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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: envyadams on November 08, 2011, 05:35 am
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I'm not sure if this is the right place to be posting this, but from what I've read get-bitcoin.com is the easiest (or one of the most convenient) ways to get bitcoin. I keep reading that you can go to a Wells Fargo and deposit cash, but that's where the instructions end. How do I go about this so I can get this process started?
On a side note, I have Bitcoin software and I'm a little foggy on once I buy the bitcoin, how do I get it uploaded on SR? I'm sorry if these are annoying newbie questions but I want to get going and I keep running into dead ends with my questions.
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You click on their site, then click on 'buy' and fill out the form...once you send that in, they will come back with some info--they will also email it to you--giving you account number and what not...all you really have to do is decide which bank you are going to--Wells Fargo or Bank of A.--and what btc address you want it sent to...either the wallet on your desktop, or just grab an online wallet--instawallet.org works fine.
So, you click on the site, fill out the form, they give you an account # and transaction #....go to atm, get the amount of money you told them, then trot down to bank and deposit it--you don't need any i.d., --bank will give you receipt.
What I do, then, is write the transaction # on my receipt, take out my smartphone and take a picture, then email this to get-bitcoin: remember they sent you an email...once they get that email, with picture of receipt, they'll deposit bitcoins...usually within an hour or two, but they get up to 24 hrs to do it...
Then just keep an eye on the bitcoin site address you gave them...it's always cool, once you get the money, to open up another instawallet site, and send it over there, if you want to tumble your bitcoins a bit, then send them to SR...
Lots of threads on this very subject, but anyway, not that hard...easypeasy ...
NOte: on the form you fill out, they'll ask you what is maximum dollar amount you are willing to pay, etc...I'd leave that blank...sometimes people put it too low, and get all delayed....
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On a side note, I have Bitcoin software and I'm a little foggy on once I buy the bitcoin, how do I get it uploaded on SR? I'm sorry if these are annoying newbie questions but I want to get going and I keep running into dead ends with my questions.
I don't use get-bitcoin so I can't answer that, but if you go to your SR account and click on Account. On that page under, "to deposit bitcoins, send them to this address:" is the address you withdraw bitcoins to from another service. I use mtgox.com, so I withdraw from mtgox.com to my bitcoin address on SR. Take a few hours for the transaction to complete.
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Phubaiblues, how long after receiving the email that your order was processed did it take for Bitcoins to be deposited into your account? I got the email saying my order was confirmed and they sent the bitcoins around 10:30pm last night, and it's almost 8:00am now and I still have not received the funds. Seeing as how they said "a few hours," I'm beginning to get worried.
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Phubaiblues, how long after receiving the email that your order was processed did it take for Bitcoins to be deposited into your account? I got the email saying my order was confirmed and they sent the bitcoins around 10:30pm last night, and it's almost 8:00am now and I still have not received the funds. Seeing as how they said "a few hours," I'm beginning to get worried.
Im in the same boat, got the email last night at 1030, but still no bitcoins in my wallet. I sent an email about 7 am est and still no response.
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I emailed support@get-bitcoin.com and got this reply.. (Took several hours)
Dear *****,
Thank you for your order! We guarantee fulfilment of all orders
within 24 hours of confirming payment. If you don't receive your
Bitcoins within 24 hours, we'll refund our fee!
I also replied to my order confirmation and got this reply (Within minutes)
Dear *****:
Thanks for using GetBitcoin! It may take up to 24 hours for the
Bitcoin network to confirm the transaction.
So I guess my only option is to wait it out. I don't necessary feel I've been ripped off, but the Bitcoin network has been known to have it's share of quirks. I just hope it arrives soon so I can purchase my goods.
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Sorry I didn't answer this quicker: get-bitcoin.com, usually has delivered to me pretty quickly, once I get that comfirmation notice-2 or 3 hrs--...but I usually figure 24 hrs before I start getting worried....and I'd do what you did, which is email them: they've always replied....
So let us know what happens, u know, when that 24hr mark gets here: I wondered if they'd start slowing down once they got popular, and bitcoins, well, I always worry a little that some underworld scammers will start up one of these exchanges, but it's still about the safest and quickest we got....
good luck
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The delay was on Mt. Gox's part, because Get-Bitcoin goes through them...I'd advise all to not go through Mt.Gox if you can avoid it, they've had several 16+hr delays on bitcoin withdrawals these past weeks.
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You click on their site, then click on 'buy' and fill out the form...once you send that in, they will come back with some info--they will also email it to you--giving you account number and what not...all you really have to do is decide which bank you are going to--Wells Fargo or Bank of A.--and what btc address you want it sent to...either the wallet on your desktop, or just grab an online wallet--instawallet.org works fine.
So, you click on the site, fill out the form, they give you an account # and transaction #....go to atm, get the amount of money you told them, then trot down to bank and deposit it--you don't need any i.d., --bank will give you receipt.
What I do, then, is write the transaction # on my receipt, take out my smartphone and take a picture, then email this to get-bitcoin: remember they sent you an email...once they get that email, with picture of receipt, they'll deposit bitcoins...usually within an hour or two, but they get up to 24 hrs to do it...
Then just keep an eye on the bitcoin site address you gave them...it's always cool, once you get the money, to open up another instawallet site, and send it over there, if you want to tumble your bitcoins a bit, then send them to SR...
Lots of threads on this very subject, but anyway, not that hard...easypeasy ...
NOte: on the form you fill out, they'll ask you what is maximum dollar amount you are willing to pay, etc...I'd leave that blank...sometimes people put it too low, and get all delayed....
Thanks for the info! I submitted an order early yesterday though and I haven't gotten an email yet regarding anything having to do with account numbers or transaction numbers...does it take awhile?
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I used them a few days ago and never received a single email from them. I made the cash deposit at Wells Fargo, then sent the pic of the receipt to them and 22 hours later, had the bitcoin in my wallet. It could be possible I made an error when providing them my email address, I can't say at this point.
Did you make the deposit and send them a pic of the receipt? If so, it's just a waiting game.
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I used Get-Bitcoin a few weeks ago and things went pretty well. I made a deposit on a Saturday & apparently the coins were bought on Sunday & sent to me. Just to be safe I scanned my receipt from the bank and attached it to my email to Get-Bitcoin. I made the mistake of setting a maximum amount to pay, and sure enough, the Bitcoin price rose just after I placed my order. This caused a minor delay.
I also never received an email confirmation, but by watching my Bitcoin wallet I just suddenly noticed a deposit.
Call me paranoid if you will but I sincerely believe the feds helped shut down ExchangeBitcoins.com. Those guys just made it too easy [and anonymous] to buy 'coins. Now we have Get-Bitcoin. I'd use Get-Bitcoin before they're pressured to shut down.
p.s, I've found that delays in sending Bitcoins are becoming more common, and unless you pay extra your Bitcoin transfer will be tagged as "low priority," meaning it'll take a while to go through the system.
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Forgive my ignorance, but why would the Feds shut down ExchangeBitCoins?
For what it's worth, I carried out a transaction with G-B last week and the entire process took about four days.
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I don't know any details behind ExchB closing, but if the Feds were involved, I suspect anti-money laundering/know your client laws. Think about it, when was the last time you heard of a online vendor accepting cash deposits for a product? When my wife wants to buy some shoes from Zappos.com, she doesn't go down to Wells Fargo, make a cash deposit into the Zappos bank account, email a picture of the receipt and then receive shoes in the mail. It's very obvious it's not completely legit. Especially when a company is taking in hundreds of anonymous cash deposits daily from all over the country. Red flags would be going up very quickly at Wells Fargo and Bank of America, then they ask where are these deposits coming from and ExchB and get-bitcoin provide them with a list of names that probably include stuff like Mike Hunt, Heywood Jablome, Munchma Quchi, etc.
On top of that, we're not even buying a good, we're converting dollars to a digital currency. The Feds have shut down digital currencies in the past, most notably E-Gold. I can't imagine they'd be able to shut down bitcoin for so many reasons, so the Feds have to go after those who facilitate anonymous transactions. Well, just my two cents.
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Like most people who've been thru the mill: started out with tradehill/mtgox thru dwolla -> went to exchangebitcoins.com -> went to get-bitcoin.com
I've been treated about like everybody else...the last two were way faster...I have heard lately now a couple people who didn't go quite so fast on get-bitcoin.com, so who knows, maybe they're slowing down, and maybe they'll go the same way exchangebtc went...but so far, so good...
and yes, always make sure you give them correct email, and they've always sent me *two* emails: one with all the account info (which you get on the site, when you click on 'buy') and the second one when they got my email with picture of transaction...with me it's been pretty quick...I'm trying out other things, particularly that bitcoin-otc ... but even if I was successful, I don't think I'd recommend it to newbies...it's about like here, where u've no protection if u get scammed...worth looking at....really still hoping sumyungai will team up with anarcho and do some kind of escrow thing here...
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I used Get-Bitcoin a few weeks ago and things went pretty well. I made a deposit on a Saturday & apparently the coins were bought on Sunday & sent to me. Just to be safe I scanned my receipt from the bank and attached it to my email to Get-Bitcoin. I made the mistake of setting a maximum amount to pay, and sure enough, the Bitcoin price rose just after I placed my order. This caused a minor delay.
I also never received an email confirmation, but by watching my Bitcoin wallet I just suddenly noticed a deposit.
Call me paranoid if you will but I sincerely believe the feds helped shut down ExchangeBitcoins.com. Those guys just made it too easy [and anonymous] to buy 'coins. Now we have Get-Bitcoin. I'd use Get-Bitcoin before they're pressured to shut down.
p.s, I've found that delays in sending Bitcoins are becoming more common, and unless you pay extra your Bitcoin transfer will be tagged as "low priority," meaning it'll take a while to go through the system.
I've had no issues with them, aside from a delay on Mt.Gox's part.I placed an order and got an email, walked to Wells Fargo to get cash from the ATM and deposited into their account. Scanned the receipt and emailed it back to them. Seven hours later, they sent me another email telling me the bitcoins had been sent to me. From that point I had to wait about 19 hours, but that was not their fault, it was an issue with Mt.Gox. Still, significantly faster than Dwolla where I would have to wait at least 5 days..
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I would agree, emailing them a pic of the deposit slip speeds things up. Don't forget to scrub the metadata.
I have had a couple of deposits with them and they were done in a couple of hours.
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Yeah, like with other issues, I now just use instawallet, and it seems to go quicker than mtgox or tradehill...so far anyway, it's been smooth and quick...