Quote from: bitcoin revo on April 21, 2017, 09:37:45 PM

Quote from: warningsigns on April 21, 2017, 06:35:34 PM

What do you take this community for? Giraffes?

You are not new to bitcoin when

- You say new to "btc"
- You say "will do in smaller increments"
- Familiar with Skrill, PayPal and Western Union

I see nothing wrong with the way he phrased it. "New to bitcoin" does not have to literally mean "hey, I just stumbled onto this forum and I'd like to buy one bitcoin, even though I've never heard about it!". If he's willing to buy a bitcoin, then I'm sure that he did a little research on it and read a few pages of trades to figure out how things worked (it'd be idiotic not to, before spending $1200 on something), and calling him out simply because he says btc or "small increments" does not mean anything. Being familiar with other payment options is irrelevant here.

Quote from: warningsigns on April 21, 2017, 06:35:34 PM

You are a potential scammer looking for a potential victim here.

When you introduce yourself in a deceiving way, you are more than likely to deceive people.

There is a difference between alerting the community about probable scammers and being a general dick to newbies because you see other people do.

I completely agree with you. I am new to Bitcoin, but I know about all those services and always refer to Bitcoin as btc. Don't be such an asshole next time and actually hear people out.