Topic: My Experience Selling Bitcoins Face-to-Face - page 2. (Read 1160 times)
Glad to hear everything went well
I received about $1200 USD worth of Bitcoins while engaged in internet commerce. I needed some cash to pay a bulldozer operator.
What a shame you couldn't convince the bulldozer operator to accept payment in bitcoins. I assume you at least asked?
It would be a true shame if he was willing to accept bitcoins, but neither of you thought to mention the possibility to the other.
Somehow the fact that you needed to pay a bulldozer operator makes this story more interesting. It's like the old school meeting the new school in a good way.
That is a tipping point thanks for your share
That's awesome! 
Thanks for sharing your story. I've traded on Localbitcoins several times and loved it, the built in escrow was great as well as the SMS code integration.
Thank for share
I received about $1200 USD worth of Bitcoins while engaged in internet commerce. I needed some cash to pay a bulldozer operator. I had never purchased any Bitcoins, so I did not have an online account to cash them out. So I looked around for some options. I found some local Bitcoin dealers on Craigslist http://www.craigslist.org/about/sites , and then noticed some of the same ones on LocalBitcoins.com https://localbitcoins.com/
I ended up contacting a dealer who was only about two miles away from me. He sounded knowledgeable, confident, and was not "tricky" or evasive. We arranged to meet in a "safe location" that had security cams and free WiFi. I transferred my Bitcoins to an Electrum wallet on my laptop, and drove to meet him. We met. I booted up my laptop, I connected to the WiFi, I showed him the Electrum balance, he counted out the hundred dollar bills on the table (which I politely did not touch), he emailed me his Bitcoin wallet address, I transferred the Bitcoins to his wallet while he was monitoring the block chain, and I picked up the money and left.
I had arrived in the future.
I ended up contacting a dealer who was only about two miles away from me. He sounded knowledgeable, confident, and was not "tricky" or evasive. We arranged to meet in a "safe location" that had security cams and free WiFi. I transferred my Bitcoins to an Electrum wallet on my laptop, and drove to meet him. We met. I booted up my laptop, I connected to the WiFi, I showed him the Electrum balance, he counted out the hundred dollar bills on the table (which I politely did not touch), he emailed me his Bitcoin wallet address, I transferred the Bitcoins to his wallet while he was monitoring the block chain, and I picked up the money and left.
I had arrived in the future.
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