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Mailed in cash with postal envelope. Website started acknowledging receipt via postal delivery 3 weeks since. Blockchain within 3 hours of "caught up". Yet no bitcoins.
Is it a scam?
Cash amount was small, should not pose problem. Was what you call "pilot test" and had bitcoins arrived promptly would be followed with larger purchase.
4
I used quickbitcoins.net successfully 4 times. They are gone now. The 800 number is disconnected and their e-mail address returns nothing. Try to find the http: website on Explorer or on tor and neither can find it! Site no longer exists! If you send coins to them without checking you will loose your money!
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See http://bitcoin-otc.com/viewratingdetail.php?nick=QuickBitcoins
The owner of QuickBitcoins and his wife have been on #bitcoin-otc for quite some time. I've had successful trades with them before they ran QuickBitcoins, but never through the site itself.
For any problem you might be having with the site, I'd definitely recommend contacting them. In my anecdotal experience, Aethero (the site's operator) and lucidlepidoptera (his wife) have had great communication. Try info@quickbitcoins.net, or jump on IRC and go to #bitcoin-otc on freenode.net. They're usually there with the nickname "QuickBitcoins".
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We're very sorry about this experience. At the moment it doesn't look like we have any open cash in mail orders so either we have 1) Filled this order or 2) Not received the cash. Please feel free to email us at info@quickbitcoins.net or call us any time at 1-888-959-3166 to work out where the problem is. Please make sure to reference your order number.
Email has been transmitted. Please be checking spam folder. – Gregor Millovovich – 2012-11-18T00:34:08.797
0
Someone who asks you for money but hides his identity, is automatically non-reputable, almost by definition...
looris@Palace-of-the-Nine-Moons:~ $ whois quickbitcoins.net
Whois Server Version 2.0
Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered
with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
for detailed information.
Domain Name: QUICKBITCOINS.NET
Registrar: ENOM, INC.
Whois Server: whois.enom.com
Referral URL: http://www.enom.com
Name Server: DNS1.REGISTRAR-SERVERS.COM
Name Server: DNS2.REGISTRAR-SERVERS.COM
Name Server: DNS3.REGISTRAR-SERVERS.COM
Name Server: DNS4.REGISTRAR-SERVERS.COM
Name Server: DNS5.REGISTRAR-SERVERS.COM
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Updated Date: 02-jul-2012
Creation Date: 29-apr-2012
Expiration Date: 29-apr-2013
>>> Last update of whois database: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 08:56:40 UTC <<<
[...]
=-=-=-=
Registration Service Provided By: Namecheap.com
Contact: support@namecheap.com
Visit: http://namecheap.com
Domain name: quickbitcoins.net
Registrant Contact:
WhoisGuard
WhoisGuard Protected ()
Fax:
11400 W. Olympic Blvd. Suite 200
Los Angeles, CA 90064
US
Administrative Contact:
WhoisGuard
WhoisGuard Protected (f1523859958c4c18a48b1813ac61496e.protect@whoisguard.com)
+1.6613102107
Fax: +1.6613102107
11400 W. Olympic Blvd. Suite 200
Los Angeles, CA 90064
US
Technical Contact:
WhoisGuard
WhoisGuard Protected (f1523859958c4c18a48b1813ac61496e.protect@whoisguard.com)
+1.6613102107
Fax: +1.6613102107
11400 W. Olympic Blvd. Suite 200
Los Angeles, CA 90064
US
Status: Locked
Name Servers:
dns1.registrar-servers.com
dns2.registrar-servers.com
dns3.registrar-servers.com
dns4.registrar-servers.com
dns5.registrar-servers.com
Creation date: 30 Apr 2012 02:30:00
Expiration date: 29 Apr 2013 18:30:00
[...]
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I don't know of a problem with them. Did you check at http://blockchain.info/ if your address has received coins? What do quickbitcoins have to say on the matter?
– Meni Rosenfeld – 2012-10-27T23:39:12.563They provide a phone # on a post on this thread: http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=92026.msg1239487#msg1239487
– Stephen Gornick – 2012-10-28T03:36:34.380Burner cellphone too expensive to inquire 50 euros. – Gregor Millovovich – 2012-10-28T04:17:33.680
1Ok, well then you could post a reply in that thread or PM to the forum user. – Stephen Gornick – 2012-10-28T17:47:43.590
1While QuickBitcoins may offer to accept cash via mail, sending cash in the mail is generally considered an inadvisable activity due to the high likelihood that your mail will be "lost" by a dishonest person handling the mail somewhere along the delivery path. – Colin Dean – 2012-11-02T18:36:20.747
Anonymousness more important than occasional stolen envelopes. Website confirms payment received, but no bitcoins have arrived. – Gregor Millovovich – 2012-11-22T00:12:09.197