Quote from: The Pharmacist on December 09, 2019, 10:33:45 PM

And I found one in the town I live in, stuck way in the back of a liquor store. I posted about my experience a month or two ago, but to recap, I found its location using the coinatmradar site but when I tried to use the thing, I kept getting an error message when I tried to make a scan of my ID. I attempted the procedure about three times before I finally threw my hands up in frustration and walked out without being able to buy any bitcoin. Dammit!

Even though the ATM's asking price was a couple thousand dollars above the market price, I would have gladly spent a little money just to try the damn machine out and say I finally used a bitcoin ATM. One of the liquor store employees told another employee that they should just unplug the thing. It sounded like I wasn't the first person who'd had problems with it. Oh well. There are others in my state, but I don't have a car and the next closest one is too far to ride my bike to.

I actually found the same in my city. I actually wish that these Bitcoin ATMs were placed in more legit operations such as a large mall or some Starbucks instead of being placed somewhere in the back of Liquor stores, Vap stores and head shops. Most of those are in dingy areas as-is and someone going to those ATMs and withdrawing or buying $1000's of dollars worth can easily become a target. Because they will be known to either carry cash to the ATM or from the ATM.

This is actually why I just went the KYC route and went with an exchange. Because the fees are much smaller you don't need to worry about your safety. I think if you are buying $50 worth then its not an issue but its not ideal if you want to deal with 4 or 5 figures worth, especially the high 10% fee attached to these ATMs.