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My mistake, I reversed the payment direction. I'm obviously a scum-of-the-earth shill and not someone who's deeply interested in the space commenting lazily. G
by mhluongo 10y ago
My mistake, I reversed the payment direction. I'm obviously a scum-of-the-earth shill and not someone who's deeply interested in the space commenting lazily.
Go through my profile and tell me I'm not a contributor.
- tempestn 10y agoRegardless, bitcoin had nothing to do with it. It's the fact that he sent the item before being payed that allowed him to be scammed. Method of payment was irrelevant. I have to agree with the parent that this seems like self promotion without bothering to more than skim the article.
- mhluongo 10y agoI've copped to making a mistake, and reread the article for good measure. What else do you propose I do to make you happy? We use paid acquisition to promote the site, and an HN comment certainly won't make a difference to our monthly numbers- I brought it up because I thought it was relevant, and don't think I need to apologize any further for that. > Method of payment was irrelevant. As someone who does trades like this all the time- of course the way the exchange went down is relevant. In fact,the most salient thing when exchanging digital goods wrt fraud is the difference in settlement time between the two. In this case, since the author sent Apple gift cards, he could've just called Apple, said he was scammed, and had the cards zeroed and replaced by the merchant.