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legendary
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February 25, 2020, 07:35:59 AM
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Added: I haven't fully caught up in this thread yet.

Added: changing to neutral until I can finish reading and remembering what the hell was going on here. Getting a headache from trying to translate shit.

To be honest you are not missing much here. There have been multiple attempts by BestChange to either directly or indirectly ask users to change/remove their feedback. The whole premise of the thread is that it was created with a view to have all negative trust for BestChange removed. Though the OP claimed he was not an affiliate he evidently is a campaign participant - hence the conflict of interest here.

My negative feedback will remain. They might have a big band of users promoting their services via a signature campaign but that means nothing to me. I certainly do not trust them and will never use their services therefore cannot recommend them to anybody else. Their behaviour by sending semi-threatening PMs to users that left negative trust was low thing to do. As was them watching from the sidelines as another user was fighting their corner for them in a previous thread.

For those that removed negative trust or modified it from red to neutral - I understand and accept they have their reasons to do it therefore I have nothing further to comment on it as they have a right to do what they feel is the best course of action. I also have a right to do what I feel is the best course of action therefore my negative trust will remain. In future if there are no complaints against BestChange and if they add real solid terms and conditions along with a ownership/LLC details and provide real legal protection to users - then I might revisit the issue and revise my trust but for now I will not change or modify it.




On JollyGood feedback

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BEWARE - this user has no history on the forum but created a signature bounty without escrow
Shouldn't this one be remove already, BC has been consistently paying the campaign without delay.

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Furthermore, this user watched from the sidelines WITHOUT entering the conversation when users discussed bestchange. Instead this user sent PMs to its supporters rather than have an open transparent debate therefore not definitely not trustworthy.

Hilarious, home come this is a scammy behavior? you aren't using the trust system properly JollyGood

read again.
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Negative - You think that trading with this person is high-risk.

Just because they are not actively replying every post, you think they are scam, you can't make this reasoning in the court.
Please stop ruining people's business, I admire you but this one is too much which is not right anymore.

This is my first and last reply to you.

I read your feedback and looked through some of your posts and cannot understand why you have not been tagged with red trust rather than the neutral you have received because of your trolling and highly suspicious conduct.

I am not sure what you game is here but I have added you to my IGNORE list and left appropriate feedback as you are clearly untrustworthy.
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Another DT has remove the negative trust which is the right thing to do, DTs can put a trust(positive or negative) based on their opinion but since you are in the DT network that opinion is very important and could hurt the reputation of the account you are tagging, please consider all the evidences and explanation of the account you had tagged, remember that they are new here, trying to build their business so welcome them instead of being harsh to them. why I say so?


YOSHIE's feedback is like this :

Unfortunately, it’s also possible to understand the exchanger, because if the funds were indeed obtained illegitimately, they will be held responsible for helping fraudsters/drug dealers or the like.

On the other hand, the exchanger has not yet provided any serious evidence for their suspicions, just their subjective opinion.

~snip~


Claiming that the exchanges are fraudulent is wrong, the way you think is different than what a business thinks, they act based on the evidence and abide the law, even if the exchange has a bad reputation but they are don't violate the law, business is still good with bestchange and the exchange.

Other DT members had already remove the negative trust because they are satisfied with the resolution, will you try to review the reply once again.



On JollyGood feedback

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BEWARE - this user has no history on the forum but created a signature bounty without escrow
Shouldn't this one be remove already, BC has been consistently paying the campaign without delay.

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Furthermore, this user watched from the sidelines WITHOUT entering the conversation when users discussed bestchange. Instead this user sent PMs to its supporters rather than have an open transparent debate therefore not definitely not trustworthy.

Hilarious, home come this is a scammy behavior? you aren't using the trust system properly JollyGood

read again.
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Negative - You think that trading with this person is high-risk.

Just because they are not actively replying every post, you think they are scam, you can't make this reasoning in the court.
Please stop ruining people's business, I admire you but this one is too much which is not right anymore.
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I have been re-reading all these threads and its a time sink that I'm not willing to continue on right now.

How long did it take for the victim to receive his funds back?

And how long has the red been up?

Sorry I just don't feel this needs to be rushed as I don't seem to remember the victim quandary being rushed by bestchange.

As a Matter of fact I believe the victim would have never been made whole if it were not for the scam thread.

I'll get back to finish my reading when I have the spare time and think I may change to neutral but no promises and if I don't post back here in a week or change my trust then feel free to pm me a reminder.



Added: I haven't fully caught up in this thread yet.

Added: changing to neutral until I can finish reading and remembering what the hell was going on here. Getting a headache from trying to translate shit.

Added (2-26-2020: I don't trust them at all as they still have changelly listed even to this day.

Funny disclaimer they post when they know changelly violated their own terms. This is black and white not even debatable.


https://www.bestchange.com/monero-to-bitcoin.html
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Exchanger reliability

You can trust all exchangers listed here. The BestChange.com monitoring service contains only reliable exchangers verified by our administrator. All of them have high business levels, good reserves and enough experience in the exchange business. Before you start exchanging money, we recommend that you pay attention to the WebMoney BL and Perfect Money TS of the exchanger and the number of comments (you can see it in the information tip).


Obviously the above on their website is a complete lie.


But I am going to keep the trust as neutral as I don't have the time to deal with this shit.



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Thank you for highlighting this issue, I thought I had left negative trust for user Changehero.io after the I read the issue regarding the $21,000 but in any case I just left appropriate feedback.

1. Trust ratings of Changehero.io, the ones who actually withheld the funds
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1. Trust ratings of Changehero.io, the ones who actually withheld the funds

A. Just one neutral from one DT member


B. Inactive flag with some Opposition from DT members
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;u=2589379

1. Trust of Bestchanger, accused of Listing Changehero and running a signature campaign without a trust escrow

A. A hail of negative and neutral feedbacks from DT members
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;u=1073450

B. Very active flag that is supported by a number of members
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;flag=1265

I don't know if i am confusing anything but is this the right way to use the trust?
If Changehero was involved and are the ones who actually blocked a customer's funds then why are they not having any flags and negative trust?

If bestchange made all the best efforts to ensure changehero returned all the customer's funds in hope that they could preserve their reputations which unfortunately has remained negative through ratings then what makes us think that they will have anything to lose next time someone else money gets stuck in one of the exchanges listed on their site?

I have seen the likes of Cloudbet, fortunejack and other popular casino around the forum being complained about by clients time and time again about blocked funds which are sometimes released after "investigations" but i never see any flags left to the accounts if we are to go the bestchange scenario is the basis of creating and supporting flags

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@ examplens - The link in the feedback goes straight to the thread in question, it is here: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/doubt-the-possibility-of-a-scam-bestchange-bounty-and-signature-campaign-5217470

If you read through that thread the pattern that becomes clear is that one user in particular is coming across as vehemently supporting or backing either BestChange or the signature campaign and their Best_Change user was posting too. The more the conversation became intense between the user in particular and other members the more of a back seat the Best_Change user took. That sort of cowardice is not befitting of a business owner/operator. Furthermore, regardless of whether BestChange are working as a broker or not they should have real terms and conditions or their website along with legal statements about how/if members that click affiliaite websites via their website have protection in the event of scams or other problems.

In my view there is no need for me to deem BestChange as a reliable trustworthy entity. Going purely based on the way they conduct themselves I find them untrustworthy. If you or other users feel that there is no need for concern and find them trustworthy then I am very happy for that. If there are other users that agree with my interpretations or opinions then I am also happy for that too. We are talking about opinions and all opinions are subjective - my opinion has been stated in their feedback and I never expect anybody let alone everybody to agree with me, we are all entitled to our opinions.


@JollyGood I really respect what are you doing on this forum, in most cases I agree with you but I'm not sure about this case.
Thank you friend, I appreciate the feedback. Your good work here in the forum has not gone unnoticed and many people appreciate what you do here too.
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My negative feedback for BestChange is going to stay because it is very relevant.

If you read thought the tag properly you would know I did not leave negative trust because of the $21,000 scam, I left my negative feedback long before that accusation and my reasons are stated within the trust section: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;u=1073450


@JollyGood I really respect what are you doing on this forum, in most cases I agree with you but I'm not sure about this case.

Your negative feedback posted before "$21k accusation" says "BEWARE - this user has no history on the forum but created a signature bounty without escrow"
I don't think that running a signature campaign without escrow deserve the red tag. especially considering that they already paid out five consecutive weeks without any delay or excuses. I confirm that.
In your reference post, I find the only discussion about escrow and whether they have the money for such a campaign, and I think is not a proper reference.
Rigid attitude on the campaign/escrow issue leads to the wrong side. But still here is a lot of new campaign without escrow on a daily basis, just check the altcoin section.

Also, you say in feedback: "Furthermore, this user watched from the sidelines WITHOUT entering the conversation when users discussed bestchange. Instead this user sent PMs to its supporters rather than have an open transparent debate therefore not definitely not trustworthy."

Can you link me to this discussion? I know for BestChange ANN thread, but I don't see any constructive discuss there initiated by the dissatisfied user.

When BestChange send copy and pasted PMs to those that left negative trust asking it to be removed otherwise there was a threat made against us. I ignored that pathetic PM just like the other users that received it. In your case I am posting a reply here, please do not send me any more PMs - thank you.

OP, I already said in my previous post on this topic about sending PM, it is not the right way. IDK why Bestchange do that, I want to believe they are new in the forum discussion and really wants to improve his trust here.

Now you have to look at this one post, from the beginning I have said about BestChange.

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I really don't care anymore about the BestChange campaign whether you want to be paid or not.

So right now, if I associate it with the red trust in (BestChange), I can't make a decision because there are 11 DT members currently in it.

I respect their decision in this matter.

For now I am just waiting for the results of the 11 DT, against (BestChange). In making a decision to delete or not. red trust

So now I have explained the point of the problem now.

The red paint I gave for BestChange based on: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.53670911

So, please don't send me PM again, I'm afraid I won't have time to read, thank you.

So, your opinion depends on the other 11 DT members decision? Isn't trust rating a personal opinion based on evidence and experience? You left both, negative and neutral obviously it seems that you are not sure what is appropriate.
When we talking about evidence, what kind of fraud proves your post in red tag reference? We talking here about BestChange business, not about services listed there.
among other things, their mediation helped to solve the incident with changehero.io. It is a plus, right? Users have someone trusted who will help them to solve "misunderstanding" with exchangers.

It is just my 2 cents in this case, though it can be argued that I'm not rational here because I am paid from Bestchange (even this post will be counted). I just want to be sure whom I promote wearing his signature.
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Thank you so much for replying here. It means a lot for me that you reacted over my pm. I wasn't intended to bother you.
Great sorry to others i have messaged if my message was annoying in any way.

From the biggenning, i didn't want to pm you all as i know most of you frequently read and reply in threads in this board but i was really confused with contradict opinions in this case and all the replies in this thread made by sers i used to trust in their opinions added more confusion in my head. Maybe this is why i followed the suggestion of LTU-btc to pm you who still keeping their feedbacks negative as a last try to understand the situation.
Usually, i have interest to check ambiguse details of the project i promote in my signature, and in this case the issue is about negative trust in project manager trust page made by users i used to trust in their opinions and their good willingness for the best of this community. This is why i insisted to get an answer and updated this thread frequently to get the answer instead of annoying you by pm. Yes i wear bestchange signature and get paid for every post i made but none the BM or the team behind asked me or paid me to post about this issue. BestChange representer seems careless about the issue and didn't even participate in this discussion and i can assure that i created this topic to answer questions wondering in my head and i mentioned that i will close it once get an answer.
I am not about to accuse anybody or make a drama debate.

I will keep this thread opened until tomorrow if someone wants to add any note then close it. Am satisfied with recent comments and understand why those users keep their feedbacks negative.
Great thanks to anyone who replied here.
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Now you have to look at this one post, from the beginning I have said about BestChange.

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I really don't care anymore about the BestChange campaign whether you want to be paid or not.

So right now, if I associate it with the red trust in (BestChange), I can't make a decision because there are 11 DT members currently in it.

I respect their decision in this matter.

For now I am just waiting for the results of the 11 DT, against (BestChange). In making a decision to delete or not. red trust

So now I have explained the point of the problem now.

The red paint I gave for BestChange based on: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.53670911

So, please don't send me PM again, I'm afraid I won't have time to read, thank you.
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My negative feedback for BestChange is going to stay because it is very relevant.

If you read thought the tag properly you would know I did not leave negative trust because of the $21,000 scam, I left my negative feedback long before that accusation and my reasons are stated within the trust section: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;u=1073450

I supported the flag regarding the $21,000 because it clearly stated in teh header of the flag what the accusation was and even though it has been withdrawn I absolutely believe anybody dealing with BestChange does stand a high risk of losing their money. Others can have their own views, I have my own.

And in the OP you stated you were not affiliated with BestChange and then you clarified later by saying you were not paid by them (alluding to starting the thread or trying to have negative trust removed) yet you are paid by them because are displaying their signature and promoting them and it calls your own character in to question. I really do not like it and do not appreciate users that maybe take it upon themselves to make requests or representations for those that pay for their signatures - that conflict of interest seriously damages credibility.

When BestChange send copy and pasted PMs to those that left negative trust asking it to be removed otherwise there was a threat made against us. I ignored that pathetic PM just like the other users that received it. In your case I am posting a reply here, please do not send me any more PMs - thank you.


I would keep updating this thread until to get an answer. It's hard to believe that none of users who left the feedback had noticed this thread or didn't check the updates in reference threads he uses for his {red} feedbacks .

I mentioned in op that i will close the topic once get a valid reason for the [permanent] red tags in bestchange profile. Honestly, i am really confused about the relyability of the trust system.
Any red tag should be justifief by a valid reference link. This is what i have noticed but some exceptions are really hard to understand.
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I am not sure how good it is to send PM with a request to be revised red feedback. Because of some reason, people do not like unexpected PM's (unless you offer them a well-paid job  Cheesy). it can sometimes have a negative effect, especially if someone has already sent PM with the same request.
For example:
I left neutral feedback on Bestchange profile, and since then I received several PM requests to remove my feedback.
One more for my ignore list.

I guess you would get a better response to this topic if you put subject like: "abusing the trust system in bestchange red trusts case?"
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Maybe you need to PM these users who haven't removed their negative feedbacks from Bestchange profile. As I understand, accusation against Bestchange already been resolved some time ago, so this situation looks strange. I doubt that they haven't noticed that or this thread. Maybe they think that Bestchange still can't be trusted after all...
I thought about to pm them about the situation but prefer to create this thread as i know they all read threads in Reputation board and will surely notice it.
I have just sent PMs to all of them redirecting them to this thread. I don't think this will encourage them to review their feedbacks because user "No Hate" confirmed thst he sent them messages and nothing has changed since that time .

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Good Day Sir,
Am contacting you to invite you review your feedback on Bedtchange profile as the cases that were subjects of the tags was already solved.

Please check this thread to resume why am privately contacting you : https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/need-more-opinions-about-bestchange-red-trusts-5224665

Thanks
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I would keep updating this thread until to get an answer. It's hard to believe that none of users who left the feedback had noticed this thread or didn't check the updates in reference threads he uses for his {red} feedbacks .

I mentioned in op that i will close the topic once get a valid reason for the [permanent] red tags in bestchange profile. Honestly, i am really confused about the relyability of the trust system.
Any red tag should be justifief by a valid reference link. This is what i have noticed but some exceptions are really hard to understand.
Maybe you need to PM these users who haven't removed their negative feedbacks from Bestchange profile. As I understand, accusation against Bestchange already been resolved some time ago, so this situation looks strange. I doubt that they haven't noticed that or this thread. Maybe they think that Bestchange still can't be trusted after all...
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I would keep updating this thread until to get an answer. It's hard to believe that none of users who left the feedback had noticed this thread or didn't check the updates in reference threads he uses for his {red} feedbacks .

I mentioned in op that i will close the topic once get a valid reason for the [permanent] red tags in bestchange profile. Honestly, i am really confused about the relyability of the trust system.
Any red tag should be justifief by a valid reference link. This is what i have noticed but some exceptions are really hard to understand.
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They were literally silent during all these 90 days, edited their own terms of usage and began to pretend that user was a kind of empty place for them. Such kind of behaviour is absolutely unacceptable.
I can understand this very well. If there is a valid argument of accusation, then it's surely reasonable to give a negative feedback. I think you made the right decision by changing the trust from negative to neutral after the case has been resolved.
Note that you are the only one who left a feedback for changehero, when other users just tag bestchange.
I still have hope that those DTs are just not aware by the case been resolved and it's just a matter of time. If it's not, then i wish not to see controversial feedbacks and i think they should explain why they keep it negative.
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Funds were returned to original owner and I replaced my feedbacks with neutral ones. I don't consider this situation to be resolved though. Instead of giving their sincere excuses to customer for their 90 days long "investigation" they simply banned him. Excuses must be made if we take absence of any feedback into account. They were literally silent during all these 90 days, edited their own terms of usage and began to pretend that user was a kind of empty place for them. Such kind of behaviour is absolutely unacceptable.
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Expecting instant response isn't always fair. Its good to see that bestchange have solved their issue and these DT members negative tag plays the main role here. They can remove their negative trust anytime when they feel it necessary but if they didn't do that than maybe bestchange won't feel it necessary to solve the issue within short time. So i am gonna give a big amount of credit to all these DT members who took their action for a better solution.
It's better suit if you say "it's good to see Changehero has solved the issue." BestChange isn't directly involved here. In fact, BestChange had nothing to do if changehero wouldn't come with solution. But why no one talks about reputation of Changehero at all? I am sorry if I am missing anything.
Temporarily the neg was good, may be that's what forced to solve the issue. I don't know though but now that the case is closed and DT should remove the tag.
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Expecting instant response isn't always fair.
The thread was created 4 days ago, am I expecting instant reply?
The case has been resolved days before creating this thread .

They don't deserve to be in DT if they are not making judgment for the benefit of the majority.
Its your cheap thinking and its better not to apply on others. They are holding their positions with the acceptation of their judgement and without you majority number of people have trust on their judgement.
Trust rating are important to a business since they like to have a good reputation in the forum they are using to promote their business, do you think they will continue promoting in this forum if the community is not fair? think about that for a second.
I would also like to add the recent comment from the admin [Theymos] concerning negative/positive feedbacks and creating Flags :
The system is for handling trade risk, not for flagging people for good/bad posts/personalities/ideas.
- Leave positive ratings if you actively think that trading with this person is safer than with a random person.
 - Leave negative ratings if you actively think that trading with the person is less safe than with a random person.
 - Unstable behavior could very occasionally be an acceptable reason for leaving negative trust, but if it looks like you're leaving negative trust due to personal disagreements, then that's inappropriate. Ratings are not for popularity contests, virtue signalling, punishing people for your idea of wrongthink, etc.
- Use flags only for very serious and clear-cut things. They're an expression of ostracizing someone from the community due to serious, provable misconduct or really obvious red flags.

It's not just about the reputation of one single user, but more about the reputation of the trust system and the forum's reputation in general.
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Expecting instant response isn't always fair.
The thread was created 4 days ago, am I expecting instant reply?

They don't deserve to be in DT if they are not making judgment for the benefit of the majority.
Its your cheap thinking and its better not to apply on others. They are holding their positions with the acceptation of their judgement and without you majority number of people have trust on their judgement.
Trust rating are important to a business since they like to have a good reputation in the forum they are using to promote their business, do you think they will continue promoting in this forum if the community is not fair? think about that for a second.

You are defending someone who are busy connecting accounts on bounty cheating but don't have the balls to correct their wrong judgement on a more serious matter, is that how DT members suppose to act now? if so, then this system is broken.
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None of these people have responded yet (imhoneer, YOSHIE, TMAN, Hueristic, JollyGood.)
Expecting instant response isn't always fair. Its good to see that bestchange have solved their issue and these DT members negative tag plays the main role here. They can remove their negative trust anytime when they feel it necessary but if they didn't do that than maybe bestchange won't feel it necessary to solve the issue within short time. So i am gonna give a big amount of credit to all these DT members who took their action for a better solution.

They don't deserve to be in DT if they are not making judgment for the benefit of the majority.
Its your cheap thinking and its better not to apply on others. They are holding their positions with the acceptation of their judgement and without you majority number of people have trust on their judgement.
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None of these people have responded yet (imhoneer, YOSHIE, TMAN, Hueristic, JollyGood.)

They don't deserve to be in DT if they are not making judgment for the benefit of the majority.

Most of you who responded here are DT members, to list the names.

examplens - DT2
Yatsan - DT1
yahoo62278 - DT1 and great campaign manager
Bitcoin_Arena - DT2
LoyceV - D1
sheenshane - DT1




My gosh, where are you people? when there is an accusation you were so active finding all the evidences now that it's settled, you refuse to not look on it.
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There is a flag created on BestChange profile supported by some respected members.  
The flag was created by Veleor was already inactive and probably other DT members might remove their tagged too soon. Probably they are not aware of the solved scammed issue on Bestchange.

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What this can be other than a personal issue?
That seems right, but let's hope they will revise even into neutral feedback if they will not remove.
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The issue has been resolve and as @best_change explanation it's just frozen account and the money has been claimed by the owner. So I really believe that my fellow DT should remove or at least make their feedback a neutral one, and the flag that has been created should be deleted or at least should be oppose by other DT.
I haven't read everything, but if this is true, I'd say the negative feedback should be removed. This might also help motivate others to do the right thing in a similar situation in the future.
If it becomes clear negative feedback is there to stay even after fixing the accusations, users might be less willing to do the right thing.

I just want to quote the whole thread for any user that will visit this thread, to know that the issue has been resolve and those DT is still not deleting their tag/accusation to the exchange.

Official statement from ChangeHero regarding the case with Sergey M.

On 27/10/2019 supposedly Sergey M. (hereinafter - “the User”) has made two transactions with the web interface of the ChangeHero service (hereinafter - “the Service”).

The first transaction was made at 15:15:12 on 27/10/2019. Exchanged 50 USDT20 to XMR. Finished at 15:52:43.
The second transaction was made at 17:11:44 on 27/10/2019. Exchanged 21,010 USDT20 to XMR. The transaction was automatically put on hold due to AML-system being triggered.

Sequence of interactions with the user
 
The interaction with the User was happening as follows:
On 27/10/2019 at 20:28 the User contacted the Service’s support team through the chat asking for a refund of his assets because he refused to pass the user verification procedure known as KYC (“Know Your Customer”). At 21:04 he was provided with the support team’s email address, where further communication was occuring;
On 29/10/2019 at 15:55, after consulting with legal experts, the Service has decided to continue verification of the User until the circumstances are completely clarified;
On 01/11/2019 at 14:53 after the User’s inquiry, the Service affirmed the refund is possible only after completing the KYC procedure;
On 09/11/2019, as a reply to the previous letter, the User sent an email with his ID, proof of source of part of his funds and screenshots of his exchange account attached to it;
To confirm the User’s identity, on 21/12/2019 a Skype call was made after being repeatedly postponed, through the User’s fault as well.

During the Skype call, the User was asked a few standard questions, which, in our opinion, could serve as a proof of ownership over the funds:
Which cryptocurrency wallet was used by the User to send the funds to the Service;
Which cryptocurrency wallet was used by the User to receive the funds exchanged by the Service;
Why did the User exchanged his funds not directly on the exchange (at the time of transactions, the rates on the exchange were more favorable);
For what activities does the User utilize his exchange account, from which the funds were sent to the Service.
The User was not able to provide an answer to any of these questions and disconnected from the call, claiming he would call back in 15-20 minutes.

To get more information on the case, during a few days from 21/12/2019 until 17/01/2020 the Service sent inquiries to the exchange from which the funds were sent. The information received from the exchange representatives can be summarized as follows:
The funds were indeed sent from their exchange account;
The account shows the signs of “allegedly suspicious activity”;
There were no official inquiries from law enforcement regarding this account.

Closing the case

According to the Terms of Use, on 31/01/2020 at 13:39:43 the Service has made a refund to the outgoing Address 0x975f422840ed3729a5b95a60e454e0826b719f4a, Hash: 0x207cc2a75781aecc9b08d6f7e7bfeadce53ff85c7ee509cc79ea8da1b8477d9f. The address will be blacklisted by the Service, and the User or any further operations connected with this address will be blocked.

Despite the unjustified accusations, all the time since the start of the incident, the User’s funds were on hold on the Service’s payin address, were not sent or used in any other transactions.

Concluding the case

ChangeHero is a non-custodial exchange solution. It does not withhold its users’ assets and balances. It does not require obligatory sign-up.

The Service’s team adheres to the policy of opposing illegal activities, such as fraud, money laundering, as well as suspicious operations and transactions. The Service’s policy will not be changed despite the attempts to influence it through public activities, private e-mail and messaging, Service’s partners etc.

The Service is going to review the communication flow with its customers who refuse to undergo KYC and to resolve similar future cases within 24 hours.

The Service is going to review its Terms of Use to make the conditions of using the Service more clear and understandable to the Users.

The team is sincerely sorry that some of these unjustified accusations and reputation damage were dealt to the BestChange and Indacoin services that have no connection to the transactions in question. We express our gratitude to BestChange and Indacoin for adhering to their Terms of Use and not pressuring ChangeHero to refund the assets in question.






I am still hoping that my fellow DT will do the right thing, or at least somehow they will make a statement why they are not removing their feedback to the exchange that don't do nothing wrong. It's been a long time since the accusation has been proven that the exchange is legit and paying, I am still not sure if they are just ignoring that fact or just didn't see it or care anymore.
sr. member
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I haven't read everything, but if this is true, I'd say the negative feedback should be removed. This might also help motivate others to do the right thing in a similar situation in the future.
If it becomes clear negative feedback is there to stay even after fixing the accusations, users might be less willing to do the right thing.
This is more like a personal issue than a negative feedback in necessity. At least that's what I have seen, no, I am not trying to vouch BestChange because I am promoting them. NOTE- I might be wrong, please point out that if I am.

BestChange suggested ChangeHero or something which one user used and get scammed (Solved now). There is a flag created on BestChange profile supported by some respected members. But no flag for ChangeHero who actually scammed. This is like- Tag Yobit promotors but not Yahoo. Sorry but that seems the issue.
There are some negative tag written like "Recommending scam exchange or fake exchange." but again no negative tag on ChangeHero profile yet.

What this can be other than a personal issue? Why no tag on ChangeHero? Did I miss anything?
legendary
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The issue has been resolve and as @best_change explanation it's just frozen account and the money has been claimed by the owner. So I really believe that my fellow DT should remove or at least make their feedback a neutral one, and the flag that has been created should be deleted or at least should be oppose by other DT.
I haven't read everything, but if this is true, I'd say the negative feedback should be removed. This might also help motivate others to do the right thing in a similar situation in the future.
If it becomes clear negative feedback is there to stay even after fixing the accusations, users might be less willing to do the right thing.
jr. member
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These are the accounts that are still not revising their feed back.

imhoneer, YOSHIE, TMAN, Hueristic, JollyGood.


JollyGood
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BEWARE - this user has no history on the forum but created a signature bounty without escrow

Furthermore, this user watched from the sidelines WITHOUT entering the conversation when users discussed bestchange. Instead this user sent PMs to its supporters rather than have an open transparent debate therefore not definitely not trustworthy.

They already paid the signature, you might want to check, they are actually on the 3rd week now might continue longer and you know they replied in the scam accusation but they don't sit 24 hours to reply in every comment, their reply were complete and based on facts.

YOSHIE
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promoting fraudulent exchange sites, see References

seriously, promoting fraudulent site just because you don't like that they are in partner with?
Bestchange replied using legal terms, while you make a comment based on your personal opinion.



The rest who tagged bestchange just follow what these two as they are not actively engaging in the discussion.

hero member
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And then came the Sergey incident where his money was held by changehero, again they were on spotlight even more that the actual culprits who were holding Sergey's money. I think some people where trying to prove a point of their earlier negative feedback about not using escrow, something like 'you see? i told you so'
I agree with this point, while i may not have the same agree of leaving a negative feedback based on expectations .
I still can't understand why trusted community doesn't really care about destroying the reputation of a project when we all know what does it really mean to have a good reputation in bitcointalk forum. As well as i cannot resume what should has be done to prove the innocence of the project from all the active accusations .
copper member
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I personally thought the way they were treated because the had refused to use escrow was a bit harsh. People rained tags on them instead of first giving them a benefit of doubt and my reasoning was if they have refused to use escrow and you don't trust them then avoid the campaign until you see if they really pay in a few weeks.

And then came the Sergey incident where his money was held by changehero, again they were on spotlight even more that the actual culprits who were holding Sergey's money. I think some people where trying to prove a point of their earlier negative feedback about not using escrow, something like 'you see? i told you so'

Some few people reverted their feedback to neutral, Unfortunately we all can't think alike, so, i don't think any more parties will change their decision even after certain issues have been resolved.

hero member
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Also as examplens said, you are affiliated with them because you are wearing their signature. You are paid to make this post as well. They may not have asked you to post this, but you have and are being paid by doing it.
I can understand your point yahoo622. Thank you for replying.
But, as i stated, i will be paid for wearing bestchange signature while posting wherever in the forum and not for posting about this specific case or in any other specific topic. No one asked me to post about this subject or offered me paiement. I post this subject in a new thread simply because i didn't get a reply for more than week in the old thread and because i want to get sure that am not promoting a scam and that the actual red feedbacks are not appropriate.
I wished the discussion to be about bestchange trust and promised to close it once get some clear opinions. I also think it's allowed to post about this even i am wearing their signature. I would do the same thing if am not affiliated with the project, for an honest reason.
legendary
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Opinions won't change no matter what happens. This is why even Yahoo said that this DT system is worth nothing these days and the trust rating that adds nothing but shit comments has now become the trend of the forum. Even I had been worried about the situation Bestchange had been into, but after they managed to return the funds to the customer SergeyMalar, I don't see any possible reasons to keep those red tags. What's more commendable is the fact that no DT counter-trusted them even after the resolution was made.
legendary
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The situation was resolved and the 21k was returned to the person who had the issue.

The only thing that seems to still be a small issue is the fact that someone is complaining interest should be paid on the 21k. One could make an argument both ways on that issue but really not enough to keep a flag open or keep the red trust on the profile.

Everyone who has red tagged the exchange (for the scam accusation) should probably read the initial thread and the latest update showing the claim has been settled and could probably revise their trust to neutral or nothing.

Now as far as the promoting fake exchangers claims and deleting neg feedbacks claims, I cannot read Russian language so I cannot really comment on that.

Also as examplens said, you are affiliated with them because you are wearing their signature. You are paid to make this post as well. They may not have asked you to post this, but you have and are being paid by doing it.



legendary
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The issue has been resolve and as @best_change explanation it's just frozen account and the money has been claimed by the owner. So I really believe that my fellow DT should remove or at least make their feedback a neutral one, and the flag that has been created should be deleted or at least should be oppose by other DT.

For me it seems unfair that the one who accuse best_change and changehero fix the issue but, the reputation of best change here on our forum has not yet been fix and seems some DT forget about it or don't care about it anymore.

I just want to be transparent to anyone, the accusation has been made and it's been proven to everybody that they are not scammer, so simply removing negative feedback or at least making it a neutral one will be good and will give no harm to everyone.
hero member
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OP, I did not see that you are leaving feedback and support/oppose the flag.
Should i ?

You wearing Bestchange signature, so you are affiliated with them. Like me of course, and our opinions can always be considered as a paid shill.
Anyone can consider whatever he wants, am not responsible for what he may underdtand.
What i wanted to say by "not affiliated" is that i am not get paid to post about the reputation of bestchange profile as i don't think necessary to consider creating another account, for example, just to post about this because am wearing its signature .
legendary
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OP, I did not see that you are leaving feedback and support/oppose the flag.
Whatever.
there are some contradictory things here. Thread, where they are accused of that helped with the fraud $21k. Though they never had a direct connection to this disputable transactions.
Now this thread going to be opposition to itself because of Bestchange mediated and helped this problem to be solved.

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Am not affiliated with bestchange project. This is not the reputation thread of bestchange. I aim to start the discussion again about it as no one seems to care about the red marks in its reputation even the manager himself who is, until now, mainly focusing on doing his job in a professional way.
I am wearing their signature since three weeks and still see how difficult to rate bestchange from different opinions (negative to neutreul) made for almost the same reason. Does there a valid reason for the actual negative trusts and flag?
I will close the topic once get a clear response .

You wearing Bestchange signature, so you are affiliated with them. Like me of course, and our opinions can always be considered as a paid shill.
hero member
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I have been waiting for responses in the previous topic about bestchange reputation made by JohhnyUA, which has been used as a reference for negative trust in bestchange profile.
I invite you to check the accusation thread here https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/about-bestchange-again-5219339 and the trust page of bestchange here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;u=1073450 and this reply from bestchange https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.53745646 and the comments below it.
I think i can also quote my replies from that thread which i made after i saw some users reviewed their feedbacks in bestchange profile :
Now that the Changegero.io issue "seem to have been resolved" what happens to the Newbie flag that is massively supported on their profile?
What happens to the "non use of trusted escrow" feedback that was left now that they have paid the first week(i think)?
Actual flag and red trusts are all about "promoting fake scam project" and have this thread as a reference. Now that the case is resolved, only one user has changed his feedback from negative to netreul notification and i think other users didn't yet notice that the issue with changehero has been resolved and that their feedbacks are no more appropriate. All the feedbacks about not using an escrow have been removed after the campaign paied first week .
Let's see what will happen next .
As am wearing the signature of BestChange since the biggenning of its campaign, i have been always inteested about the open accusations against the reputation of the project representer who is also managing the campaign.
I posted three days ago after the update about the case been resolved with the accused exchange and many DT users reviewed their feedback, but some others still not. I post this to bump the topic and get more opinions about the actual situation of BestChange .
Am not affiliated with bestchange project. This is not the reputation thread of bestchange. I aim to start the discussion again about it as no one seems to care about the red marks in its reputation even the manager himself who is, until now, mainly focusing on doing his job in a professional way.
I am wearing their signature since three weeks and still see how difficult to rate bestchange from different opinions (negative to neutreul) made for almost the same reason. Does there a valid reason for the actual negative trusts and flag?
I will close the topic once get a clear response .
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