Silk Road forums
Support => Feature requests => Topic started by: TikTok on August 27, 2011, 01:25 pm
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I recall some buyers complaining that they got back a different amount of bitcoins if the seller canceled the order, which happened because hedging had already converted the bitcoins to USD. Now it looks like that has changed, and the bitcoins aren't converted to USD till the seller ships.* Since there can be a few days between the time the order is placed and the time it ships, and there can be a significant change in bitcoin price during that time, in my opinion this is kind of broken. What I would suggest is a new order status that happens between the time the buyer places the order and shipping time. The seller chooses it to indicate that they intend to fulfill the order and it would be called "order accepted" or something like that. The bitcoins would be converted to USD when this status is chosen. Also, the USD/BTC price that the seller is getting should be displayed right where they pick the new order status; since they are essentially selling their bitcoins at that point, they have a right to see what price they're getting, IMO, and the number in the bottom left doesn't seem to be used for this.
Thoughts, anyone?
*At least I think that's what's going on.