Topic: BitBet Stole ~$7,000 from me (10 BTC) - page 4. (Read 58202 times)

You are the sort of brainwashed halfwit who thinks the responsibility for the lost BTC of MtGOX customers lies with the customers, because "it's their fault for using MtGOX".

Bitbet is a scam site. I'm glad to know this before ever using the site. Not that I was likely to, as gambling isn't my thing, but still it's worth knowing.

I am absolutely appalled by your shitty scam-site and inhumane demeanor.

A bunch of forum retards != a ton of business. Sooner you learn this lesson, the better.

It is unfortunate that you deemed it alright to wager your BTC with a service whose guidelines you had not read, and before you had grasped the concepts of transactions and confirmations in the first place. That you made these choices, however, is not anybody else's concern.

A bunch of forum retards != a ton of business. Sooner you learn this lesson, the better.

I recently lost 10 bitcoin to a clusterfuck of poor service on the parts of Bets of Bitcoin and Bitbet.

I bet 10 bitcoin on this bet: http://bitbet.us/bet/591/bitcoin-price-to-rise-above-750-usd/

However, I transferred the 10 bitcoin from Bets of Bitcoin, which neglected to include a transaction fee (and gave me no option to do so), resulting in my transaction being delayed for ~24 hours: https://blockchain.info/tx/2af75fb4e50a14bf247575bf426615d01f9d6db4d88dc0668d27c88259f68691

As a result, due to this unfair technicality in Bitbet's rules: http://bitbet.us/faq/#151, I am now out 10 bitcoin. Adding insult to injury, the mod graced me with this snarky retort: "Unconfirmed bets are not refunded. Kindly see FAQ, and include tx fees next time. Think of the miners!"... More like "think of our pockets which our now 10 ill-begotten bitcoin richer."

If we are going to build an ecosystem that can support and serve the mainstream whose attention bitcoin has recently achieved, poor user experiences like this should not (and need not) happen.

I'd appreciate any advice on how to solicit/enact the refund of my stolen (I do think this is the appropriate term) coins.

If you feel so inclined, tweet to Bitbet that they should refund my coins: https://twitter.com/BitBets "@Bitbets It's unfair to keep @Snack_Man's 10 BTC that was sent to 13EW8oUL5mzLiBbYpZouNqjNsFhabiSoeX. Refund them!"

TL;DR: I lost a substantial amount of money to Bets of Bitcoin / Bitbet for no good reason. Beware of Bets of Bitcoin's lack of transaction fee on withdrawals and Bitbet's draconian, scammy rules.

Sorry you went through this OP.  It is a shame and everything MPOE-PR said has fully made sure I will take my business elsewhere.  I will never bet or recommend a site run by such unprofessional and rude people.  OP, this really sucks but you have diverted a ton of business by showing the true side of BitBet and MPOE-PR.

(also, why are you in bitcoin if you think voting by completely unrelated, anonymous parties should matter)

75% out of almost 200 people voted the money should be returned.. Scam job wrote all over it, It's time to give negative rating to MPOE-PR

Ok, thanks for the feedback but my point wasn't so much that this would be cheating or wrong in some way.

However this was just to support the point that "...the bet in question isn't much of a bet. "
If this individual is hedging both sides of the bet then that is substantially different to walking up and putting down $472k (MtGox rate at the 7th) on the toss of a coin.
That is of course ignoring that this is definitely not 50/50 odds.

Betting on both sides is actually quite common (all house bets are on both sides, for example).
It can also be used to "cancel" http://trilema.com/2013/how-to-cancel-your-bitbet-bet/

Part two is in this bet. Find any one Las Vegas bookie that took the equivalent of 460 BTC in a single bet this year and we may talk business. As things are so far however, BitBet is the king of the hill, in no small part because it did the right thing when confronted with you derps.

Last report is in 2014 - http://trilema.com/2014/bitbet-december-2013-statement/

Is this still dragging on ? I cannot see how this benefits BitBet in anyway, even if for some reason Bitbet thinks the guy does not deserve to be refunded, surely you must have some business sense, reach a compromise with the guy and move on.

I'm fairly certain that is exactly what they are lacking, and thus why they must resort to scamming to make any profits.

O, it's very important that under the guise of doing something you guise prop my shitty venue nobody cares about, please do so!11

Is this still dragging on ? I cannot see how this benefits BitBet in anyway, even if for some reason Bitbet thinks the guy does not deserve to be refunded, surely you must have some business sense, reach a compromise with the guy and move on.