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Re: Cavirtex 50$ a month inactivity fee
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danone2001
on 09/11/2013, 04:43:18 UTC
Hello everybody.
As a new forum member I am resorted to posting it here rather than in Cavirtex (Canadian bitcoin exchange) thread.
Recently Cavirtex, introduced an absolutely ridiculous new fee: inactivity fee.
They will be charging 50$ a month if you do not perform transactions during a year period.
For some people who created an account with them with a strategy to hold for a long term, that might spell very expensive bad news.

Cavirtex, are you out of your mind? Are you desperately trying to loose your customers?

If you are a Canadian and a Cavirtex customer, please express your opinion.
Also if you are a Canadian please let us know what alternative exchanges do you use?

Virtex is not a bank. You shouldn't use them like that.

They have had that inactivity fee for quite a while. They were very open in announcing it.
Why would anyone hold any money on an exchange for over a year?
Sorry, but you have completely missed the point. As a matter of fact your statement additionally emphesises the absurdity of the fee. In order to execute a single trade you have to have some cash in the account. To transfer the cash to Cavirtex from your bank will cost you 30$. Effectively you will either be forced to either pay the fee associated with buying, or you will have to pay 50$ a month. There is no other exchange, that I know of that has similar draconian rules.