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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: storm32 on May 19, 2013, 04:36 am

Title: new and need help placing first order
Post by: storm32 on May 19, 2013, 04:36 am
so i am new to SR and am trying to make my first purchase  i have already gotten some bitcoins in a random wallet and i am trying to put them from my bitcoin wallet to my silk road account. can anyone please help me with this?! also i just want to make sure i do everything correctly so if someone could just clairfy for me one more thing.  when you add an item to your cart and are making your purchase, is that where you then encrypt a message with your address on it for the vendor? hopefully someone can help me out! cheers!
Title: Re: new and need help placing first order
Post by: RobLoblaw on May 19, 2013, 04:56 am
hey welcome to SR
when you log on to SR click on "account" at the top page near messages and orders. that page will give you an address to send your bitcoins. remember its good idea to change you passphrase and pin before you deposit money for security.
once you added your items to your cart there should be a message box available to leave your encrypted address in which will be sent when you purchase
Title: Re: new and need help placing first order
Post by: pzvTVzD6OL on May 19, 2013, 04:59 am
On silk road, click account in the top of the page. On this page you will have a message saying "to deposit bitcoins, send them to this address: ".
With you random wallet, send whatever you want to this address, then wait about an hour to be able to see your coins on the website (time to confirm transaction, may be less, may be more).

When you click "add to cart" on an item, on the next page you will have to select the postage and click "go" to confirm it. By that point you should encrypt your address and put it in the box saying "Please enter your name and address
as it would be written on a letter:". Then put your PIN in the intended box, and "place order".


Edit: Well, not fast enough...
Title: Re: new and need help placing first order
Post by: alapio on May 19, 2013, 05:14 am
yes, but use pgp please
Title: Re: new and need help placing first order
Post by: storm32 on May 19, 2013, 02:20 pm
will definitely be using pgp. and thanks guys for the help as this process was kinda confusing but SR is very inviting and im glad there are people who were willing to help.  and anymore info on ordering safely would be greatly appreciated. thanks guys! cheers
Title: Re: new and need help placing first order
Post by: goldenrod on May 19, 2013, 02:48 pm
I'm new here myself but here's just a couple of points i picked up.

Never FE. Keep looking for a vendor who won't ask a newbie to FE or start of with a few small orders where you aren't required to FE to build up stats.

Have separate public pgp keys for using on the forums and when you order.

Read the vendor's page carefully and especially the feedback and be skeptical of anyone with too many 5/5's linked to FE's.

Keep reading these forums for tips. The mods here Libertas, Scout and Pine are great and really helpful for giving tips to avoid falling into the usual newbie pitfalls and many of the other users are really good with advice as well.
Title: Re: new and need help placing first order
Post by: Libertas on May 19, 2013, 02:57 pm
will definitely be using pgp. and thanks guys for the help as this process was kinda confusing but SR is very inviting and im glad there are people who were willing to help.  and anymore info on ordering safely would be greatly appreciated. thanks guys! cheers

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It contains vital information that you need to know, and will answer 99% of the questions you might have before you even have to ask them. :)

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