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Support => Technical support => Topic started by: Chargargargar on March 04, 2012, 03:50 pm

Title: Got screwed buying an account (PIN invalid)
Post by: Chargargargar on March 04, 2012, 03:50 pm
Hi everyone,

Upon an agreement, a forum member (which I won't mention for now) bought me my sellers account in exchange for some goods (since I had trouble acquiring bitcoins). The agreement was that I would choose a username, andthen he would buy the account, give me the account password upon dispatch and then the PIN number once he receives the goods.

He confirmed that he received the goods, and provided me the PIN number, which does not work. And now he will not answer any of my messages. He's basically disappeared.

Is there anything I can do to generate another PIN and get my account working??? I totally got screwed over since I shipped a very high amount worth of goods (had to reship), but there was basically no other way for me to get bitcoins to buy the account myself.

EDIT: I just read in the Wiki that I simply have to enter an incorrect pin 5 times and it will reset, and I can get a new one if I reply 7 days later.

I sent a message to the tech support team (I have 2 attempts left), hoping that maybe they can rectify this without having to wait a whole week. Am I better off just setting it off and locking myself out and just wait it out or should I wait for a reply from tech s.?
Title: Re: Got screwed buying an account (PIN invalid)
Post by: Chargargargar on March 04, 2012, 04:08 pm
Another quick question:

Since I was not the one that actually purchased the account, is there any way the person who did could still have some sort of access to it?

I already changed the password, and not taking into account the PIN issue, do I have anything to worry about?
Title: Re: Got screwed buying an account (PIN invalid)
Post by: boringflooring on March 05, 2012, 01:48 am

I sent a message to the tech support team (I have 2 attempts left), hoping that maybe they can rectify this without having to wait a whole week. Am I better off just setting it off and locking myself out and just wait it out or should I wait for a reply from tech s.?

The pin i had originally set for my buyers account never worked, I knew exactly what it was, yet it still never worked.  I did the whole 5 incorrect attempts thing.  I had read that other users, after using the five attempts, contacted SR support, explained their situation and had their PIN reset without having to wait the week.  I did this too, and since it was right before the sale, SR Support obliged and waived the 7 day waiting period.

If i were you i would try that, it worked for myself and others.  Just explain your situation so you don't look like some scammer trying to break into an account.  If there's no listings or BTC on the account at the moment, i don't see any reason why they wouldn't help you out.

And if you changed the password, i think you should be all set, wouldn't worry about the person who bought it getting into it.

Good luck.  I'll be checking out your listings once they're up!
Title: Re: Got screwed buying an account (PIN invalid)
Post by: Chargargargar on March 05, 2012, 04:22 am
Thanks, dude! Much appreciated.

I basically sent them what I wrote in my first post. I still haven't gotten a reply yet but it's only been a few hours. Hopefully they'll get back to me soon.
Title: Re: Got screwed buying an account (PIN invalid)
Post by: CT on March 07, 2012, 07:47 am
bummer,why so much tech problems with sr?