Benson atleast i'm not charging any thing. No where on my post do you see me trying to take advantage of people.
How is anyone taking advantage of people? People are free to decide whether my services should be used or not.
We are NOT children here.
If anyone asks me for an escrow, I would rather direct them to a trusted party than deal with it myself. Can you name some other people who will be good candidates for escrow? I will be glad to add their names to the thread as well.
Hey did i offer to sell on my forum right now? no i did not . When i do i know how to .
All i am telling people to do is to start quoting amounts . There is no devaluation there.
But what you dont seem to grasp is that when people start to peg their prices to gox it creates a system that does not let other sellers and buyers participate in those buys. there is no open system of communication that can happen .
It is not me asking people to peg to Gox. This seems to be the norm to peg the price to a well known exchange.
Everyone prices the way they feel.
And FYI, there are people who sell for way less than GOX and some who sell way way more as well. Right here on the forums.
I have helped promote both kinds of sellers.
And, no, I have not really supported or involved much with a justification on pricing. Everyone is free to trade as they choose. Some say Gox, others say btc-e. Until we have something that fluid in India, it is tough to peg a price to INR.
I have not said they cant cover up their cost on transfers and profits. just use an amount, not gox+10% . you want active participation in the community , you should be taking the lead to have people involved in a open system of transaction .
Just because the supply is low does not mean that you promote a system that allowes people to hurt the community . no .
If anyone feels that this system is hurting the community, then by all means, we should stop it. This is the first time that I am hearing about something like this.
All that needs to be done is, a person is selling BTC put in a number, if his gox+10% is 9,000, put that number in, not a % that is on a exchange which very few people can reach.
This sounds very reasonable.
In fact, It would be great if someone could put up a calculator to add margins and then quote in INR.
So tell me where is devaluing the prices comes in to play. Unless you are scared that gox prices would go up and you loose up on the money that the exchange going up . is that the reason
? well if that is it just say the market has risen and the new price is this. is that hard to do?
by the way the post i have put in does not any where state that i am doing harm to people , that post gives buyers and sellers to offer their prices they want, to do it according to gox they can jut put in the INR figure.
Nowhere had you mentioned that this was all about the currency denomination.
All i am telling you is to stop quoting gox and quote you own prices.
This discussion sprang from you quoting 5K INR when the price quoted was a lot more reasonable.
It was a sale thread and you moved it into a bid thread. Hence the discussion.
You can always start a bid sale with your own coins, no problem with that at all.
Changing from USD to INR is a fantastic solution. In fact if you notice, I had tried that on 2 posts earlier when I helped someone sell BTC.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/selling-16-btc-for-10k-inr-198710https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/2-btc-for-sale-15k-inr-sold-197790You talk about me taking the lead yeh i have . i put in an open system for every one to know what is going on . but do you see me chagrin any thing . in this early stage you can't even handle a few hundred transaction escrow a day. and you start charging a % despite being a mod in a forum that barely has a few hundred members. Any one else doing that i can understand but a mod, its a bit low.
You seem to think that the forum is the only work that I do.
I joined here as a volunteer and worked quite hard to get people involved in the Bitcoin community. So if you think that a moderator cannot charge escrow, you are wrong. I am also a bitcoiner just like you.
I handle several Websites, work with the press, blog, write code to feed my family, and a host of other activities.
The Bitcoin forums may be at an early stage, but there are several other online resources gaining quick traction as well. In fact, I know a bunch of miners in Bangalore who do not really participate in the community because they choose not to.
Monopoly - when a person, business, goods, or a system controls the the market of purchase and supply of goods. here the system of using gox+10 is the monopoly. i'm not attacking the sky rocketing prices. bitcoin prices will rise through time . but what i am concerned about is the use of a Exchange to standardize purchase ans sale .
moving people off using gox+10% is a better thing to do, if they want to still use the exchange rates but just quote prices in INR.
Mt Gox deserves their monopoly because no one has been able to offer a better solution till date.
Build a better solution and the world will follow.
Quoting prices in INR is well advised.
You as a mod need to see that transactions atleast in such an infancy should be open and needs to be out there. not in private pm's and gox rate.
All discussions and proof of sale can be vetted on the same thread as the intent to sale.
That was part of the post that I had made.
Nothing is done in PM unless either party requests secrecy. That is every users right.
Anyone can PM anyone and discuss any matter. I will not stop that from happening.
As an Indian i would like to use my currency standards to show value. INR , if you have forgotten its Rupee. you want to see 1 million people in the indian community start by having people quote prices in INR, they can add in any amount in overheads to cover their rates, there is no devaluation , just the use of INR insted of saying gox+10%.
You need to promote open systems.
You are mentioning the INR bit for the first time and I have promoted it as mentioned above.
if your interest is to bring bitcoin in india in a bigger way , my interests lies in solving problems in bringing bitcoin in a bigger way .
Then you should work on that.