Silk Road forums
Discussion => Silk Road discussion => Topic started by: Dread Pirate Roberts on April 19, 2012, 09:23 pm
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Not sure what to get for that special someone? Want to let them know you REALLY care? How about getting them a Silk Road gift code! Convert any amount from your available account balance into a Silk Road gift code and give it to whomever you like. Then they can use it when checking out toward their purchase. You may create a code that can be used site-wide, or you can create one for a specific vendor.
Vendors, this is also a great way to give store credit to your customers you find most deserving. Just create the gift code with your username and give the code to your customer.
To create a gift code, click the "Gift codes" link from your account page. From there, enter the amount of the gift code, and the vendor it can be used with. If you leave the vendor field blank, the gift code will be useable site-wide. Once created, the code and value will appear at the bottom of the page until the gift code is all used up.
Have fun! 8)
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Haha that's awesome! Now i know what i'll be giving my friends for their birthdays
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are you able to revoke them, or change them once created? if not, I guess I have .09BTC tied up that I can only spend on myself.. :(
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I'm assuming this will also be the method of giving away BTC for prizes during the sale?
Seems nifty !
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can someone use the gift code
sled grounds
to buy this listing
http://silkroadvb5piz3r.onion/silkroad/item/e4e5fc139f
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Wicked! I needed an excuse to get into prostitution! :P
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I need to show my girlfriend how to use SR, I have a birthday coming up!
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Just noticed this on my account page and it's a damn nice idea!
Thanks for the addition.
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Great addition to The Road!
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would be nice if it could be narrowed by section also, instead of just vendor/whole site. maybe someone would be inclined to give out gift codes for anyone in, say, the LSD section. then the code could be used on tony's or MITANOX's acid, but not tony's smack or MIT's molly. NOT that I have anything against H or molly, it's just that there is a very warm spot in my heart for LSD.
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About time. lol
This seems like a good time to spread some Karma to DPR :D
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Awesome!
Just another feature to give SilkRoad that open market feel :)
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With all these new features, soon eBay will be looking to SR for ideas on how to improve their website.
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With all these new features, soon eBay will be looking to SR for ideas on how to improve their website.
I was just about to say something along those lines!
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Haha, sweet. Can I hug you DPR? It's a man hug. No worries man. ;D
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Vendors, this is also a great way to give store credit to your customers you find most deserving. Just create the gift code with your username and give the code to your customer.
This will be so helpful. Gentlemen (and ladies) THIS is how a wise market-maker keeps his market the place to buy and sell without coercion.
He's like.. a Mises on a Mission :D
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Haha, sweet. Can I hug you DPR? It's a man hug. No worries man. ;D
*hug*
hugs not drugs.... no wait, hugs AND drugs!
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This is awesome! SR just gets better and better every day.
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Haha, sweet. Can I hug you DPR? It's a man hug. No worries man. ;D
*hug*
hugs not drugs.... no wait, hugs AND drugs!
Haha I love you way too much DPR. Hugs and drugs all around! It's funny because just last week me and like 10 of my friends took some molly and we all ended up in this huge group hug together and loving each other, so that's what your post reminded me of.
Anyways, this is a great idea! Too bad I don't know anyone that actually uses the Silk Road because this would be the perfect gift for me! Something else this can help with: when forum members come in asking for like half a bitcoin or whatever, we can now buy them store credit to make sure that they're not just going to make off with the bitcoin and never return. At the very least their loan will be tied to the site. Excellent idea!
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Someday we will tell our grand kids about this, I love you guys! ;D
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Wicked! I needed an excuse to get into prostitution! :P
How long before someone gets a BTC Job? ;D
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I want a gift code from Santa Claus ....
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Great idea! What happens if you have a code for a specific vendor and they suddenly stop offering products on SR before you have the chance to redeem it?
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Awesome!
It's cool that you can do site wide or vendor too so you can give someone a gift of forced but very pleasant diversity lol
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I love this idea.
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Greatest. Idea. Ever.
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Haha, sweet. Can I hug you DPR? It's a man hug. No worries man. ;D
*hug*
hugs not drugs.... no wait, hugs AND drugs!
haha nice to see you hangin, huggin & high with your peepz! ;) DPR thank you for this awesome service you've created for all of humanity. Maybe you realize it, maybe not, but you have changed the world for the better. SR is an invaluable service which is used by people of all walks of life, all races, countries all over the globe, multiple languages, and even LE per their personal needs (as indicated from a Canadian Border Services Agent who buys pain killers for his back or whatever). Point being you have made getting drugs safe from violence and also allowed us access to the highest quality and purity drugs in all of the world! I would love to meet you in real life but unfortunately that will never happen. Or maybe it has by some freak chance but we will never know! I hope you keep safe, secure and very anonymous. Im sorry if it sounds like I'm a crazy fan. I dont idolize you or anyone for that matter; I just want to thank you and let you know that I think what you've done for us all is just plain n simple: GREAT! And maybe it's the weed n oxy but I you deserve a big pat on the back! And a man hug too my brother. Live long and prosper!
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Saw this earlier and was curious.
Actually a very neat feature, will definitely find a way to use this amongst my friends.
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Splendid work, and a decidedly awesome idea!
I like it a lot, and intend to make good use of it in the future.
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and mothers day is only a couple days away!! ;D
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This is pretty sexy. Can we expect this feature to show up on The Armory? Really helps out people who are too stupid to handle a bitcoin wallet of their own.
If stupid people are excluded from any market, that market is pretty much doomed as most people are stupid. Opening up the marketplace to stupid people will create a huge influx, but also, creates new problems. Stupidly Dangerous now becomes a more common encounter...
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This is a hilariously great idea DPR. SR owns.
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would be nice to be able to set a date until the gift code has to be used.
say I give out some as a promotion - If people wouldn't use it, my money is just gone...
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Complimentary code of the week for Team Synaptic
creek law
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wait so vendors give out a code to discount product basicly?
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wait so vendors give out a code to discount product basicly?
We do. Can't speak for other vendors, but the codes can be set to be used site wide or for specific vendors. In our case, it's only for us.
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Complimentary code of the week for Team Synaptic
creek law
how much is discount?
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would be nice if it could be narrowed by section also, instead of just vendor/whole site. maybe someone would be inclined to give out gift codes for anyone in, say, the LSD section. then the code could be used on tony's or MITANOX's acid, but not tony's smack or MIT's molly. NOT that I have anything against H or molly, it's just that there is a very warm spot in my heart for LSD.
+100
I totally back this! LSD will always have the warmest spot in my heart <3
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oh, cool, gift codes. that would be a unique gift to give someone for christmas ;)
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oh, cool, gift codes. that would be a unique gift to give someone for christmas ;)
Or Uhhh... Mother's Day? ;) hehe.. this place beeze pretty fun I hope it lasts forever.
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Sweet, I always wondered what the code thing was >.<
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DPR you should make the gift code thing as an option in the resolution center so refunds can be given in store credit so to speak :)
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DPR you should make the gift code thing as an option in the resolution center so refunds can be given in store credit so to speak :)
Store credit isn't a refund. It's trapping the customer's money. This sort of option would make scamming vendors very happy.
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i dont agree, i think in some situations store credit can be a good option, like if something gets damaged in the post, the buyer still has the product but isnt 100% happy cos 1pill out of 10 got crushed for example, you can then offer 25% store credit off there next purchase to make up for the damaged one. big retail stores do this all the time.
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A little off topic, but whoever thought up, set up or designed Silk Road is an absolute pioneer and genius! Thanks to it's founders, you have liberated thousands, perhaps millions of people like me who feel paranoid when ordering online. From the title 'Silk Road' (Marco Polo's trading route journey?), the logo and most of all the freedom, you guys deserve to have your dreams come true like you are making dreams come true for others. You saw the future and seized it. Thank you so much - Silk Road is the gift that keeps on giving!
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i think vendors should be given a free gift voucher each month (amount depends on sales) to allow them to purchase without paying commission on buys, if you sell and item then you get charged 10% then if you buy with them same coins (like many do) you get hit with a 10% fee again... this dont seem fair, thoughts?
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in some situations store credit can be a good option
Yes, but I believe that, as a resolution center option, it'd do more harm than good. Imagine, if you will, a vendor who practices selective scamming. He claims to send you a package but never does. In the resolution center, he blames it on the mailman. He offers you a 50% of the purchase price in store credit and promises to give you a little extra on your next order. Oh boy, what a stand-up guy! Yo you make another order, which, again, he doesn't send. This time, he's so embarrassed that the mailman misplaced his package a second time that he gives you a 100% refund! But what actually happened is that you lost 150% of the original order's value, and all you have to show for it is credit with an untrustworthy fellow. Money that you should own, but is actually locked to him.
Not cool.
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in some situations store credit can be a good option
Yes, but I believe that, as a resolution center option, it'd do more harm than good. Imagine, if you will, a vendor who practices selective scamming. He claims to send you a package but never does. In the resolution center, he blames it on the mailman. He offers you a 50% of the purchase price in store credit and promises to give you a little extra on your next order. Oh boy, what a stand-up guy! Yo you make another order, which, again, he doesn't send. This time, he's so embarrassed that the mailman misplaced his package a second time that he gives you a 100% refund! But what actually happened is that you lost 150% of the original order's value, and all you have to show for it is credit with an untrustworthy fellow. Money that you should own, but is actually locked to him.
Not cool.
+1 good point agree NOT cool :)
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Haha that's awesome! Now i know what i'll be giving my friends for their birthdays
Fuck you.
That is all.
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seems to be a few issues being reported, message support on the man site with specific problems
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Me love you long time DPR!
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Awesome!
Thanks DPR
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are you able to revoke them, or change them once created? if not, I guess I have .09BTC tied up that I can only spend on myself.. :(
I haven't seen any answers to this question! Related question: can the code that I created be used for multiple transactions (at different points in time) or does it need to be used all at once?