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Market => Rumor mill => Topic started by: Jordz on September 30, 2012, 06:17 am
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Hey all,
Not sure if this is the right place but I placed an order with this vendor (Topsecret) for bitcoins, so he/she assured me that once the funds were collected from the WU office the transfer into my account would be done and I would be advised at that stage.
It has now been one hour since collection as I got the email from WU confirming pickup but have receive no reply to any othe the messages I've sent.
I've contact the SR mods also but wanted to know if anyone could provide some advise, reassurance or feedback on this guy/girl?
If I did indeed get taken I will be pissed but I'm trying to stay out of that frame of mind for the time being.
I have all the info of the receiver of payment but won't post unless its gone past the point of no return as I'm still hoping he/she is legit.
Thanks to anyone who can provide some advise.
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Don't know if the vendor is a scammer but I will never understand buyers who buy bitcoins on SR, especially one that has been a member for 3 months with only 8 (cough suspicious cough) transactions under there belt. Just way too risky!! So this person has now picked up your cash, no doubt with a fake I.D, and disappeared into a sea of fellow humans. I hope they do get in touch with you but mate, seriously.
Take my advice and don't order anything again until you do a lot of reading and have a grasp on how this place operates and the principals and policies that should be followed. A vendor not getting back to you in 1 hour!! They could live an hour away from where they were, be stuck in traffic, anything! You don't contact a Mod because you haven't had a response to a PM after 1 hour. That is why SR has a Resolution Centre, to sort out a dispute between a buyer and a vendor but only after a minimum of 10 days have passed since your order was put "in transit" and only when they can't reach an agreement between themselves. SR Support wont help you retrieve the money you paid a vendor, nor could they if they were scammers and have disappeared, if you Finalized Early and didn't use Escrow. There is so much information here on this forum and too little new SR members prepared to take the time out to read it. I can't stress how important it is for you to broaden your knowledge so you can make an informed decision and minimize the chance of you getting ripped off.
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Don't buy BTC on SR. Any vendor selling BTC is exposing themselves to collect the payment. They could also be scammers.
Just buy the BTC according to the guides written on here.
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only the dumb ones
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Hey,
Just wanted to provide an update. Topsecret has made contact and provided what appears a genuine reason. We have come to an alternate arrangement which is that I will receive items. Would have used the coins to buy directly from him/her.
I will keep everyone updated as I'm hoping this works out well after all!
PS: as of where I live buying the coins is not something I can do online hence why I purchased from SR this is the second time I have done so on SR