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The value of the btc has dropped considerably over the past couple days. I wonder if this has to do with the mybitcoin fiasco?  But for it to be around 8  bucks? that is low... How low can it get? It might be a  good time to be buying them, lol..

@cat and bloodbath~ I didn't realize that you could tell whether or not someone has read your PM.  How do you do this? 

Okay so he is reading our messages and not responding and issuing refunds, I am presuming only to those that paid him through escrow?  That's just fucking wonderful.

Just click on your sent pm's and the ones that are still bold haven't been read.

This is interesting. They are always trying to find ways to lower tolerance. One thing that helped me was methadone. A small dose of methadone mixed in with my regular pain killers basically stopped me from having to increase every  6 months or so. But, Im going to look into your little find..

With so many people involved and the amount of money that's at stake, I'm sure a lot of people will keep a close eye on where the money moves to (if it does indeed move). I wouldn't say that it's gone for good, but it doesn't look good. Maybe there is a technical error somewhere on his side,? dunno, but it really surprises me that someone that helped start the bitcoin would do something  like this.. theres hope until someone says that its gone for sure...Im pulling for you guys that have money at stake...

There's not a lot any of us can do, except warn others. I know this person has done a few orders here and there, but have you ever done business with him? If not, thats a pretty big order to trust someone with. I wouldn't give up hope yet. I doubt anyone would risk their reputation for a few hundred bucks..

Hey Chronic,

Good post.  Is it OK just to place an order without any extra messaging assuming all the details are known?  I like to keep it to a minimum but I read here about  people who are messaging sellers  a lot, even if they're not buying.  Is it rude just to order, I mean,  I don't see the point of small talk...  Also cancelling is one thing, the bitcoins in escrow are released, but why would a seller mark "in transit" and then not ship?  The bitcoins get locked in escrow for two weeks. Who would stand to benefit from needlessly holding someone else's bitcoins in escrow?

I would read the sellers product info/instructions. If I were to say in the product description to pm me first, then do so. Lets say that I put "will not accept po boxes" your order will probably be canceled if you gave me a po box. Then pm me and we  can talk about it. (that was just an example) Or if  you send me 1 btc on top of the order because you expect it to be overnighted. I would cancel. It would have to be pretty extreme for me to cancel unless there was an un forseen problem. But, I would never cancel an order that has been sitting there for a couple days. So far, the only reasons I have had to cancel is because the buyer didn't follow my instructions.

Just follow the instructions from the buyer and you shouldn't have any issues. I encourage buyers to ask me questions if they are unsure of anything.

Its bad business to post something that you don't have in your possession. Even if I know that ill be getting X items on tuesday, for sure, I wont post them until they are in my hands. You never know what can go wrong. Maybe that's why his posting are down.

Ive purchased the yubikey. Ill feel a lot safer with that..