Quote from: 4EverMaAT on June 30, 2012, 12:49:23 PM

Quote from: LittleDigger on June 30, 2012, 09:07:47 AM

I live on a pittance so I'm hedging my bets. I'll wait until BFL starts rolling out the new ASIC's and take a look at the mining environment and make a decision then. My greatest concern is that between the halving of rewards for blocks, and large capital investments in ASIC's by individuals, mining will require large capital investment and be beyond the reach of hobbists like myself. On the other hand, I may get a return on my initial investment of 50% and end up with two decent gaming rigs. I know there are BLF products out there, but a cardinal rule of dealing on the internet has been not trusting dealings by wire order.

Why can't you trust any dealings by wire order?

Wire transfer's have a reputation for being the prefered payment option of internet conmen, although logically a good con would take your money any way they could get it. If I see a company that takes paypal, credit cards, and wire order, I think they are probably legit and have no real reservations. If I see a company that takes just wire orders I am really wary. Though, in trying to find an example, I came across this statement "As long as you avoid transfers via cash offices and stick to transfers performed bank-to-bank, wire transfer is a very safe way to move money around." so it's probably bias from my ignorance in regards to wire transfers