Lost 1000 PTS

[markzookerburg]

at the end of the day it boils down to this - "Shit happens"

[super3]

This is why we need something like Keyhotee.

[markzookerburg]

Also for fellow board users , here's what made me fall for it

1. The opportunity to transact faster with no waste / wait times set my exchanges
2. More money was offered
3. I thought i was dealing with an escrow and a normal member - My fault in not checking the account
4. Greed I guess - has to be greed
5. Could be fate

Thanks and love to anyone who has expressed their grief and concern in the recent past.
I had a few board admin's reach out to me via e-mail.
Your concern and empathy has touched me. Hope to give back to the forum as time passes by.

[markzookerburg]

If anyone feels kind enough to part away with a few pts to help me get back on track - let me know . Not begging - but oh well , I don't mind crowdfunding my way back to  recovery
If there's any business opportunities I can work together with you on - Let me know.

What I can bring to the table

>PR and massive business relations in an upcoming market that is completely untapped
>Massive server power

I am looking to recover atleast 10k back (although at current market prices the 1k PTS is worth 18,000 USD) - and get back in the game.
Everyone has their rise and fall - I fell a bit too hard I guess.

[5chdn]

I'm sorry mark, I can feel your pain. I was so close to send 600 pts to the same guys.

@everyone: don't check the nick but also the forum status! moderator is no newbie! (that one luckily saved me!)

[cass]

This is really sad.

https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php?topic=1994.0

3 Post above yours we have warned for this kind of trades....

edit(12:41:12 ): sry, toast, noticed that you pointed to this scam accusation before...

[rysgc]

I'd be happy to Escrow for anyone if needed but I guess it's better if an admin should appoint some 'official' Escrow people who are trustworthy.  Bo Shen ran a skype group which was a good place to buy and sell but not sure if it's still up and running.

[JakeThePanda]

I feel really bad for you. Sorry about that.

I hate to rub salt in your wounds, but it's important that others don't make the same mistakes.  First thing is 1K PTS isn't a big enough trade that you couldn't just do it on Cryptsy.  Looking at the market right now you could have picked off about 800 just hitting offers down to .016.  If you put just a little effort in to the trade you wouldn't even cause the market to hiccup.  The other thing is I don't care how trustworthy the username is I always trade in increments.

[mint chocolate chip]

Sorry for your terrible situation.

Can someone explain to me what the benefit for the buyer and the simultaneous benefit for the seller is in making a trade like this when exchanges exist? It can't be simply to save a marginal amount on the transaction fee can it?

I think trading via the forum should have stopped once we had exchanges that safely match buyer and seller.

[emski]

I had similar experience listed in these threads:
https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php?topic=2314.0
https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php?topic=2315.0
I've exchanged 3 PMs with the offender(s).
Pattern seems identical. Could be the same person(s).

[toast]

But lets get the exchange running first!

There are already pts/btc exchanges, what else do we need is what he's asking

[domsch]

Sorry about the loss. I don't understand how someone could do something inhuman as that and run away when he spots the slightest opportunity in benefiting themselves. I hope that crypto teaches people to be human again and create an environment where people can trust one another again.

As Dan said, our exchange will solve such problems. So I guess it's best to wait for now. Multi-sig wallets are also a very interesting way to escrow such trades. Would be great for a LocalBitcoins addition. But lets get the exchange running first!

[markzookerburg]

I have pm'ed you bytemaster- please take a look

[bytemaster]

I typically handle 20-50 BTC trades and back in the day lighthouse used to help with that
lately we have noone credible willing to do that and thats what resulted in my bad experience.

Yep, lighthouse is still a big fan and large owner of PTS but has his plate full of other things... 

[markzookerburg]

I typically handle 20-50 BTC trades and back in the day lighthouse used to help with that
lately we have noone credible willing to do that and thats what resulted in my bad experience.