Quote from: jackintherox. on July 04, 2012, 05:32 pmQuote from: ThatDank on July 04, 2012, 11:34 amDont get ripped off by a MP vendor!Just use bitinstant, and coinapult to your email or tormail, you will have your coins 1 hour after your deposit and in your sr wallet in 5 hours total or less. Deposits are made at the bank closest to you, very many to choose from and deposits are anonymous and not associated with bitcoin, just "trustcash llc" a separate llc from bitinstantI still don't see why being validated on Dwolla and Mt.Gox and then to be able to transfer directly between for only 25cents (iirc) and then tumbling your coins is not the preferred method since it's got the least transaction fees and/or third-party charges. Maybe I'm missing something but spending extra 4% + fee for using BitInstant or an inflated USD/BTC rate for using a MP vendor does not seem to make sense, especially with the prices on SR being as high already. I'm sure most will say "duh, to be more anonymous!" but I hardly worry about getting investigated by LE for legitimately buying a couple hundred dollars worth of BTCs now and then...Yes, "legitimately" being the operative word - we all know there are perfectly legal uses for Bitcoins but common sense tells us that their main purpose is to buy illegal goods. As a Bitcoin Trader I only accept cash in the mail for the simple reason it's one of the few safe ways (along with selling Moneypaks) to obtain BTC safely.You also need to bear in mind there's a difference between linking someone to a specific transaction because they were unable or unwilling to use a coin mixer and proving they bought Bitcoins in the first place, which is trivial if you go ahead and use Paypal/Credit card/Bank transfer to do so. Even cash deposit at a bank is not as anonymous as you might think - I know this because I work in one and started off as a cashier; the time of every transaction (including cash over the counter) is logged and it would be very easy to review the security camera footage to work out who made a deposit at a particular time for a certain amount - once again I know this because we've done this on several occasions to combat money launderers.The only counterargument I've really seen against this are buyers who don't believe they buy enough Bitcoins to make it worth the Police's trouble to track them down. In actual fact it's no more or less trouble to spot someone has purchased one Bitcoin or a thousand if they've used a method that can be linked to them but I am usually able to persuade them of the logic of a "What If" scenario, namely:If a package containing illegal goods is sent to your door and you accept it into your home, you can be arrested. If you later try to claim that you had no knowledge of its contents and it can be proven in court that you purchased a digital currency, the chief use for which is trafficking in illegal goods, do you really think a Jury of your hard headed peers is going to be convinced you're an innocent victim? Admittedly the risk is low but it's very real. I say play it safe and use cash/money paks to get your coins -I obviously stand nothing to gain from saying this to Americans (Happy Independence Day by the way!) but believe me you can do without the kind of publicity that may come from purchasing your Bitcoins in an obvious manner.V.