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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: geraldm on December 06, 2011, 05:16 am

Title: How do I get bitcoins!? New User, PLEASE HELP.
Post by: geraldm on December 06, 2011, 05:16 am
I'm a new user, and I have no idea how to anonymously get bitcoins.
I had the idea to buy a prepaid Visa gift card, is there a website I can use it on?
I know get-bitcoin has a spot for prepaid debit cards... Is a Visa gift card a prepaid debit card?

Any other simple anonymous ways to get bitcoins fast?
Title: Re: How do I get bitcoins!? New User, PLEASE HELP.
Post by: Asbury on December 06, 2011, 05:22 am
If you want bitcoins RIGHT NOW, then you could buy a moneypak at a local convenience store and use a vendor on here who will send bitcoins to your account in exchange for the moneypak.

Get-bitcoin is also an option if you want to use cash or some type of prepaid card, but that would involve physically mailing it to them which would take significantly longer.
Title: Re: How do I get bitcoins!? New User, PLEASE HELP.
Post by: geraldm on December 06, 2011, 05:24 am
What is a moneypak? I've never heard of them and don't know where to get them. But I HAVE seen that some users will exchange their coins for them. Are they anonymous? What type of convenience store would sell them? What do they even look like, would thhey be with gift cards?
Title: Re: How do I get bitcoins!? New User, PLEASE HELP.
Post by: TravellingWithoutMoving on December 06, 2011, 05:47 am
search the forum here, these questions have already been answered.

ok
Title: Re: How do I get bitcoins!? New User, PLEASE HELP.
Post by: supersecretsquirrel on December 06, 2011, 10:48 am
Getting bitcoins is easy and can be done in a matter of minutes. Getting anonymous bitcoins, however, is a bit more tricky. Someone already mentioned moneypak, but that's only available to customers in the US (I believe). Where are you based?
Title: Re: How do I get bitcoins!? New User, PLEASE HELP.
Post by: theless on December 06, 2011, 11:01 am
Getting bitcoins is easy and can be done in a matter of minutes. Getting anonymous bitcoins, however, is a bit more tricky. Someone already mentioned moneypak, but that's only available to customers in the US (I believe). Where are you based?

yes its only for customers in the US

i cant seem to have access to btc anymore :( i used to buy my btcs from sumyungai by western union but he's gone.
any alternatives?
Title: Re: How do I get bitcoins!? New User, PLEASE HELP.
Post by: supersecretsquirrel on December 06, 2011, 11:04 am
i cant seem to have access to btc anymore :( i used to buy my btcs from sumyungai by western union but he's gone.
any alternatives?

You can buy bitcoins from https://get-bitcoin.com/ using Western Union.
Title: Re: How do I get bitcoins!? New User, PLEASE HELP.
Post by: cantankerous on December 06, 2011, 01:02 pm
You can buy bitcoins from https://get-bitcoin.com/ using Western Union.

If I send get-bitcoin.com money by wire transfer from Western Union, how does get-bitcoin.com know to match the wire transfer to my order? Is it just by the name on the wire transfer? Do wire transfers even have the sender's name on them? Or is there a notes section where I can have Western Union write the get-bitcoin.com order number?
Title: Re: How do I get bitcoins!? New User, PLEASE HELP.
Post by: supersecretsquirrel on December 06, 2011, 01:29 pm
If I send get-bitcoin.com money by wire transfer from Western Union, how does get-bitcoin.com know to match the wire transfer to my order? Is it just by the name on the wire transfer? Do wire transfers even have the sender's name on them? Or is there a notes section where I can have Western Union write the get-bitcoin.com order number?

I assume that Western Union will allow you to write down a reference number (in that case, write down the order number you got from get-bitcoin.com). Can't say for sure, though, I've never tried it myself.
Title: Re: How do I get bitcoins!? New User, PLEASE HELP.
Post by: rocketdog on December 14, 2011, 01:26 am
I registered a new Western Union account and added a confirmed bank account just to try Western Union's service to transfer funds to get-bitcoin. They declined to make the transfer saying, "All I can tell is that is was a business decision to decline this transfer." Anyone else had this happen?

I never have any trouble using Dwolla to purchase from get-bitcoin.
Title: Re: How do I get bitcoins!? New User, PLEASE HELP.
Post by: supersecretsquirrel on December 14, 2011, 10:45 am
I registered a new Western Union account and added a confirmed bank account just to try Western Union's service to transfer funds to get-bitcoin. They declined to make the transfer saying, "All I can tell is that is was a business decision to decline this transfer." Anyone else had this happen?

You should have asked what that "business decision" was all about.
Title: Re: How do I get bitcoins!? New User, PLEASE HELP.
Post by: cache on December 14, 2011, 11:11 am
I doubt any of us work for Western Union, it would be best if you take issue with them over their business practices. All of your questions have been answered time and again, please use the search function.
Title: Re: How do I get bitcoins!? New User, PLEASE HELP.
Post by: TravellingWithoutMoving on December 14, 2011, 11:44 am
I registered a new Western Union account and added a confirmed bank account just to try Western Union's service to transfer funds to get-bitcoin. They declined to make the transfer saying, "All I can tell is that is was a business decision to decline this transfer." Anyone else had this happen?

I never have any trouble using Dwolla to purchase from get-bitcoin.

...in other words they'd rather rip everyone off with their commission they charge and i quote from bitcoins "...the power of Bitcoins is that they can free people from the tyranny of middlemen: banks; credit-card companies; and money shippers like Western Union, which charge exorbitant fees for performing a rather simple task."
as they have far higher moral business ethics.....

 ???
Title: Re: How do I get bitcoins!? New User, PLEASE HELP.
Post by: Sugar Mama on December 14, 2011, 04:52 pm
i cant seem to have access to btc anymore :( i used to buy my btcs from sumyungai by western union but he's gone.
any alternatives?

Hey, I sent you a PM. Come talk to me on SR about getting coins via WU. I may be able to help you.
Title: Re: How do I get bitcoins!? New User, PLEASE HELP.
Post by: Psytanium on December 17, 2011, 12:43 pm
i cant seem to have access to btc anymore :( i used to buy my btcs from sumyungai by western union but he's gone.
any alternatives?

Hey, I sent you a PM. Come talk to me on SR about getting coins via WU. I may be able to help you.

me too i need bitcoins via western union. can we manage a deal ?
thxx
Title: Re: How do I get bitcoins!? New User, PLEASE HELP.
Post by: anax on December 25, 2011, 03:28 pm
I'd use this method:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_vCsFyJtCw

Just use an anonymous email address, and select the email method (not SMS).

Then you can take the cash to any bank branch, anywhere in the US, of Bank of America, Citibank, Chase, or Wells Fargo, and they don't ask you for your name or ID.

It's very similar to using Western Union, but the total cost is only a 4.49% fee.