The topic was to loan .25 of a btc. I can see that situation. Its not like you can turn cash into btc in a few hours. Well, I guess some places you can, but its a pain. Especially for such a small amount. Now, if it was more than a 1/4 of a btc there would have been different responses. I hope someone would help me if I were in that situation. It would suck to be so close, yet so far. As a vendor, its a pain to put up a special product for a special amount (mostly its hard to get it just right because of SR cut, etc) I just don't want "real" scammers come on the board and take advantage of our generosity. Helping someone out that is in need (and having the resources to help) is called being kind and generous.