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Re:How Not to Sell Bitcoin on eBay for 300% Profit by tadfisher on Sunday August 25, 2013 @01:29AM (#6271031)
I am surprised that in his research, the author didn't come across any warnings not to sell Bitcoin on Ebay. This is pretty common knowledge these days.

I was also under the impression that PayPal does not allow selling Bitcoin or Bitcoin hardware. This transaction should have been stopped automatically, and it's a shame Ebay doesn't have automatic tools to stop blatant abuse of their own policies.

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Re:How Not to Sell Bitcoin on eBay for 300% Profit by dysruption on Sunday August 25, 2013 @01:31AM (#6271033)
Honestly, all I saw was the quick buck. Total ignorance on my part. You're right, I should have researched it better.
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Re:How Not to Sell Bitcoin on eBay for 300% Profit by tadfisher on Sunday August 25, 2013 @01:37AM (#6271040)
If it looks too good to be true, it probably is :)
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Re:How Not to Sell Bitcoin on eBay for 300% Profit by bingeboy on Sunday August 25, 2013 @02:29AM (#6271139)
At $300 yes, but what about $130? BTC isn't the easiest thing to dive into as a NOOB.
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Re:How Not to Sell Bitcoin on eBay for 300% Profit by tadfisher on Sunday August 25, 2013 @02:43PM (#6273143)
If you are new to Bitcoin, you should probably review the ToS of any service that allows you to purchase legal currencies with it.
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Re:How Not to Sell Bitcoin on eBay for 300% Profit by jfoster on Sunday August 25, 2013 @02:15AM (#6271108)
Ebay does have some filters that stop blatant abuse of their policies: https://ebay.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/69

It does appear that they haven't yet implemented a filter to prevent/warn sellers from selling Bitcoin, though.

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Re:How Not to Sell Bitcoin on eBay for 300% Profit by jellicle on Sunday August 25, 2013 @11:15AM (#6272286)
Ebay could easily put their own auctions up for bitcoins at 200% of current market value, then simply cancel the accounts of anyone who bid on it. They'd hit 100% fraudsters.
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Re:How Not to Sell Bitcoin on eBay for 300% Profit by nwh on Sunday August 25, 2013 @04:12AM (#6271327)
Yeah I'm about to test that latter rule. Dispute against me seeing bitcoin hardware that was "never received".
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