Quote from: LoyceV on July 20, 2019, 05:00:23 PM

Name calling is very common for scammers after being called out.
If you're running a serious business: stay friendly! Who cares what someone on the internet says about you? Have some dignity.

The thing is: I was trying to help you here! I'm all for helping new users, but only if I believe they have good intentions.

I've tried and no matter what stance we take someone has an issue with it. See there you go again--"name calling is very common for scammers after being called out." It is also pretty common for someone that is honest to get pissed off at being accused, without any proof, of being dishonest as well, is it not?

It's just extremely frustrating. We are trying to establish a Peer to Peer Bitcoin Auction site, but people are so accustomed to scammers that the first response is to paint us with that same brush and I know it's not a good practice to resort to name calling or swearing but I am only human. As I stated, those words were meant only for the accusers and detractors and I stand behind them. Sure maybe we could use an escrow service or whatever, but that has already been done has it not? We are trying to build a community of honest people using only Peer to Peer transactions. Why risk everything to a third party? Maybe people still prefer that and that's why the banksters continue thriving.

I for one have zero trust in exchanges (haven't investigated escrow services much at all to be honest but we don't really need one as we will fulfill that role internally). I had planned to buy a bunch of bitcoin back in 2013, but to be honest I couldn't really figure out exactly how to go about that. I had signed up with Mt. Gox but never made a purchase. I don't know whether I'm glad that I didn't or not at this point. Would I still even have any bitcoin had I bought some and kept it in the exchange? I didn't know about hardware wallets then and not sure if they even existed then. But rather than keep one's bitcoin in a 'bank,' why not keep it in your own wallet? That is what we promote and that is our plan and we will not change it. If it fails it fails, if not great.

Again, as it relates to our offer: do people really expect reward with no expenditure of action or risk? That is not how life works.

If you were sincerely trying to help, thank you. If you got caught undeservedly in a rage of crossfire, I apologize.

I have let this all get to me more than I should have, but I really didn't expect such an attack. We will not be making anymore such offers here. I'm tempted to detract the current offer, but I will let it stand just for kicks.