Give Coinabul 14 days?
There's another guy who's been waiting to get his BTC back for a month:
http://bravenec.eu/coinabul/You wanted the winner to send you the coins withing 1h which is funny considering there people from all over the world, in different timezones. By 24h I meant to say give the highest bidder 24h to send the BTC.
Moreover you do not seem to be a very established user on this forum with an account registered only a few months ago and with a low post count. Considering that a quite old (by Bitcoin standards) BTC business Coinabul had a history of defrauding at least a few customers (and only a few have revealed themselves so far) I find the notion of using an escrow for this transaction quite reasonable. Some reputable forum members will even do it for free.
I am sorry I did not realize that even though I expressly stated that delivery is only in EU, which is practically 1 timezone, the bidders may still be on vacation eg. in Thailand!! I carefully selected the most possible time for everyone to check the status of their bid, ie. at about 9pm.
Okay I can give 24 hours. I will update the OP accordingly.
You are right my post count is rather low. The reason is that I do work, and I only try to write posts with value and insight. I find it rather funny that solely by signing up on this forum, my credibility is reduced to so low that the established PM dealership that I 100% own with my wife, needs to start using escrow which has never before been required or even suggested, in the years of operation and several million euro of sales. I only follow what the more wise have set before me: cash first, metal second. It will be a momentous occasion if
BTC users can reverse this age-old pecking order. The more practical reason is that I need the cash to replenish my stock. Otherwise I would be compromised if the market rates change.
So, no escrow. Sorry. PM me if you think you have found an escrow solution for this kind of business that takes into account the situation of a professional dealer. Please tell me what kind of escrow do the other businesses use and how they have tackled the problem of inventory replenishment.
Below is the email I sent to Coinabul:
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8.3.2013 8.57 to:
[email protected] subject: "Urgent: you are being bashed in Bitcointalk Scam Accusations"
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https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/scam-coinabul-owe-me-81btc-149253Take this as a friendly reminder from a colleague. This should be settled quickly. I don't know what you're thinking in not reshipping the silver in question (oh yes I know, the customer is an ass and that pisses you off) but as the matter is now highly public, a full restitution seems for me the right thing to do considering the future of your business, REGARDLESS of what actually happened.
I have proposed that they give you until March 18. to respond but sooner the better.
Best regards,
Risto Pietilä
Owner & Operator of the following PM dealerships/markets since 2006,
Hopea.fi
Eesti Investeerimishobe OU
Silverbank(.net)
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