[Vendor/MarketInquiry] Withdraw from Middle Earth without making a transaction?

I noticed a warning on ME that coins should only be deposited when planning to purchase, and noticed a few reports of people not recieving their withdraw if they did not make a purchase. Not sure if they were trying to move coins directly to another market, though.

Is this a thing? I have my coins in ME, ready to purchase from HoS, but she is going on an extended vacation and I want my coins back in my private wallet asap. Has anyone had any trouble with this or am I worrying for nothing?


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[2 Points] cindelle2:

here was my experience when I tried to withdraw my coins. Its a bit dated, just when they were starting up, but it may be useful?

http://www.reddit.com/r/DarkNetMarkets/comments/307d61/complaintwarning_middle_earth_preventing_my_btc/


[2 Points] 27clubhereicome:

They'll freeze the withdrawal, and then Gandalf will bitch you out and say you're trying to scam them. If his lordship is feeling merciful he'll threaten you and release it, otherwise it's held for a week.

Source: I lived the same exact story one day ago :( I didn't think the Grey/White Wizard was such an asshole.


[1 Points] throwaywaywayway1234:

After reading the advice in this thread, I went ahead and made a very small purchase before making my withdraw, and it went through fine.

However, the principle of holding bitcoins without just cause is a little bit fucked, in my opinion. I doubt very many people are using a DNM as a mixer, especially since getting rid of the taint is the whole point of moving bitcoins around like that. Unless maybe they were getting lots of deposits/withdraws from EVO exit scammers covering their tracks?

But that's enough FUD for me. It's possible that I'll use ME in the future since they didn't actually hold my money, but I'll probably shop around on other markets first.


[1 Points] Tsunamisharks:

Reason why i stopped using them. Transferred coins checked vendors page and stock was out. Wanted to Transferred back the coins into a safe place and bam got the same message.

Messaged frodo or whoever and the response was that it was to prevent people from using the site like a tumbler.

Stay away from markets that hold your money.


[0 Points] NSAvsDEFCON:

WB from BB to personal? Or BB to dif DNM?

Is there any documentation on market policy on this topic?


[0 Points] VorenusLucius:

Well would you go into a restaurant and bring food from another restaurant and eat it there? No. Buy something small, like a netflix account, and think of it as a tip for staying in their space.