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Market => Rumor mill => Topic started by: Baggie on June 11, 2013, 03:07 am

Title: Does anyone know when Bitinstant will be back up?
Post by: Baggie on June 11, 2013, 03:07 am
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Title: Re: Does anyone know when Bitinstant will be back up?
Post by: acidicmonkey on June 11, 2013, 03:47 am
Dont know, Dont care.  Bitinstant SUCKS and charges way too much.   I use localbitcoins.com it is by far the fastest easiest way to get BTC
Title: Re: Does anyone know when Bitinstant will be back up?
Post by: Parabolic45 on June 11, 2013, 05:21 am
I read somewhere that it was down until the new website launches? I do not know when that will be, unfortunately.
Title: Re: Does anyone know when Bitinstant will be back up?
Post by: AnonymousAddict on June 11, 2013, 05:28 am
This is like the 6th post asking the same thing..

bitinstant is not sure there self from what i have been told by them when the new site will be ready,

cash deposit will be back then.. Use Blue sky traders, or a BTC vendor there are a few on here with low %

one guy is like 2.5% another 5% FUCK 15%

i DONT KNOW about local bit coins, but id rather not meet with some strnager to buy coins, when  i can just go 5 min send a money gram and normally have my coins in a hour from bitinstant, there only what a 3% fee? maybe 4% big deal there great..

BST  if u get it in before a certain time, it will be there the name AM...
Title: Re: Does anyone know when Bitinstant will be back up?
Post by: danconia on June 11, 2013, 07:20 am
Yeah I typically use BitInstant because it's quick but a.) a $400 order I put in 7 days ago via Coinapult hasn't shown up yet and b.) these jokers at BitInstant have the worst communication their customers that I have ever encountered.

If you're going to implement a new website and service will be down for a while then wouldn't it be considerate to simply inform your customers at least a day or two beforehand?  Mt Gox doesn't do cash deposits anymore I don't believe.  I'm going to test out LocalBitcoins but I am certainly a bit nervous and it seems like a lot of the BTC sellers want a considerable markup (eg 8-10%) so we'll see.

It'd definitely be nice to see the MoneyGram functional by tomorrow (I need my BTC ASAP).  But these guys are always way off with their estimates of when they'll be complete / functional again.  BitInstant said they'd have things back up after the weekend and we're already pushing into Tuesday now.  The second BitInstant gets a decent rival I think a lot of people will be more than happy to jump ship.  BitInstant always blames their issues on "rapid growth we've seen during the last few months" but that's not a real excuse, IMHO... there are better solutions than going AWOL and giving inaccurate estimates of when they'll be functioning again.

Is it possible to do cash deposits with MtGox anymore?  I used to do that back in the day but I opted out when they started asking for Driver's Licenses and Utility bills and all that.
Title: Re: Does anyone know when Bitinstant will be back up?
Post by: Baggie on June 11, 2013, 07:27 am
I honestly think they are only down until the BTC prices shoot back up. I just think it's weird that they are all of a sudden down for maintenance (something you would think they would alert customers about prior to starting it) right when BTC prices begin to drop drastically. Sounds like a scheme to make money by stocking up.