Topic: $100 MoneyPak to BTC (Read 1392 times)
price per coin will be hitting $11 next week.
I agree with both of you. I'm currently in the process of verifying everything with Dwolla and Mt.Gox so I can play around with an exchange. And you do make a good point. Money Pak is $5 so it would come in better for larger deposits. But I still have to wait over 3 or 4 days to get that set up. In the mean time I can buy a MoneyPak now and send code /receipt back in 10minutes. And hopefully get my coins less than 2 minutes from then. Any way seems like there are lots of cards on the market. So by the time I get verified I'll likely have not found a buyer and will just use bit instant.
-kaji
-kaji
What do you have so against people trying to buy Bitcoin with Moneypak?
What does Green Dot (MoneyPak's issuer) have so against people trying to buy Bitcoin with Moneypak?
Why should people pay higher fees with bitinstant?
The fees are pretty comparable, but I can see how transacting person-to-person using MoneyPak can be cheaper:
To use BitInstant at a Moneygram location (the most expensive method), entering $100 actually gets just $96.01 after the 3.99% fee. After the $3.95 Moneygram/zipzap fee, the amount paid is $103.95. That is an 8% fee, overall. Then you still need to buy the coins at an exchange. So add another 0.6%.
To use MoneyPak person-to-person: a $100 gets a $4.95 charge totalling $104.95. Thus the fee is 4.95%. Since you are trading over the counter, there is no exchange fee. So the fee is half, using this method -- you saved $4. And the counterparty saved by not having to trade at the exchange either.
I sell for moneypak all the time
The OP didn't list previous trades and didn't offer to send bitcoins first. Again, MoneyPak is a non-reversible payment method so both sides are at risk of getting cheated. A trader wishing to do frequent trades might consider registering on the #bitcoin-otc Web of Trust (WoT). This would at least then lessen the risks of doing a trade using these non-reversible payment methods.
- http://www.Bitcoin-OTC.com
- http://bitcoin-otc.com/viewratings.php
What do you have so against people trying to buy Bitcoin with Moneypak? I sell for moneypak all the time and don't see the problem. Why should people pay higher fees with bitinstant?
Why would you buy a Moneypak rather than use a cash purchase method accepted by BitInstant or similar (e.g., 7-11, Walmart, CVS, Moneygram, etc.) ?
- http://www.BitInstant.com
- http://www.QuickBitcoins.net
- http://www.MrBitcoins.com
Looking to buy BTC10 with a $100 MoneyPak. OMW out to get one now so I maybe late responding.
Why would you buy a Moneypak rather than use a cash purchase method accepted by BitInstant or similar (e.g., 7-11, Walmart, CVS, Moneygram, etc.) ?
- http://www.BitInstant.com
- http://www.QuickBitcoins.net
- http://www.MrBitcoins.com
Looking to buy BTC10 with a $100 MoneyPak. OMW out to get one now so I maybe late responding.
Why would you buy a Moneypak rather than use a cash purchase method accepted by BitInstant or similar (e.g., 7-11, Walmart, CVS, Moneygram, etc.) ?
- http://www.BitInstant.com
- http://www.QuickBitcoins.net
- http://www.MrBitcoins.com
Looking to buy BTC10 with a $100 MoneyPak. OMW out to get one now so I maybe late responding. Only respected members enquire please. (just closed a Dwolla thread because they won't let me use my account at all while the verification is processing.)
Thanks,
-kaji
Thanks,
-kaji
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