Quote from: DGulari on December 16, 2013, 07:25:17 PM

Quote from: jeroenn13 on December 16, 2013, 06:31:17 PM

Buymastercoin.com isnt a scam, it is advised to buy Mastercoins through buymastercoin.com to avoid problems.
They do deliver the Mastercoins if bought.

Yeah, 'avoid problems'. Like paying 200% of what the market rate is? That could be a problem.

Mastercoin foundation has an executive director who is friends with the buymastercoin guy. I think it is a conflict of interest to give the appearance of endorsement. If you ask me, Ron ought to get rid of that guy just because it is 'scammy' - albeit they will send you the MSC after you paid way too much. Mastercoin simply doesn't need crap like that to piss people off.

I agree this doesn't look good for Mastercoin. I'm a believer in the free market, so if that guy wants to rip people off that's his right. But when he rips off newcomers to mastercoin who are trying to learn, it doesn't send a good message. Especially considering the cloak of legitimacy that the mastercoin foundation provides through the links/ad placement. It's not right. Either he should lower his prices, or the foundation tone down the advertising, or place some sort of disclaimer.