Have you ever exchanged BTC face to face? - page 12.

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Quote from: ufaiz50 on December 13, 2016, 09:18:13 PM

Quote from: countryfree on December 12, 2016, 09:36:31 PM

I've been using BTC for a while. I've been using it at exchanges, to trade altcoins and to order goods over the Internet, but I've never exchanged BTC with someone in front of me. At a store or between friends, or family. This despite having had long conversations about BTC with various kinds of people, and attending a few meetups.

Who has exchanged BTC F2F?

I've exchanged bitcoin F2F with myfriend,
maybe because BTC is digital where you don't need to
meet in person with someone only to send BTC for fast transactions and non-refundable

Me too, I tried to transact bitcoin face to face, I bought items to him and paid using bitcoin, we had meet up somewhere near in our town. Also localbitcoins can be used.

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No actually. I haven't tried it. Exchanged online is good enough for me, I won't take any risk just to see the person I am buying/selling my bitcoin. Aside from that it is time consuming, you are just wasting your time and money and you are just selling it at same market price. It's kinda joke.

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Quote from: Huge Black Woman on December 15, 2016, 08:31:40 PM

I did. It was with my mamma, though. Ain't no one else I rilly know who usin' it at present. I mean no one wit a real live face. Wish I lived in nigeria or some other African country cause it looks like lots o' folks use it there.

You have the worst fake black vernacular that I've ever witnessed. You must be a young white Jewish guy from the Bronx. I used to work in Oakland and have never heard anyone talk like you. Give up the Aunt Jemima act.

Don't exchange Bitcoin face to face because it's dangerous.

Lololololol!! Holy crap aunt Jemima used to be fat! I knew she got skinnier over the years but wow! She needs to lay off the syrup!

I've never used bitcoins irl. I ask all the time but nowhere that I shop accepts them. I've given up at the grocery store completely. They say only I ever asked.

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Yes, and he's also a member of this forum as well. Exchanged over $800 worth of bitcoins by that time and everything went through flawlessly. Prior to that meeting, we exchanged over $200 worth of bitcoins online, and since his money on his online account was not sufficient, we ended up meeting face-to-face and doing the transaction In real life. Oh and btw, we met on a mall to erase the doubts on each other's companies.

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Never had the opportunity yet. Never even met anyone who knows about bitcoin IRL.(aside from family of course)
Although, if ever I am presented with the opportunity, I most probably will agree to an exchange. Grin

Just for the hell of it! Cheesy

I even occasionally check if there was a scheduled meetup in my area. You never know. Wink

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Quote from: PacePay on December 13, 2016, 06:28:11 PM

With my brother I have exchanged when he need to buy some bitcoins he ask from me to sell some to him and so he pay me fiat and at that time I send him bitcoins that is a good example of face by face bitcoin exchange

While that was a face to face trade, you did it with a person of the utmost trust to you, but in a real face to face trade you have no idea who is going to show up at the meeting, there have been cases where people who wanted to buy some bitcoin were robbed of their cash.

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Quote from: Huge Black Woman on December 15, 2016, 08:31:40 PM

I did. It was with my mamma, though. Ain't no one else I rilly know who usin' it at present. I mean no one wit a real live face. Wish I lived in nigeria or some other African country cause it looks like lots o' folks use it there.

You have the worst fake black vernacular that I've ever witnessed. You must be a young white Jewish guy from the Bronx. I used to work in Oakland and have never heard anyone talk like you. Give up the Aunt Jemima act.

Don't exchange Bitcoin face to face because it's dangerous.

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No. I rather do it online.

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Quote from: jacaf01 on December 15, 2016, 03:35:59 AM

No, I've not. I was told if you want to exchange Bitcoin face to face that you should bring along either gun or small knife in case of any unforeseen circumstances

I think things like that are not necessary, because lucky I live in a peaceful country. And the people was good, But if you live in an area that indeed is a conflict that could have been required. But I think you can avoid the things you do not want with transact in a public place or near a security officer hehe

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Quote from: countryfree on December 12, 2016, 09:36:31 PM

I've been using BTC for a while. I've been using it at exchanges, to trade altcoins and to order goods over the Internet, but I've never exchanged BTC with someone in front of me. At a store or between friends, or family. This despite having had long conversations about BTC with various kinds of people, and attending a few meetups.

Who has exchanged BTC F2F?

No , I have not made yet but I think soon I will make because I found some Bitcoiner at Facebook who belongs to my country and probably one day I will got a trader in my city to make deal face to face so that I can make a clear practical deal for virtual money .
Well I am thinking to start a shop that will accept Bitcoin

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Most users won't prefer the face to face exchange of bitcoin for fiat. Most users for anonymity prefer bitcoin, so meeting a person face to face doesn't seem good for those. Myself too haven't got into such exchange but felt of making it, because some quotes a bigger value for face to face trade of bitcoin.

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I have done this, however I do not know if it counts because it is with people whom I was doing business with and I paid for a project to be completed and when they came to deliver, I paid in bitcoin. Does this count?

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Quote from: Rinder on December 15, 2016, 08:15:03 PM

I havent never exchanged any single coin face to face, i had used whatapp to trade with local buyers and sellers, nothing besides those, nowadays i dont believe its required to get any transaction with bitcoin taking such risk, since the other person can try to scam and steal your money. Even knowing people that does those business does like to be exposed and has a reputation to increase and keep, for me i would consider it as a risk transaction.

yep bitcoin payments can be made without personal information tied to the transaction, this offers strong protection against identity theft, bitcoin users can also protect their money with backup and encryption.
but for me exchanged bitcoin face to face it's not risk,if you want to meet someone before that instead you should make sure who it was

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I did. It was with my mamma, though. Ain't no one else I rilly know who usin' it at present. I mean no one wit a real live face. Wish I lived in nigeria or some other African country cause it looks like lots o' folks use it there.

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Quote from: countryfree on December 12, 2016, 09:36:31 PM

I've been using BTC for a while. I've been using it at exchanges, to trade altcoins and to order goods over the Internet, but I've never exchanged BTC with someone in front of me. At a store or between friends, or family. This despite having had long conversations about BTC with various kinds of people, and attending a few meetups.

Who has exchanged BTC F2F?

Not yet and I don't see this happening any soon.
Where I live,people are not only ignorant of bitcoin but also not interested to make any shift from current payment system.There still are people who need help to use atm card,how can they be expected to use bitcoin

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I havent never exchanged any single coin face to face, i had used whatapp to trade with local buyers and sellers, nothing besides those, nowadays i dont believe its required to get any transaction with bitcoin taking such risk, since the other person can try to scam and steal your money. Even knowing people that does those business does like to be exposed and has a reputation to increase and keep, for me i would consider it as a risk transaction.

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Quote from: stomachgrowls on December 15, 2016, 04:57:03 AM

Quote from: Rizky Aditya on December 15, 2016, 04:46:27 AM

Quote from: michellee on December 12, 2016, 10:09:39 PM

i am selling bitcoin with face to face with my friends and i do it this for twice in at least one months ago and i really like it, because we can make relationship with our friends. beside that, we can feel safe when we make a deal with someone with face to face.

I have never exchanged Bitcoin face to face other than with my friends. Whenever I have bought Bitcoin, it has been online off an exchange or other people. I dislike trading face to face as it quite dangerous if the other guy tries to rob you. That is unless you are the one selling the Bitcoin.

Face to face trading is really risky especially when you are transacting huge amounts of bitcoin. Chances of being robbed by someone is high since people are different. Bad intentions do really happen since we are talking about money. In my case i do only buy bitcoin through online and its better and quiet safer as long you buy on the reputable sites.

i think face to face trading is not risky if you are doing it with your friends or neighbors, i personally never do face to face trading as i never feel th nee and i think here in my area there are very little number of people who know about bitcoin.

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Quote from: stomachgrowls on December 15, 2016, 04:57:03 AM

Face to face trading is really risky especially when you are transacting huge amounts of bitcoin. Chances of being robbed by someone is high since people are different. Bad intentions do really happen since we are talking about money. In my case i do only buy bitcoin through online and its better and quiet safer as long you buy on the reputable sites.

The amount is an important factor to consider, thank you for pointing this out! AFAIK there were cases when dealing in real life someone robbed his partner. I think, there's an amount where it doesn't worth for anyone to risk a real life robbery at a public place, but after a certain limit you cannot imagine how dangerous people can be and in real life, you're there with your real life. That's an important thing that you're risking.

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Quote from: Rizky Aditya on December 15, 2016, 04:46:27 AM

Quote from: michellee on December 12, 2016, 10:09:39 PM

i am selling bitcoin with face to face with my friends and i do it this for twice in at least one months ago and i really like it, because we can make relationship with our friends. beside that, we can feel safe when we make a deal with someone with face to face.

I have never exchanged Bitcoin face to face other than with my friends. Whenever I have bought Bitcoin, it has been online off an exchange or other people. I dislike trading face to face as it quite dangerous if the other guy tries to rob you. That is unless you are the one selling the Bitcoin.

Face to face trading is really risky especially when you are transacting huge amounts of bitcoin. Chances of being robbed by someone is high since people are different. Bad intentions do really happen since we are talking about money. In my case i do only buy bitcoin through online and its better and quiet safer as long you buy on the reputable sites.

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I have sold bitcoin to people at meetups. I have bought physical stuff (face to face) using bitcoin an son on.

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