Here is a series of posts from Coinhoarder with nothing in-between but silence:
I apologize everyone. I have been very busy and hadn't had anytime to reply here or choose a winner. In fact, I believe there is still a design someone has done that I haven't even seen yet. A winner will be chosen and they will be paid. I will try to get with that designer this weekend so I can start to compare all the designs.
Thanks,
Ch
Carlos L,
I did not set a time limit on this contest, so you can call me a scammer all you want, but your accusations are baseless. How about you go bother someone else?
I'm having personal medical issues and just went to the doctor yesterday. I am supposed to receive the blood test results today and find out more about what's going on. How about you have a little respect for that and leave me alone. Quit calling me scammer all over the place, all it makes me want to do is take longer to make my decision to piss you off.
Again, I have not broken any rules of the contest as there was no time limit.
Whatever...
Ch
PS: Which one of your sock puppets submitted a design Carlos L??
Hi everyone,
I am really sorry by the way I can't pay the bounty yet, but Bitcoin was worth something like $120 when I made the OP... now it's worth $815. I am working really hard to get some income coming in so I can get the bounty paid. Please be patient with me, it will be paid at some point. I have never scammed anyone in this community and do not plan to start now.
That being said, I decided to narrow it down to the top 5 designs so the others can use their design elsewhere if they would like.
The top 5 designs (in the order they were submitted):
ibminer
likehero
mjbmonetarymetals
acorn
zinodaur
Yes, I PMed him telling him I hope he realized that leaving negative trust is going to effect how long it takes to pay the bounty. It will turn away some customers for sure. But it is what it is, I don't really care if he removes the negative trust or not, I have enough good trust ratings as is. Also I criticized his analysis of my thinking process when he posted "From that post he has realized that the coin business is not all about the design of the coins but trust in Private Keys and selling. And so giving away free coins that arent loaded are hard to sell and even give away."
My point was that if people don't trust me, then they wouldn't let me handle the 1500+ BTC for my group buys. If that's not trust, then I'm not sure what is... I've done many transactions over the forums without escrow and held up my end of the bargain every time. Only once has someone required me to use escrow and it was actually a transaction I initiated yesterday, as you have added your negative feedback to my account and Carlos opened a scam accusation.
I am still a very honest trustworthy guy, I just do not have 5 BTC to pay this bounty right now. If you think that makes me a scammer, then whatever. I have stated I will pay it as soon as I can. I know you think you're helping but you're not. The thinly veiled jab at me in your post... "if I am asked about your business capabilities I will suggest they look elsewhere" ...... The truth is I have done over 2000 BTC worth of transactions for group buys and selling/buying things on the forums, ALL of it without escrow, with ZERO problems. If my personal problems (which are just that, PERSONAL, not applicable to my business) make you uncomfortable to do business with me then I understand, but don't try to push those views on others. I know you think you're helping, but honestly I can work this out with the people still in the contest on my own. I am still planning on honoring the 5 BTC bounty.
My business was not started to make money, it was started to further the adoption of cryptocoins by offering affordable services and businesses. Not because I have a huge stash of coins I want to increase in value, but because I support the original ideals of cryptocoins due to their libertarian-like nature. I do not care if I never break even because I overpaid for the design by $4000. Again, I will get the bounty paid as soon as possible. Just please chill out on the scam accusations, it hurts my ability to pay the bounty.
Hi all,
First of all let me apologize it has taken me so long to payout this bounty. I have learned a good lesson in all of this, and I appreciate your patience with me.
For those of you that don't know, about the same time I started this contest I took out a loan of 30 BTC from a forum member when Bitcoin was something like $115 each (from memory.) I cashed this out to FIAT immediately upon receiving the loan for some business expenses. About a month later the Bitcoin price skyrocketed to $1000+ where it stayed until just recently. This effectively made my loan of $3450 cost $30,000+ to pay back. I made many loan payments when the price was above or around $1000 costing me A LOT of FIAT in the process. It is for this reason I have obviously had a hard time paying back the loan and paying out this bounty. I am gracious that the lender (and you guys) has been very patient with me and I am paying back what I can afford as fast as possible. As of now I have paid back 27+ BTC of the 30 BTC loan, and I have promised to pay 32.2 BTC total back as compensation for the loan. As long as we don't have another huge rise in price of a Bitcoin, I believe I can pay off the loan this month. After the loan is repaid my next focus is paying off this bounty.
Again, I sincerely apologize it is taking so long. I made many loan payments when the price of Bitcoin was ~$1000 and all of my money is going to repay it. I have no savings... FIAT or cryptocoins, and every single extra $ I get is going to repay the loan and this bounty. I am pretty much working three jobs to pay off this debt, including running my coin business, ASIC hosting service, and my day job. I have not bought anything that I didn't absolutely need. I am hardly making my bills after making payments for the loan and am living month to month. All of this money that is going to repay the loan and the bounty I should of been reinvesting in my business so I can keep it going and order more coins. The future of CryptoVest coins is in jeopardy because of my stupid decision to take a loan denominated in BTC and make this bounty contest. It takes a large amount of capital to make new coins and holograms and I do not know when or if I will be able to save up enough to do so. I am severely regretting this series of poor decisions to get a loan and start a bounty denominated in BTC. However, at the end of the day I am a man of my word and I promise to have everyone paid back as soon as I am able.
Thanks again for your patience and understanding,
Will
Sooo... how you been CH?
Busy trying to make money to pay off my loan and pay off this bounty. I am sorry, but I can't make $4000 appear out of no where. I am still living pay check to pay check, I am still working at my main job, I started a new business to help make some money but I'm not receiving many sales so I'm not making hardly any money with that. It is what it is, please just be patient.
I have not and will not forget about this and I will pay it as soon as I can.