Thanks for dragging this into another topic tecshare..
The use of the escrow is to protect the buyer and the seller.
Tecshare and MJ basically hijacked the sale topic saying who had won and claiming bids were invalid and I was trying to gain extra funds from a user who didn't understand the bidding process.
After that was explained that the bidder had not realized to format of the bidding was 0.01 OPEN and 0.002 on top of the open price making the price 0.012 at this bid I was amicable with the user at every turn and allowed his bid to be closed.
If you read the main topic I expected the price points to be
0.01 (Open) Bids 0.002
So when the bidder placed his 0.002 bid increment I added to the price of the bar meaning the bar would end up 0.012 BTC.
He then made threats to me about using his reputation to make sure I could never sell on the forum again he also said things like I should be happy with what I got he then continued to make posts in the topic to the effect that I was trying to manipulate the situation which is un-true.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.53872237He also kept pushing this narrative that I was trying to take a payment from this other user this was his view and not fact in any light just because he didn't understand the bidding process I was going for in the topic he used another user as an excuse to try make me out to be some kind of scammer by the looks of it.
Now the user in question has indeed replied to techshare and told him that I didn't do any of the things he's clamming about this 0.002 BTC
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.53883757Tecshare then send me a PM saying dew to my conduct he wanted to use the escrow of his choice at my expense now as this was my first time selling here I wanted to be sure about the escrow.
Most escrow systems will provide the seller proof that the buyer has indeed made payment for the item in bitcoin this could be a TXID of the transaction. Yet I am to just accept without proof the funds are there?
See this post by another user who agrees with me there tactics of escrow fall short of forum practice and general practice.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.53886116Further to this Tecshare requested in a PM to me that I ship to him
NOT requiring a signature on delivery and to use the normal postal service I was un-easy to this for a number of reasons
1. I have no proof of payment to the escrow
2. I would have no proof of delivery
3. I stated in my OP heading that Signed for delivery would be required
This would have left me in a position were I would have NO proof of delivery and Tecshare could have easily just told the escrow hey I didn't get my bar and I would have no legs to stand on.
As a new seller I wanted to ensure I was protected thankfully another member stepped in and escrow a deal for Last of the V8's and paid upfront for 1 bar delivery has been successful and my escrow has been released.
Tecshare has bullied me at every turn demanding changes to the way the OP was run and demanding changes to the way I ship my goods. I am not going to bend over and be bullied by a member who has clearly made it his obsession to make me out to be something I am not.
If anyone reads the topic they will see what I mean by his continued reverting to the 0.002 btc bid by the member and the confusion that supposed how the bidding work..
Tecshare made 2 bids.. 1 Invalid and 1 valid so I am in NO doubt that he understood EXACTLY how the bidding was to work.
Further to this MJ and tecshare attempted to tell people in my topic there bids were invalid this is not there place and I feel that they both attempted to mess my topic up as much as possible.
None of the other members I have dealt with have had a issue only tecshare and going by his history here it look like he's the king of drama's and lording his status and reputation over smaller less known members..
Could it also be they saw my new idea as a threat to there silver market? possible, I mean someone new selling products they didn't think about making could really impact there standing....
Just a after thought.
I'll make my position clear one last time..
I am not happy dealing with tecshare after his actions both in PM and on my topic I feel he bullied the situation to suit his own agenda.
2 others bought from me and received there bars without trouble.
I feel they threatened my reputation to get me to ship under there terms when it was clearly stated the shipping method would require a signature.
I was willing to use the escrow HE chose.
I was willing to ship to MJ if I was furnished with a TXID to show a payment had been made to escrow. (they both refused)
As far as I am concerned now tecshare has voided the terms of the sale with me by demanding other shipping types and refusing to prove he send escrow money.
I am a man of my word but I won't be bullied or be held over the coals or have my topics overtaken by people who try to admin my sale without consent.
I have tried very hard to keep everyone happy after the confusion of how the bidding was to work I even made a post to show them how I expect the sale to go down. Just because something is difference from what your used to dose not make me wrong.
He also then started to claim it was about privacy ect which to me means he didn't read the terms of the sale one bit and just attempted to use a misunderstanding that was nothing to do with him tbh to lord it in the topic.
I do not feel comfortable sending out the last bar now to the escrow for 2 reasons..
1. the escrow gave me a red trust then removed it for whatever reason escrow should be neutral party to me MJ and tecshare are very much working together here.
2. The terms he attempted to set the escrow to would have left me exposed to possible fraud with me having NO way to prove that the bar was delivered,
As of now I am not happy to deal with Tecshare for HIS own actions and conduct when I have been more than accommodating and explained everything to him he even ignores the others in the topic who agree with me on this matter because he know's he's got the +trust to try bully others.
I have seen 100's of topics here about this guy not 1 of them good in my view. I have been an outstanding member here helping out where I can with new users or dealing with scammers I am very annoyed that my sale needed up this way but I am only human at the end of the day something this guy can't seem to understand. He also fails to accept that the bidding by the other user was nothing more than a misunderstanding and is trying to use it as a weapon to get what he wants.
I don't want to deal with him and I don't trust the escrow. And dew to this I didn't want to go round and round in the topic covering old ground I made it clear to him NO TXID no sale. but now he's pushed my reasoning to its limits and I have now voided his bid..
If anyone thinks anything I have done is un-reasonable please let me know but I fell there's more to this that meets the eye..
In concluding this post I want to make some things clear.
I have shipped 2 bars and they have been received
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.53890491As far as I am concerned I have proved I am a man of my word and willing to compromise to a point but I WON'T be forced by ANYONE to be unable to verify a payment before sensing my goods out.. no one would do this..
and secondly this forum has lost its p2p spirit Satoshi would be sad to see this 3rd party bull shit going on, but I understand the need for escrow when it works for BOTH party's not just the buyer.
Thank you
Magic..