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So, what would be the safest place to keep coins? Obviously I know SR is rock solid and safe. I trust it more then Bitfloor for sure. But we've read of breaches from time to time on some of these online wallets.. so I was thinking of an absolute fool proof place to keep my small amount of Bitcoins. Bitcoin-QT, is the wallet that resides on my own machine right? That's essentially completely safe from outside attacks? Or just keep them on SR with a reliable Bitfloor backup address in my settings and call it day?

I've been asking myself this very question as the cost of coins goes through the roof so will the temptation for others to try and find ways of getting their hands on them. I currently have mine in a Bitcoin QT wallet (encrypted of course) with a backup saved on a USB in case the HD fucks up. I'm not really up on all the different schools of thought on where is the safest place is to be honest, personally I like knowing they are on my computer but if that's a bad move then I'm open to hearing what other arrangements are considered more preferable. I opened a blockchain wallet but haven't made use of it yet.

I am having an issue with GPG, when I highlight the text in text editor ready to encrypt the public key of the person I want to send the message too is not showing in 'choose recipients' however when I open GPG keychain access the key is there just fine.

Before some smart arse flames for for using a mac I've heard it all before so save it  but seriously if anyone has any ideas why this is happening I would really appreciate some assistance.

I have had this issue before and eventually gave up trying to encrypt for the intended recipient but that's not an option on this occasion so any help will be much appreciated.

Cheers.

I'm cleaning this thread up now, well the last few pages anyway.

Please exercise your right to post in another thread if you want to flame each other, this thread is for people wanting to have sensible discussions regarding vendors and other issues affecting the AU community.

Thanks.

Quote from: tango on April 08, 2013, 08:14 am

Quote from: Lemonade on April 08, 2013, 12:36 am

Quote from: nanpa2001 on April 07, 2013, 01:28 pm

Quote from: AussieMitch on April 07, 2013, 12:34 pm

Does anyone really think it's necessary to use MBB's domestically?

I haven't heard of a single case where police have seized mail domestically through the use of sniffer dogs, and people I've spoken to who work in the postal system tell me it never happens. Correct me if i'm wrong but isn't this completely overboard?

The letter boxes are jam packed and stinking of drugs. Taking these kinds of precautions shows that a vendor cares about the safety of the customers.

I think it is highly necessary. On two occasions traveling to post offices I've had to walk in very, very close proximity to sniffer dogs. I was sending legit items but if they hadn't been legit... It very much depends on location but if that can happen then I'm not taking any risks. The non vapor-permeable bags/foil may actually serve the vendor a bit more than the receiver (unless the receiver has a PO Box). It's good to hear that Synthiotics is sending in these too, I think it's time we up our game. It may seem like a small change but down the track when some vendor is walking down the street on his way to post some goodies and a few distasteful people in blue are walking towards him with their furry friend...well you get the picture. Or in the case of a customer walking back from their PO Box. Unfortunately there's a chance one of these scenarios has happened already somewhere.


Lemonade

Lol.. sniffer dogs hanging out at post offices is quite unheard of..
Amount of post offices to sniffer dogs... yeah nah.
Resources spent for having a sniffer dog at post offices searching for illegal things  would not be worthwhile for them
It would have been a coincidence or there was an investigation going on

No, no, no, I think I've said this several times. I never meant at post offices. It's the travel to and from. Everything between home and the post office, in particular if you were using public transport (which you shouldn't be). You have to remember this precaution is not just for you but for the vendor. They have to be out and about everyday with several orders. I understand the confusion though, if you're a customer you're only thinking about getting the one order every few weeks and most people wouldn't be using PO Boxes, ie you're not out and about with drugs on you... at all. This precaution is for off chances. That's it. No one was ever suggesting otherwise.


Lemonade

I used to see sniffer dogs at the top of the escalators coming out of the train station close to where I used to live every second Wednesday, regular as clockwork! Never take anything on public transport, especially in Sydney the rozzers love to get fido out for sniff about.

Tossers.

420 sale listings will be up later this week guys. Moroccan and the mideast stuff again. No limit on how much you can buy, will sell out quickly so don't hesitate. We don't reserve product for people anymore, too complicated, messages asking for it will be ignored, first come first stoned. All orders placed before 3pm Monday the 15th will be posted that Monday.


We will also be using regular post from now on, safer for us and auspost are hiking up the price of express post apparently, so instead we're switching to reg post and shipping is now free. Because of this items will no longer be tracked, and I am sure the amount of anglers claiming non arrival will increase. We don't like to deal with these people, even with well over 300 transactions and not one seizure, along with tracking details that show it arrived next day, we still get them. To prevent this increase we are not offering any reship/refund if your item doesn't arrive, when you buy from us you agree to take all the risk.

On it like a bonnet!@@!

 

I will pass this feedback up to DPR as it is an important issue. I have no idea how many staff SR actually has to deal with support matters but I know it is not many.

Thanks for raising this issue, hopefully it will be something that gets resolved sooner rather than later.

What you do really depends on how much energy you want to invest in trying to get a resolution. By all means take it to resolution and state your claim there as succinctly and non emotively as you have done here detailing what steps you have taken to try and work out a resolution with the vendor. Alternatively you can leave the review you think the vendor deserves for this transaction and walk away and buy from someone else in future.

If I had one bad experience with a vendor who wasn't interested in working out a resolution I would not be using them again but that's just me.

Quote from: nanpa2001 on April 08, 2013, 07:29 am

Quote from: Pusci on April 08, 2013, 07:08 am

Who said its unwanted ?...

When domestic vendors can flaunt 100% success rates with 100's of orders , 1 can say that it isn't exactly needed .

Not saying it isn't a good thing at all...  but buying from a domestic vendor that doesn't apply it to his shipping wont deter me from buying from him at all...

I agree that at this time, it is fairly safe to order domestically without special protections. That said these two vendors are showing that they are very thoughtful. Given the choice between a vendor taking the extra precautions, and the vendor that doesn't, I choose the thoughtful vendor.

Didn't think you'd need MBB packaging for your 12" and "Buns & Ammo" subscription nanpa? Better to be safe than sorry I guess.

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