Topic: [CLOSED] Mang Sweeney's: send money to the Philippines through bitcoin - page 5. (Read 25338 times)

Added to the Bitcoin wiki:

 - http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mang_Sweeney

Yes, you can buy bitcoins from me through GCASH. I haven't had a transaction through this mode, though, and I'd like to try it out.

Are you saying that a person can buy bitcoins from you through GCASH?

If so, then can I send that money to you through Remitly?
 - https://www.remitly.com/help/view/38

Remitly allows me to use a credit card when sending funds, so that's why it is interesting.

xxaudioxx, thank you for the feedback. I hope you found your card.

Sold some coins to MadSweeney today, Transaction is painless.. Will definitely do it again.. tnx

In the first month of operation, Mang Sweeney's had a few transactions--a couple remittance, a client introduced to bitcoin, and a local trade. The customers might not have bitcointalk account to post feedback here. I got a couple more ratings in #bitcoin-otc though. So the thread had been awfully quiet. However, Mang Sweeney's exchange and remittance is still at your service.

Glad to have helped. Just make sure there's no errors this time. 

Thanks for catching that, John! Will launch the ad campaign in earnest on Monday.

Please note that your BitcoinAdvertisers ad does not work. It points to: https//bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=88320.0

You apparently forgot the colon.

Awesome service. I wish you were in business when I visited Philippines last time. 

I have added GCASH mobile phone transaction as payment and remitance option. Suggestions and comments are welcome to improve my service.

If you're worried about transactions being snooped on or spoofed there are enough indications that my service is GPG-ready. If you haven't used GnuPG before to encrypt and sign text or files, I'm willing to help you learn how to use it.

If you're worried about how I secure my wallet, I use Electrum offline wallet on a Linux host for Mang Sweeney's transactions.

If you're worried about what I will do with bank account numbers, I'll admit to my ignorance of the nefarious ways such information can be of use to anybody. I don't know, for instance, how to take money out of someone's bank account using the account number and account name only.

Will I give account information to someone else? I can only assure you that I won't volunteer to give it to anyone nor will I disclose it if she asks nicely.

Your questions make me think that maybe I should destroy all such information after the completion of transaction. That way I wouldn't even be forced to give them up. (But it might be problematic if a dispute arises and I have no records.)

If I were subject to AML regulations, as the established remittance shops have to be, I couldn't do that for KYC compliance. Discussions of whether I should subject myself to such regulations or not, however, are for another thread.

If you're worried that I'll scam you, then keep on being observant and asking questions. And I'll do my best not to get annoyed.

I wonder what are the risks involved?
Not that I have any reason not to trust MadSweeney but aside from the obvious that you risk losing your btc - isn't there also a risk associated with giving someone else your account number?
Alternatives like Mlhuiller's kwarta padala has crazy rates though...

1. Name of bank
2. Account name
3. Account number

Thanks for the PM about this.
Can you detail the minimum account information needed to deposit Pesos to an account?
I owe at least $150 to someone there and am willing to give this a try soon.

Updated the OP with details on rates and email address.

You can also check the up-to-the-minute rate here. Note the "10 btc" is just a placeholder. This is the market price at 1:1 (no % markup). No additional fees from my end, but you pay the bank fees if any.

Ok im interested in this. What rates are involved?

Next week, I'll be doing a pilot transaction with someone new to bitcoin. Let's see if this bitcoin thingamajig is what it's cracked up to be for remittances.

Thanks for the link, Blimmerhead. Will keep that forum in mind.