Hello
As a total newbie to Bitcoin and wanting a piece of the pie I find myself inexplicably drawn to the relatively "cheap" prices on this exchange when compared to other exchanges. But I don't want to send off my savings to persons unknown where I have read so much bad press about payments going missing, selective scamming, and unknown people behind this operation! I am sure others would like to know who they are. Surely its in the best interests of the Bitcoin community to put some faith behind this organisation as they appear to be a main player...so any speculation on who they are? The website is hidden in who.is and they use some Russian organisation registered in the UK thats providing them with wire transfer services, Mr Nikolay Rozhok of Mayzus Financial Services Ltd. Maybe Mr Rozhok and BTC-E.COM are the same..anybody have any ideas?
In the time I have used BTC-E.com I have never had any problems adding funds or trading. The only thing I find with them right now is they like to add some coins and remove them very quickly if they become inactive for x amount of time. Even with pair BTC-GBP it was going good and when things where not working removed it. If BTC-E had more cryptos to trade with maybe things would be a lot better their. When I trad it is good on it at times and still trade the odd bits here and their.
Even with their identity on their site protected or who is info can be misleading does not mean it is a scam. Many websites now days do not disclose personal info as people do not want to be attacked on their identity. Some will disclose full info but that is up to their business and what they are doing. Many say BTC-E is rouge on a number of things. Best advise if you do not want to put funds in right away. Goto somewhere that is fully trusted but even then they can have problems.
Go grab some coins of localbitcoins and then use them elsewhere and spread your coins across different exchanges. That way your are much safer, or your other option is only put coins into an exchange when you are on them being active and wanting to trade.
I am using the BTC-E for a quite a time,I had no problems with them,maybe the 13.2 $ is too little and it is "consumed" with the Fees.
You have to check the Fees with ALL the participants in the money transfer,From your bank account to the exchange.
The BTC-E is charging (taken from their site):
Are there any fees involved when using BTC-e?
BTC-e charges a 0.2% fee on each transaction carried out by users on the website. This transaction may vary and may be different for each individual account. USD/RUR – fee 0.5% Specific job openings will be posted but we are always interested in hearing from you.
Or it just needs more time the money to arrive or maybe you did some mistake in the transfer
Most sites have fees or very little fees. Simple solution to that is off set your trades by 0.5% each time buying and selling so add 1% on top of any trades you make to cover all your fees and have a little extra on top each time. That way you are trading and covering all fees buying and all fees when selling. That way you will not get into a negative when it comes to working out your daily trading as you have offset your fees as many people forget to factor this in.