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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: rayzzz on February 15, 2013, 07:49 am

Title: How to get bitcoins in France ?
Post by: rayzzz on February 15, 2013, 07:49 am
Hi all, i would like to know how to get bitcoins in France ? Ukash ? LR ?
Any french guy that can help me ?

Thanks you in advance
Title: Re: How to get bitcoins in France ?
Post by: zipp on February 15, 2013, 07:58 am
Have you tried www.virwox.com ?

They accept PayPal, Skrill, Credit Cards, Neteller and they do accept uKash as well.  If you are going to deposit via uKash however, I would recommend depositing your uKash vouchers into a Neteller account (www.neteller.com) first, and then from Neteller, deposit into VirWox.  The fee is lower this way, and VirWox has no deposit limit for Neteller.
Title: Re: How to get bitcoins in France ?
Post by: anonom on February 24, 2013, 06:42 pm
Hi rayzzz !

Fellow french buyer here :)

I personnally used "bitcoin-central.net" and i was pretty satisfied. You WILL need to make a "money transfer" to Paymium (the company owning bitcoint-central) bank account in order to get BTC. It usually takes me 24H to transfer money to bitcoin-central.net and convert it into Bitcoins.

I also think it's worth mentioning that bitcoin-central.net offers double-authentication (just like in Gmail) so it looks really secure to keep your Bitcoins safe.

As far as i know, you can't really buy Bitcoins fully anonymously in France yet. Got to rely on SR's Bitcoins tumbler :)
Title: Re: How to get bitcoins in France ?
Post by: FunkyBuisness on February 24, 2013, 07:01 pm
Have you tried www.virwox.com ?

They accept PayPal, Skrill, Credit Cards, Neteller and they do accept uKash as well.  If you are going to deposit via uKash however, I would recommend depositing your uKash vouchers into a Neteller account (www.neteller.com) first, and then from Neteller, deposit into VirWox.  The fee is lower this way, and VirWox has no deposit limit for Neteller.

Tried it myself , but both Neteller & Virwox take big comissions , so it really increases the price of BTCs.(Neteller commission+Linden change fee/commission+BTC commission...thats a lot !!)
The only good thing is the no-limit deposits. (and the money workaround to protect against LE)...but frankly u loose lots of money , i've tested it.
I would say this method profits both Neteller & Virwox (which IMAO doesnt have a lots of uses when u're french , so far only Virwox allows u to but some Lindens, then some bitcoins with it)
Theres a 40 euros limit with PayPal...so just leave it.
I am now considering having a verified account on MtGox , which seems to be the most straight-up method to buy it.But they will verify your identity prior to that...
Anyway , you're gonna buy some bitcoins to play online games, don't you ???? ;)