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Topic: Anyone Try Selling Bitcoin on eBay? (Read 500 times)

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December 15, 2013, 07:12:32 AM
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I was thinking next time I try that to require the purchaser to email me a scan of one of their household bills to prove their identity before I send the Bitcoins.

You can try it but these can easily be faked. Maybe try sell paper wallets and only send them to a verified address with tracked shipping, if you are going to sell on ebay, but it's probably not worth the hassle.
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December 15, 2013, 07:05:35 AM
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Never sell BTC with PP or any other option that can be reversed if the buyer is a scammer.
Go for cash on localbitcoins or a trusted exchanger.

Don't you think it was fishy in the first place that they payed almost double for it?
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December 15, 2013, 12:20:47 AM
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Looks like face to face via say localbitcoins is the only way to reliably do this

Suck for you man tho I guess the amounts were rel small so pain contained
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December 15, 2013, 12:15:42 AM
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I sold about some BTC on eBay while the prices were around $950 / BTC I was selling 0.01 BTC for $16 and 0.033 BTC for $50.  There was a lot of interest, and I sold about 0.15 total. 

The problem with it is that Bitcoin is like a magnet for thieves.  It turned out that 2 of the buyers had access to hacked accounts, and bought under false pretenses. Needless to say, eBay made me refund the money for those purchases.

I was thinking next time I try that to require the purchaser to email me a scan of one of their household bills to prove their identity before I send the Bitcoins.
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