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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: imaloonyguy on February 08, 2012, 08:18 am

Title: Getting Bitcoins Vanilla Visa Style?
Post by: imaloonyguy on February 08, 2012, 08:18 am
God damn it, Im soooo eager to move forward but am having problems figuring out if i can purchase bit coins with a vanilla visa or any prepaid credit card. i DO NOT want to link any bank accounts. is there any process? thanks in advance. i might throw a couple BTC your way if you help :D
Title: Re: Getting Bitcoins Vanilla Visa Style?
Post by: supersecretsquirrel on February 08, 2012, 08:48 am
God damn it, Im soooo eager to move forward but am having problems figuring out if i can purchase bit coins with a vanilla visa or any prepaid credit card. i DO NOT want to link any bank accounts. is there any process? thanks in advance. i might throw a couple BTC your way if you help :D

Buy a card and send it to get-bitcoin.com, they'll take care of the rest. You do not need to register the card before you send it, so the only thing linking you to the card itself is the CCTV image showing you buying it somewhere. As close to "anonymous" as it gets, really.
Title: Re: Getting Bitcoins Vanilla Visa Style?
Post by: imaloonyguy on February 08, 2012, 09:42 am
THANKYOU! so what should i set my maximum too? im having problems finding the price of bitcoins. if it is 5.75 right now would i set my maximum at 5.95? or how do you do it. and do i just set the address to the one on my account, or the bitcoin program?
Title: Re: Getting Bitcoins Vanilla Visa Style?
Post by: CrunchyFrog on February 09, 2012, 06:37 am
Quote from: imaloonyguy
...what should i set my maximum too? im having problems finding the price of bitcoins. if it is 5.75 right now would i set my maximum at 5.95? or how do you do it....
You can leave the Maximum Price text box empty (or enter "market"); either way, you'll get BTC at the market ask price less commission.  Otherwise, you can find a near-real time price quote (US$ and Euros) at Bitcoin Charts [ bitcoincharts.com ] in the "#bitcoin-otc ticker" section.

Quote from: imaloonyguy
..and do i just set the address to the one on my account, or the bitcoin program?
It depends on where you'd like the coins to go.  I prefer to use my own local wallet because: 1) it simplifies the resolution process should your coins not show up, and 2) I can tumble the coins (or not, at my option) before moving them to SR.
Title: Re: Getting Bitcoins Vanilla Visa Style?
Post by: rise_against on February 09, 2012, 07:24 am
some people accept GreenDot MonepPak codes for coins, but as i am experiencing, it's kinda like they've frozen all my accounts and i cant accept any codes right now even though i have quite a few empty greendot visa cards ready to be filled. 
Title: Re: Getting Bitcoins Vanilla Visa Style?
Post by: betaraybob on February 10, 2012, 09:07 pm
i just had to add, make sure you protect yourself before sending. take a picture of the address on the envelope, send from a teller with dcn# and return receipt. i didn't and it cost me some decent $.