YES, It IS really frustrating!
Today is makes ONE week trying to get bitcoins...
1) My balances now are just from free web faucets. They took several days to arrive to my wallet (so much for the "instant" payments!) and so small that the fees to move them are bigger, (at least when they are recent, I read somewhere).
2) I also posted an advertisement on localbitcoins without luck so far.
3) Right now there are more than 8000 "identities" before mine to be reviewed on mtgox, so I can't use that either yet. This seems that is going to take a month or more, slower than opening up a new company or business in Spain, and THAT is saying something!
4) Yesterday I was about to buy though bitcoin SMS, but when I saw the calculations; ONLY half or less of the fiat money goes to buy BTCs and the rest is keep by someone else... I refused to get ripped off.
If I am also "retarded" may be someone (anyone) "wiser" could enlighten me and tell me what I am doing wrong...
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