I wish this thread had been around before. I already posted this on the DIM thread, but I figured since this is the "Dimcoin trading center" thread I should warn you about this member.
If you want the short version it is: I bought DIM from member SmokeySmokey (a Full Member), he confirmed he received his payment and I never received the DIM tokens and DIMcoins. He claims he sent them, but never provided a transfer ID or link to follow up on the transaction (which I have requested multiple times) and my DepotWallet keeps reading "Nothing to show".
If you want the long version with proof, you can continue reading: First of all, this was a stupid mistake on my part. I missed the ICO for DIMCoin, and figured I could try and purchase from someone else. That was mistake #1. Mistake #2 was that as a newbie I was too trusting thinking that being a "Full Member" meant someone had credibility, and not researching how membership grows on Bitcointalk. Mistake #3 was not using an escrow service.
After payment was sent (on September 4th at 12:49 am Forum time), and after confirming payment was received, user SmokeySmokey offered he would do the transfer (which he didn't) and then stopped replying to messages. After multiple messages, user replied apologizing for the delay (more than 24 hours after his last communication, even though user was online multiple times). On September 6th at 11:47 am (Forum time) user sent message indicating DIMtokens and DIMcoins had been sent, but nothing ever showed in my Depotwallet. On multiple occasions I have requested the transaction ID or link to verify the status of the transaction but the user has disappeared once again without providing the information (user has been online multiple times).
Because DepotWallet was experiencing issues as noted by DIMCoin, I contacted DIMCoin directly and asked them how long could a transaction take. They replied that it doesn't take that long and suggested opening my DepotWallet on the NanoWallet, which I did, but nothing showed up. I notified the user of this, still no reply. I am hoping this might actually encourage him to provide me with a transfer ID (after one last attempt at communication yesterday, I notified him today I would proceed as I shall see fit, and that is warning other users).
Here are the screenshots of the purchase agreement, payment confirmation and last communications with SmokeySmokey:
https://imgur.com/kQPmGM5https://imgur.com/iNDX1roThis is the link to the transaction I did to the BTC account he mentioned:
https://live.blockcypher.com/btc/tx/462144c16cde5ebfc9fc5274719ed9b45a0b778bddb92a45cd3affbaa76c805a/ (also, here is the screenshot of the transfer I made:
https://imgur.com/yykFqNe )
This is the screenshot to my depot wallet were as of today (September 14th) no DIM tokens or coins have been transferred (I also have multiple screenshots from previous days in case you need to see those):
https://imgur.com/XUhyBMH and this is a screenshot of some of the messages I sent asking about the transfer and requesting a transfer ID:
https://imgur.com/b7RT0CB ,
https://imgur.com/c1V3Ct8 ,
https://imgur.com/6FUBsFxI lost 0.0195 BTC trying to purchase 50 token and 2000 dimcoin (not the biggest investment for many, but I wanted to start somewhere). I am just posting this as a warning in case this member tries to sell his coins or tokens in this thread.