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Title: BEST SITES/WAYS TO BUY BITCOINS FROM AUSTRALIA
Post by: xlr8r on June 27, 2013, 06:11 am
Hi guys, im reasonably new to SR and have only really come across localbitcoins.com as a means to purchase bitcoins, however it is linked to my phone number and email!!!!!!!!!! And im paying $133 AUD per bitcion. I did check out some of the other ones like mtgox etc, but they wanted scanned copies of my licence and birth certificate!!!! WTF?? Is there any others here from Aus that can help me with both prices and anonymity? 
Title: Re: BEST SITES/WAYS TO BUY BITCOINS FROM AUSTRALIA
Post by: Choniven on June 27, 2013, 06:40 am
I like using Spendbitcoins.com, they are a bit more expensive but are great for remaining anonymous.

Title: Re: BEST SITES/WAYS TO BUY BITCOINS FROM AUSTRALIA
Post by: Relicx on June 27, 2013, 06:43 am
Check out Bit Innovate or Omni coins. You just have to make a cash deposit into their account at a bank.
Title: Re: BEST SITES/WAYS TO BUY BITCOINS FROM AUSTRALIA
Post by: xlr8r on June 27, 2013, 07:01 am
Nice thank you
Title: Re: BEST SITES/WAYS TO BUY BITCOINS FROM AUSTRALIA
Post by: p1klz on June 27, 2013, 07:56 am
Check out Bit Innovate or Omni coins. You just have to make a cash deposit into their account at a bank.

Do they charge an additional service fee? I generally use spendbitcoins.com but lately their additional 10% on top of the bitcoin exchange rate has been killing me. Also how long does it take until you receive your coins? Some times spendbitcoins.com take over the 4 hours they say it takes for the coins to clear. There was one time where I didn't receive my coins at all and I had to get in touch with them to sort it out. They ended up reimbursing me the 10% additional fee for my hassles. But yeah I'm on the lookout for something else which provides a faster service for close to true exchange rate.
Title: Re: BEST SITES/WAYS TO BUY BITCOINS FROM AUSTRALIA
Post by: Relicx on June 27, 2013, 08:58 am
Check out Bit Innovate or Omni coins. You just have to make a cash deposit into their account at a bank.

Do they charge an additional service fee? I generally use spendbitcoins.com but lately their additional 10% on top of the bitcoin exchange rate has been killing me. Also how long does it take until you receive your coins? Some times spendbitcoins.com take over the 4 hours they say it takes for the coins to clear. There was one time where I didn't receive my coins at all and I had to get in touch with them to sort it out. They ended up reimbursing me the 10% additional fee for my hassles. But yeah I'm on the lookout for something else which provides a faster service for close to true exchange rate.

Bit innovate is charging 5.9% at the moment. Takes around 2-4 hours to clear from my experience. They have been pretty reliable for me.
Title: Re: BEST SITES/WAYS TO BUY BITCOINS FROM AUSTRALIA
Post by: Wadozo on June 27, 2013, 09:41 am
Check out Bit Innovate or Omni coins. You just have to make a cash deposit into their account at a bank.

Do they charge an additional service fee? I generally use spendbitcoins.com but lately their additional 10% on top of the bitcoin exchange rate has been killing me. Also how long does it take until you receive your coins? Some times spendbitcoins.com take over the 4 hours they say it takes for the coins to clear. There was one time where I didn't receive my coins at all and I had to get in touch with them to sort it out. They ended up reimbursing me the 10% additional fee for my hassles. But yeah I'm on the lookout for something else which provides a faster service for close to true exchange rate.

Bit innovate is charging 5.9% at the moment. Takes around 2-4 hours to clear from my experience. They have been pretty reliable for me.

Bit Innovate is Temporarily Closed while they "improve the way they do things." Should be open again soon but be careful.  :-\  They were good but seems a little strange to close shop altogether, considering the state of the economy. Businesses are really struggling out there.
Title: Re: BEST SITES/WAYS TO BUY BITCOINS FROM AUSTRALIA
Post by: p1klz on June 28, 2013, 06:22 am
Bit innovate is charging 5.9% at the moment. Takes around 2-4 hours to clear from my experience. They have been pretty reliable for me.

Bit Innovate is Temporarily Closed while they "improve the way they do things." Should be open again soon but be careful.  :-\  They were good but seems a little strange to close shop altogether, considering the state of the economy. Businesses are really struggling out there.

Awesome!! Thanks guys!! You've both been most helpful. Any other places you can recommend considering that Bit Innovate is offline ATM?? 5.9% sounds alot better than paying the 10% that Spend Bitcoins is asking. I just kinda kept using them since I first started out on the road and I guess got kinda complacent but now I want to start switching it up a bit and also getting just slightly educated for now in encryption and how to optimize my anonymity all together. Getting my head around all the jargon and trying to understand alot of this stuff is kinda confusing. But yeah thanks for helping me out guys!!

+1 to the both of you!!
Title: Re: BEST SITES/WAYS TO BUY BITCOINS FROM AUSTRALIA
Post by: morphjow on June 28, 2013, 11:07 am
I've used bitinnovate once (my first time) and spendbitcoins once. They are both the same in terms of anonymity but I get the impression with BitInnovate's recemt temp closure that they might be looking at ways to become more legitimised, i.e requiring ID and that sort of thing. Just a feeling I get... I hope not though as they are cheaper than spendbitcoins.
Title: Re: BEST SITES/WAYS TO BUY BITCOINS FROM AUSTRALIA
Post by: Wadozo on June 28, 2013, 01:51 pm
Bit innovate is charging 5.9% at the moment. Takes around 2-4 hours to clear from my experience. They have been pretty reliable for me.

Bit Innovate is Temporarily Closed while they "improve the way they do things." Should be open again soon but be careful.  :-\  They were good but seems a little strange to close shop altogether, considering the state of the economy. Businesses are really struggling out there.

Awesome!! Thanks guys!! You've both been most helpful. Any other places you can recommend considering that Bit Innovate is offline ATM?? 5.9% sounds alot better than paying the 10% that Spend Bitcoins is asking. I just kinda kept using them since I first started out on the road and I guess got kinda complacent but now I want to start switching it up a bit and also getting just slightly educated for now in encryption and how to optimize my anonymity all together. Getting my head around all the jargon and trying to understand alot of this stuff is kinda confusing. But yeah thanks for helping me out guys!!

+1 to the both of you!!

There's a new player in town - https://www.btradeaustralia.com/. Haven't used them myself but others have with no issues to speak of. Although buying BTC's is still legal, proceed with caution.  ;D
Title: Re: BEST SITES/WAYS TO BUY BITCOINS FROM AUSTRALIA
Post by: morphjow on June 29, 2013, 01:21 am

There's a new player in town - https://www.btradeaustralia.com/. Haven't used them myself but others have with no issues to speak of. Although buying BTC's is still legal, proceed with caution.  ;D
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Thanks for the heads up! They look good, I'll be using them for sure.


Title: Re: BEST SITES/WAYS TO BUY BITCOINS FROM AUSTRALIA
Post by: p1klz on June 29, 2013, 02:02 am
There's a new player in town - https://www.btradeaustralia.com/. Haven't used them myself but others have with no issues to speak of. Although buying BTC's is still legal, proceed with caution.  ;D

Nice, thanks alot again mate. I'll keep an eye out on that. Yeah bitcoins are definitely coming under more scrutiny here without a doubt. Spendbitcons used to have an account with the Commonwealth Bank that customers could also deposit in to but it was apparently closed by the Commonwealth Bank itself for reasons I can only speculate on. That speculation being that it would have something to do with the bank distancing itself from what it believes to be questionable / illegal activity. I mean come on, when you've go an account under the name Cryptospend don't you think that may set a few bells off??

Thanks for the advice mate!! I'm looking to exercise as  many options as I can for several reasons. Can you also cash out through any of these other services?
Title: Re: BEST SITES/WAYS TO BUY BITCOINS FROM AUSTRALIA
Post by: xlr8r on June 29, 2013, 04:42 am
Great info thankx guys
Title: Re: BEST SITES/WAYS TO BUY BITCOINS FROM AUSTRALIA
Post by: Dicko456 on July 01, 2013, 10:10 am
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