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Coinbase does not have a good reputation. Have you been to /r/coinbase?
by polyomino 9y ago
Coinbase does not have a good reputation. Have you been to /r/coinbase?
- ithinkinstereo 9y agoIt's relative; CB's reputation is sterling compared to the other exchanges.
- JoshTriplett 9y agoThe standard answer for where to refer people to so they can buy or sell some coins without even a hint of shadiness or fly-by-night is Coinbase. That doesn't mean that they're perfect, or that nothing ever goes wrong; it means that they're the highest-reputation exchange available, and that their primary selling point is that reputation. Also, people happy with something post about being happy far less often than people angry with something post about being angry, because the latter have a problem/grievance to solve.
- jpatokal 9y agoWe're using different definitions of "reputation" here. Coinbase has a good reputation in that, unlike Mt Gox, it appears to be run by adults and is highly unlikely to get massively pwned or do a runner with your money overnight. But it also has a bad reputation in that their support is abysmal and/or overloaded, and if you run into any sort of trouble with transactions, ID verification etc, it tends to take a very long time to sort out.