so, i find myself unable to get bitcoins at the moment. my main go to guy, the great Blue Sky Traders has been unresponsive to my messages for 19 days or so and im fearing the worst; which is not being able to get btc. ive only used BST in the past before, sure it was expensive but convenient and with little hassle....now with that being said, i want to get bitcoins but i dont know where to go. i know i have 3 options...the first, is an email service site i will not mention (sorry about that, dont mean to be a tease) for security purposes. but they arent able to accept deposits at the bank branches near me at the moment, so there that goes out the window for now hah. second, i could go with localbitcoins but i dont know. i came to the reasoning that LBC will prolly be like SR; as in some vendors might be scammers and some vendors might be legitimate, after reading several threads where "reputable" btc vendors on LBC were acting less than professional as in ignoring buyers after they have made a deposit in an attempt to scam them out their money, i kinda became reluctant to try LBC. i cant risk me never getting my money from an LBC vendor that would seriously suck, and i aint looking to trade $100-300 bucks heheh so i cant take a big hit right now. lastly, theres coinbase. coinbase seems like a reasonable solution to my problem, but the problem with that is that CB requires me to verify all my personal info and i kinda have a problem with that but theres is bitfog or other tumbling services i could use right to anonymize my identity right?
now with that said, ive got a couple of questions concerning btc tumbling since ive never done it...first off, does it really work? ive read several conflicting testimonies on here and on the sr forums. some people say its a must, some people say its easily traceable so im really confused on what i should do since ive never tumbled, but then again i never used a BTC service that would require me to verify all my personal info (talking about coinbase here), so i understand why tumbling is a must for that occasion. which brings me to this quick question, considering how agora is supposedly run or coded by the same people who are behind bitfog (i dont know really, im just mentioning what ive read and remember), is tumbling really necessary when transferring funds into the agora wallet?
so in conclusion...if my first option isnt viable in a week or so, im considering going with coinbase for my btc needs once i buy coins, what do i do? should i move my coins from: coinbase wallet --> blockchain wallet --> bitfog tumbling service --> agora/sr/pandora wallet?
if theres a kind soul out there that can help me out with my dilemma, id be really appreciative. i just need some basic info on how to properly buy and tumble coins from BTC vending services that require you to verify personal info considering my somewhat anonymous source of BTC is now gone.
thanks again, and im sorry if i typed too much
wowowowowwwww dear lord face palm coinbase does not accept debit for level 2 verification which i read is recommended...