Topic: Bought my first 0.18 bitcoin! - page 3. (Read 3014 times)

Look at it from the point of view of a person discovering Bitcoin for the first time.

I want to try it and I want to try it NOW.

Anything else I want on the net I can buy it, with my card, in 30 seconds.

Also, yes I can have fiat (This is Fungible...something something something right? - i.e. cash?) now. I stick my card in the hole in the wall, it gives me money, I go to the pub.

kraken is pretty fast imo, it could take only 8-12 for a sepa(at least in my case), i don't see all the issue about having the money so fast, you can't have fiat so fast either

1 day transfer is perfectly fine

The PayPal-to-Linden-to-BTC thing using Virwox is really, really old. I can't imagine using that system now. Hope you get a hold of some bitcoins and can start playing around.

Congratulations, you're now a bitcoin owner.

I've use Bitstamp a few times, it's very easy, verification is the same as any other betting sites in EU, so I was quite used to it, and SEPA transfers usually take less than 24 hours, only work days.

Yes! I bought my first time at virwox. ..
Much easy bitstamp, will take u two days to verify ur account but after this is much easy.
Bit-X also is a good choise.
Regards!

You could have tried escrow and paypal to paypal payment?
Or someone in your country and a normal bank transfer?

There are trusted people on this forum who can provide such a service!

Hello Bitcoiners!

I've been hanging around the last few days, posting silly questions and trying to get a handle. One of my main points of curiosity was how I could (a) buy some bitcoin and (b) spend some bitcoin. So a couple of nights ago after a *particularly* nice bottle (OK, I started into the second, so shoot me) I decided to unlimber the debit card and get purchasing...

And WOW it's a pain in the ass.

I can't use Paypal. OK, I get this - it's reversible. That's not what we want.

I can't seem to get Kraken going because they want a SEPA transfer. Give me a break please, I want my coins now, because I want to SPEND them now.

Circle doesn't like my card because I am not from the USA. From other people's posts on here, I am assuming there is a way around this, but I got stuck at the "Please enter a valid ZIP code". I'm from Ireland. You can, on a windy day, with a good lungful, spit from one side of the country to the other. We don't NEED zip codes. We all know each other, and just drop the mail around to each other's houses. OK, that's not true. Uncle Mick takes care of that, and he has a good pair of shoes.

So I find Virwox. Hey! I can buy these Lindenny thingies. And then they'll give me Bitcoin for them! Now, right?

Eh....no. You've probably figured out by now that I took the plunge anyhow, but I am a bit pissed at how the thing went down. Start an account, enter a debit card, buy the Lindenthings. OK, great so far. Except....the 15% (FIFTEEN FUCKING PERCENT?) fee. Alright, done is done, let's just convert the things and do something with the damn Bitcoin.

Except....no. I can trade from money in Lindenmebobs instantly, then I can trade from Lindenjobbies into BTC - but that part is not, of course instant. It requires a "manual step". Presumably someone has to look at it and think carefully for 48 hours, then click the button that says "Looks legit.". And it DID take 48 hours. 47.5 to be precise.

So OK, last night I got my 0.18 Bitcoin, purchase at the ball-shrivelling price of €50. Was mildly sozzled when I got it, so decided that it would be my "impartial review of games of chance" night. Blew the lot on a Bitcoin slot machine in a few hours. Honestly, I enjoyed myself. Can't complain about that, and I'll probably do that again.

But someone, please....there HAS to be an easier way??

The Bitcoin community wants uptake. And us shallow, newbie consumer types WANT to take it up. But when it's THIS damn hard....anyone else see this as a problem?

Ist.