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Title: BitInstant ...Buyers Beware!!
Post by: Trader Joes on March 06, 2013, 04:11 am
Everyone who uses BitInstant hold off until they get there shit together.
I've used their service successfully 4 times, coins almost instantly to my wallet.
Well, after being down for several days due to "maintenance," they finally told the truth and
announced they were hacked. Site came back up today and I was excited to place an order
with my go to Bitcoin exchange...coins still not in my wallet and it's been over 10 hours.
They have an up to one hour slogan posted and a guarantee. I'd hold off on BitInstant
until they figure things out. They claim to have only lost $12,000...cough bullshit. They are
probably taking our money, buying coin with it and holding it and profiting from the rise. If we're going to
be your Bank then you should be paying us BitInstant, not charging us fees. For now, go fuck yourself and I better
get my coins tomorrow at the price/rate when I purchased them at.

Stay safe out there. Once you get your coins your golden...but damn, it seems so hard to get coins quickly these days without taking a huge risk.


Oh, P.S. go buy some of my Top notch God's Gift Purple or my Cheap Viagra. Say Fuck BitInstant in the order form and you'll 10% more until I get my coins.
Title: Re: BitInstant ...Buyers Beware!!
Post by: blster666 on March 06, 2013, 04:30 am
Everyone who uses BitInstant hold off until they get there shit together.
I've used their service successfully 4 times, coins almost instantly to my wallet.
Well, after being down for several days due to "maintenance," they finally told the truth and
announced they were hacked. Site came back up today and I was excited to place an order
with my go to Bitcoin exchange...coins still not in my wallet and it's been over 10 hours.
They have an up to one hour slogan posted and a guarantee. I'd hold off on BitInstant
until they figure things out. They claim to have only lost $12,000...cough bullshit. They are
probably taking our money, buying coin with it and holding it and profiting from the rise. If we're going to
be your Bank then you should be paying us BitInstant, not charging us fees. For now, go fuck yourself and I better
get my coins tomorrow at the price/rate when I purchased them at.

Stay safe out there. Once you get your coins your golden...but damn, it seems so hard to get coins quickly these days without taking a huge risk.


Oh, P.S. go buy some of my Top notch God's Gift Purple or my Cheap Viagra. Say Fuck BitInstant in the order form and you'll 10% more until I get my coins.

May I ask how you purchased your coins via bitinstant? I am also aware that their site is back online but I no longer see the money gram option via direct address...there are like only 4 options but i am not familiar with anyone of them...one being paypal? wtf?
Title: Re: BitInstant ...Buyers Beware!!
Post by: Trader Joes on March 06, 2013, 05:15 am
Everyone who uses BitInstant hold off until they get there shit together.
I've used their service successfully 4 times, coins almost instantly to my wallet.
Well, after being down for several days due to "maintenance," they finally told the truth and
announced they were hacked. Site came back up today and I was excited to place an order
with my go to Bitcoin exchange...coins still not in my wallet and it's been over 10 hours.
They have an up to one hour slogan posted and a guarantee. I'd hold off on BitInstant
until they figure things out. They claim to have only lost $12,000...cough bullshit. They are
probably taking our money, buying coin with it and holding it and profiting from the rise. If we're going to
be your Bank then you should be paying us BitInstant, not charging us fees. For now, go fuck yourself and I better
get my coins tomorrow at the price/rate when I purchased them at.

Stay safe out there. Once you get your coins your golden...but damn, it seems so hard to get coins quickly these days without taking a huge risk.


Oh, P.S. go buy some of my Top notch God's Gift Purple or my Cheap Viagra. Say Fuck BitInstant in the order form and you'll 10% more until I get my coins.

May I ask how you purchased your coins via bitinstant? I am also aware that their site is back online but I no longer see the money gram option via direct address...there are like only 4 options but i am not familiar with anyone of them...one being paypal? wtf?


Moneygram to Bitcoin Address, I should have gone Moneygram to Mt Gox, but I guess I wanted to lose $1000 bucks! Lucky me!
Title: Re: BitInstant ...Buyers Beware!!
Post by: tcobambientAgain on March 06, 2013, 06:23 am
I used Bitinstant tonight and my transaction went through.  I'm just waiting for it to hit my wallet.  I've never had a problem with them and I've used them 4 or 5 times. 
Title: Re: BitInstant ...Buyers Beware!!
Post by: incognito22 on March 06, 2013, 07:53 am
Twice when I ordered from bitinstant the order didn't go through.  I emailed their support email and the woman fixed it very quickly.

You should try that by now if 10 hours have passed.

Btw I know bitcoins have been rising for a while....but today was like no other day.  $41 per bitcoin!  I've made so much money just letting my bitcoins sit after depositing the other day. Geez.
Title: Re: BitInstant ...Buyers Beware!!
Post by: Wazup7 on March 06, 2013, 10:51 am
I've used BitInstant like 20+ times and the only time I ever had an issue was when doing Cash (ZipZap) to MtGox.  Usually Cash to Bitcoin address happens immediately--like the transaction hits my wallet just before the receipt prints at the counter, which is pretty fuckin awesome.  For some reason the deposit to MtGox didn't go through.  I emailed their support and within an hour the funds were deposited manually on their end.  I've heard some horror stories, but it seems that generally, their support team is very quick to resolve issues.

And yeah, @incognito22, WTF is going on with the bitcoin price today!?!?  I'm not complaining--the value of my wallet went up like $1000 in 24 hours.  I bought-in last month and again a couple weeks ago, but I've been resisting the urge to buy on SR just so I can watch my coins become more and more valuable.  Might be able to pay off my mortgage in a couple weeks at this rate!  ;-)
Title: Re: BitInstant ...Buyers Beware!!
Post by: tootiefruitie on March 06, 2013, 11:10 am
If
Everyone who uses BitInstant hold off until they get there shit together.
I've used their service successfully 4 times, coins almost instantly to my wallet.
Well, after being down for several days due to "maintenance," they finally told the truth and
announced they were hacked. Site came back up today and I was excited to place an order
with my go to Bitcoin exchange...coins still not in my wallet and it's been over 10 hours.
They have an up to one hour slogan posted and a guarantee. I'd hold off on BitInstant
until they figure things out. They claim to have only lost $12,000...cough bullshit. They are
probably taking our money, buying coin with it and holding it and profiting from the rise. If we're going to
be your Bank then you should be paying us BitInstant, not charging us fees. For now, go fuck yourself and I better
get my coins tomorrow at the price/rate when I purchased them at.

Stay safe out there. Once you get your coins your golden...but damn, it seems so hard to get coins quickly these days without taking a huge risk.


Oh, P.S. go buy some of my Top notch God's Gift Purple or my Cheap Viagra. Say Fuck BitInstant in the order form and you'll 10% more until I get my coins.



you're a VENDOR who is BUYING btc on Bitinstant?   seems questionable in a way....

also, they weren't directly hacked technicallly; their DNS registrar got pwned in a less-than-creative social engineering attack.  even so, the only exchange affected was apparently VirWox (others all have multi factor authentication), and it's not exactly their primary destination for BTC :P

Title: Re: BitInstant ...Buyers Beware!!
Post by: blster666 on March 06, 2013, 12:32 pm
Everyone who uses BitInstant hold off until they get there shit together.
I've used their service successfully 4 times, coins almost instantly to my wallet.
Well, after being down for several days due to "maintenance," they finally told the truth and
announced they were hacked. Site came back up today and I was excited to place an order
with my go to Bitcoin exchange...coins still not in my wallet and it's been over 10 hours.
They have an up to one hour slogan posted and a guarantee. I'd hold off on BitInstant
until they figure things out. They claim to have only lost $12,000...cough bullshit. They are
probably taking our money, buying coin with it and holding it and profiting from the rise. If we're going to
be your Bank then you should be paying us BitInstant, not charging us fees. For now, go fuck yourself and I better
get my coins tomorrow at the price/rate when I purchased them at.

Stay safe out there. Once you get your coins your golden...but damn, it seems so hard to get coins quickly these days without taking a huge risk.


Oh, P.S. go buy some of my Top notch God's Gift Purple or my Cheap Viagra. Say Fuck BitInstant in the order form and you'll 10% more until I get my coins.

May I ask how you purchased your coins via bitinstant? I am also aware that their site is back online but I no longer see the money gram option via direct address...there are like only 4 options but i am not familiar with anyone of them...one being paypal? wtf?


Moneygram to Bitcoin Address, I should have gone Moneygram to Mt Gox, but I guess I wanted to lose $1000 bucks! Lucky me!

Money gram to bit coin address is no longer an option. The only options I see are; VirVox, MtGox, VouchX, Paypal and BitStamp. There used to be just Bitcoin address option and one would shoot it straight to any wallet services like instawallet..etc.

So again, how did you manage to do money gram straight to Bitcoin address is beyond me, unless we are seeing 2 different things. BTW, why are you shooting your coins to MrGox? Don't they require some form of authentication? all I know is that MtGox is highly NOT-Recommended here in SR.
Title: Re: BitInstant ...Buyers Beware!!
Post by: disorientedgirl on March 06, 2013, 03:21 pm
For a short period in the late afternoon, the deposit option bitcoin to bitcoin address was available. However, the option went away after being up for no more than 30 minutes. I was able to use this option and went to my local store to pay my deposit. I am now in the same situation as the person who originated the post. I have never had issues with Bitinstant and my deposits displayed in my account within an hour. It's been 15 hours now for me. I emailed support and waiting to hear back. I really hope this gets resolved...
Title: Re: BitInstant ...Buyers Beware!!
Post by: shadrock on March 06, 2013, 03:48 pm
 :o

Anyone who uses BitInstant ever again is a fucking moron. They have been unreliable for several months, and have been down for the last couple weeks. When they come back they admit they got hacked and lost thousands of dollars. There are several threads explaining all the viable alternatives and people are still throwing their cash at these fucking BitInstant idiots? Sorry, but you got what you deserved.

I don't care if they're perfect from here on out for 10 years or more. They're never touching another cent of mine.
Title: Re: BitInstant ...Buyers Beware!!
Post by: ChemCat on March 06, 2013, 04:14 pm
ziggap has been workin for me pretty well. been easy but all of my transactions with them took around four +  hours from start
to my sr account.


Hope this helps   :)


Peace,


ChemCat


8)
Title: Re: BitInstant ...Buyers Beware!!
Post by: incognito22 on March 06, 2013, 06:33 pm
What are some places that I can use Dwolla easily.  Usually I do bitinstant to bitstamp but with this news I'm hesitant.  Don't say mtgox because I don't have the proper identification.  Thanks.
Title: Re: BitInstant ...Buyers Beware!!
Post by: Trader Joes on March 06, 2013, 07:34 pm
you're a VENDOR who is BUYING btc on Bitinstant?   seems questionable in a way....

also, they weren't directly hacked technicallly; their DNS registrar got pwned in a less-than-creative social engineering attack.  even so, the only exchange affected was apparently VirWox (others all have multi factor authentication), and it's not exactly their primary destination for BTC :P
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No I'm lying, I'm actually a rival coin exchange that logged on the forums to trash their sterling reputation. Why the hell shouldn't I buy bitcoins with my extra cash. I've seen the price jump $10 in 2 days.
I'd rather see my money put to use than rotting in a savings account gaining less than a point in interest!
Title: Re: BitInstant ...Buyers Beware!!
Post by: disorientedgirl on March 06, 2013, 08:12 pm
Trader Joes... Have you emailed bit instant support or heard anything from them? Sounds like we are in the same boat. I've emailed support this morning but haven't heard anything as of yet. Getting nervous and hoping they make things right. What steps have you taken so far? Should I contact SR support? Keep me posted on your situation. Hope it all gets worked out for both of us!
Title: Re: BitInstant ...Buyers Beware!!
Post by: goblin on March 06, 2013, 08:16 pm
There has been a very large number of threads created about continuing problems with bitinstant. Doesn't augur too well for the future. It's a damn shame.
Title: Re: BitInstant ...Buyers Beware!!
Post by: mistervic on March 06, 2013, 08:45 pm
Also waiting for transaction to go through.. Its been almost 24 hours since they got my $$. Its pretty annoying considering I tried to send funds the last week with no success. Since the direct deposit option was down I tried BitStamp and that didn't work either. at that point for whatever reason the last part of the transaction wasn't completing (people at counter couldn't process and take the cash, computers wouldn't load information). So going on day six of seven I told them I shouldn't be charged for any fee. So far like other people here i haven't heard from them today... Last time I heard from them was yesterday in the late afternoon MST. I cant believe those fuckers didn't tell me the truth about the breach of security. I was under the impression they were updating or actually doing maintenance. If any of you guys get your coinage let us know here , I'll do the same.

Title: Re: BitInstant ...Buyers Beware!!
Post by: czxtvr on March 07, 2013, 12:26 am
Wow glad i found out about bitinstant.
Title: Re: BitInstant ...Buyers Beware!!
Post by: mistervic on March 07, 2013, 01:37 am
i got some support. i was told to wait and it should be taken care of asap.. whatever that means. they claim i wont be charged with a fee either which is pretty cool. ill update you guys when things get worked out
Title: Re: BitInstant ...Buyers Beware!!
Post by: fuckmadagascar on March 07, 2013, 02:32 am
I don't mean to reply to every Bitinstant-related thread with Bitfloor, but...

Bitfloor.
Title: Re: BitInstant ...Buyers Beware!!
Post by: Trader Joes on March 07, 2013, 04:05 pm
Trader Joes... Have you emailed bit instant support or heard anything from them? Sounds like we are in the same boat. I've emailed support this morning but haven't heard anything as of yet. Getting nervous and hoping they make things right. What steps have you taken so far? Should I contact SR support? Keep me posted on your situation. Hope it all gets worked out for both of us!

I sent inquiries to their support, billing and info e-mails, live chat and left them a voicemail.
No answer as of yet. Crossing my fingers.
Title: Re: BitInstant ...Buyers Beware!!
Post by: Trader Joes on March 07, 2013, 04:15 pm
Also waiting for transaction to go through.. Its been almost 24 hours since they got my $$. Its pretty annoying considering I tried to send funds the last week with no success. Since the direct deposit option was down I tried BitStamp and that didn't work either. at that point for whatever reason the last part of the transaction wasn't completing (people at counter couldn't process and take the cash, computers wouldn't load information). So going on day six of seven I told them I shouldn't be charged for any fee. So far like other people here i haven't heard from them today... Last time I heard from them was yesterday in the late afternoon MST. I cant believe those fuckers didn't tell me the truth about the breach of security. I was under the impression they were updating or actually doing maintenance. If any of you guys get your coinage let us know here , I'll do the same.


Hello **********,

I'm very sorry for the delay. I just manually rerouted your order to your ****** account, refunded all of your fees and sent you additional funds to compensate you for the delay. Sorry again for the delay.

---
Sincerely,
Rachel

I used the LiveAgent chat at the bottom to get in contact, I sent them the message 10 minutes ago and received a response within a minute or two...will update with good news hopefully.

Title: Re: BitInstant ...Buyers Beware!!
Post by: Trader Joes on March 07, 2013, 05:59 pm
Finally received my coins. Happy to get them back but will not be using BitInstant ever again. Anyone else that had the issue with Cash Deposit to Btc Address, the only
was to resolve the issue is to give them an alternative way to deposit your coin... Mt Gox account, Btc Voucher etc. They aren't able to directly deposit coins in your account for whatever
reason, no answers on their end. After all was said and done I lost about $70 in exchange fees, transfer etc... too bad because if I'd have had my coin on time I would have
made a few hundred bucks. Good luck.
Title: Re: BitInstant ...Buyers Beware!!
Post by: kobewim on March 07, 2013, 06:33 pm
used to bitinstant to bitstamp yesterday.  moneygram at walmart.  funds were there within a half hour when i arrived home.
Title: Re: BitInstant ...Buyers Beware!!
Post by: mistervic on March 07, 2013, 07:28 pm
Trader Joes is right, if you are trying to deposit coins directly into a btc wallet i would let them know you want it sent to a mt.gox bitstamp etc like trader joes said. i think its the only way to get the show on the road
Title: Re: BitInstant ...Buyers Beware!!
Post by: incognito22 on March 08, 2013, 10:18 am
Haha Rachel is the woman! She helped me too when I had the same issue.

The only problem with bitfloor is I get weird looks and bad attitudes when I go into BOA and try to make an out of state deposit.  But I guess I shouldn't give a motherfuck anyway.
Title: Re: BitInstant ...Buyers Beware!!
Post by: lokiju on March 13, 2013, 02:08 am
Incognito22

Tell them you want to make a cash deposit to your stockbroker. They are a stockbroker too. I've never had anything but good attitudes going in to BOA. Today is twice now for me for BitFloor, it's all good.
Title: Re: BitInstant ...Buyers Beware!!
Post by: royalblue on March 13, 2013, 11:43 am
The only problem with bitfloor is I get weird looks and bad attitudes when I go into BOA and try to make an out of state deposit.  But I guess I shouldn't give a motherfuck anyway.

No bad attitudes or weird looks for me. 5 times now and the tellers are eager to assist! (and the female ones are eager to flirt).  They don't give a shit.  No ID ever requested..


Title: Re: BitInstant ...Buyers Beware!!
Post by: disorientedgirl on March 14, 2013, 08:16 pm
Forgot to update, but I did receive my bitcoins last week. Once I used the live chat option at the bottom of the page, got a response in 20 minutes. I gave Rachel my mtgox account info since the direct deposit to bitcoin wallet was not working and received my bitcoins quickly after that.
I hope everyone else got their bitcoins who were waiting. :)
Title: Re: BitInstant ...Buyers Beware!!
Post by: consigliori on March 15, 2013, 09:57 pm
I just rolled the dice on BitInstant, dang it...

I've used it a few times before, and when the bitcoin address went away I sent it to Bitstamp which worked alright, even faster
But then Bitstamp option went away too

I saw the bitcoin address option again and just used it  :-\  Mainly cuz I only had 20 minutes or so to make a drop-

BitFloor uses BoA which the closest one is across town and isn't going to work for me
I'd fuckin love to just use the drive thru at a Chase, which I read BitMe accepts, but their site isn't accepting new users... lame
Not even getting outta the car would be awesome


Keepin' my fingers crossed
I'll let ya know...

Title: Re: BitInstant ...Buyers Beware!!
Post by: consigliori on March 15, 2013, 10:05 pm
Well, in the time it took me to get my posts over 50 to be able to post the above, BitInstant delivered

So, it took about an hour I'd guess

Whew!