggest I do?

Just a note, every service on that list is either inactive, non-US or a scam.

[ranochigo]

None, try to find a Bitcoin ATM and use it. Alternatively, try Coinbase. If you cannot find an ATM or cannot use Coinbase, go to https://localbitcoins.com/ and try to find a local seller.

[agaruna]

Thanks, but if I were looking to buy Bitcoins with the cash I already have, I wouldn't be asking for help as there's so many options concerning convention or unconventional means to acquire said coins. I want to drain my phone balance into Bitcoin. I understand it may be a hard feat, but I'm not keen to give up on this goal just yet.

[ranochigo]

Thanks, but if I were looking to buy Bitcoins with the cash I already have, I wouldn't be asking for help as there's so many options concerning convention or unconventional means to acquire said coins. I want to drain my phone balance into Bitcoin. I understand it may be a hard feat, but I'm not keen to give up on this goal just yet.

Actually, I was looking for it a year ago and never found one. I can only find one which converts Bitcoins into phone balance

[agaruna]

Then is there some other roundabout way I may use to do so? For example game items/currency -> bitcoin, etc. It would need to work with Virgin Mobile USA.

[ranochigo]

Then is there some other roundabout way I may use to do so? For example game items/currency -> bitcoin, etc. It would need to work with Virgin Mobile USA.

Blockchain.info used to offer the phone deposit service, wasn't available in my country. Try buying some game currency and exchange them in the currency exchange section.

[agaruna]

My only issue is Boku no longer supports Virgin Mobile USA, and my original plan to sell Crystal Energy at a markdown to Steam users relies on Boku. Furthermore, I can't seem to find any service for a relatively popular MMO that accepts anything but BOKU for mobile payments.

[cech4204a]

Everything that you pay above 5% fee is too much, so keep in mind not to pay too big fees. I didn't even knwo that it's possible to buy BTC over SMS/phone charge...great idea i see there.

But i'm not sure how can you tell your addy or you have to send it over SMS ?