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> Why can't I just use a credit card or similar and buy bitcoints? Chargebacks are the reason. If you buy a bitcoin with a credit card and I send you a bitcoin

> Why can't I just use a credit card or similar and buy bitcoints? Chargebacks are the reason. If you buy a bitcoin with a credit card and I send you a bitcoin, you can get your money back from the credit card company and keep my bitcoin.

Aardwolf 13y ago
Ok, so how to get a bitcoin (well 0.1 btc for me now that they are 10x as expensive as last time I looked) in a practical way without credit card?
- pilker09 13y ago
  I don't have a good answer for that as I no longer buy bitcoins. My methods from when btc were cheap will no longer work.
- vetinari 13y ago
  For example, you can trade at bitstamp.net using SEPA transfers.
- bnr 13y ago
  http://howtobuybitcoins.info/ http://howtobuybitcoins.info/
- vbuterin 13y ago
  If you are in the US, http://coinbase.com http://coinbase.com In Canada, http://cavirtex.com http://cavirtex.com or https://vaultofsatoshi.com/ https://vaultofsatoshi.com/ If you are in Europe, http://bitcoin.de http://bitcoin.de , http://bitcoin-central.net http://bitcoin-central.net , https://www.bitstamp.net/ https://www.bitstamp.net/ If you are anywhere, check out your local Bitcoin meetup group.
  - bobbles 13y ago
    In Australia, I can vouch for CoinJar http://coinjar.io/ http://coinjar.io/ Took me about 30 mins total from wanting to buy to having my order placed. (If you use NAB it will be even faster, I had to make a cash deposit at an NAB)
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salient 13y ago
What about Paypal? It seems to me they could really advantage of this by becoming the defacto way people use to buy Bitcoins (or at least one of the most popular methods). It's too bad they are so shortsighted about it, and only see Bitcoin as a threat. Yes, Bitcoin is a threat, for the whole financial system for that matter, but it's much more of a threat for those who don't adopt it than for those who do. At least if Paypal adopted it, they could remain relevant in the future, and people would still use them.
- dcc1 13y ago
  Bitcoin is Paypal biggest threat, Paypal have been ruthless in closing any accounts of anyone attempting to buy or sell bitcoins And of course Paypal suffers from same problem as credit cards of chargeback and fraud

Aardwolf 13y ago

Ok, so how to get a bitcoin (well 0.1 btc for me now that they are 10x as expensive as last time I looked) in a practical way without credit card?

pilker09 13y ago
I don't have a good answer for that as I no longer buy bitcoins. My methods from when btc were cheap will no longer work.
vetinari 13y ago
For example, you can trade at bitstamp.net using SEPA transfers.
bnr 13y ago
http://howtobuybitcoins.info/ http://howtobuybitcoins.info/
vbuterin 13y ago
If you are in the US, http://coinbase.com http://coinbase.com In Canada, http://cavirtex.com http://cavirtex.com or https://vaultofsatoshi.com/ https://vaultofsatoshi.com/ If you are in Europe, http://bitcoin.de http://bitcoin.de , http://bitcoin-central.net http://bitcoin-central.net , https://www.bitstamp.net/ https://www.bitstamp.net/ If you are anywhere, check out your local Bitcoin meetup group.
- bobbles 13y ago
  In Australia, I can vouch for CoinJar http://coinjar.io/ http://coinjar.io/ Took me about 30 mins total from wanting to buy to having my order placed. (If you use NAB it will be even faster, I had to make a cash deposit at an NAB)
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salient 13y ago

What about Paypal? It seems to me they could really advantage of this by becoming the defacto way people use to buy Bitcoins (or at least one of the most popular methods). It's too bad they are so shortsighted about it, and only see Bitcoin as a threat. Yes, Bitcoin is a threat, for the whole financial system for that matter, but it's much more of a threat for those who don't adopt it than for those who do. At least if Paypal adopted it, they could remain relevant in the future, and people would still use them.

dcc1 13y ago
Bitcoin is Paypal biggest threat, Paypal have been ruthless in closing any accounts of anyone attempting to buy or sell bitcoins And of course Paypal suffers from same problem as credit cards of chargeback and fraud