How to Avoid the Amazon Wishlist Scam On Brawker and Who's at Fault
Before I begin, this article is about how Amazon dropped the ball and how Brawker outperformed them. I use Brawker. I love the concept of sites like Purse and Brawker. Their business models are such classic examples of innovation outpacing the establishment. An article on Brawker was something I wanted to do but then the price crashed. Then sidechains and a bunch of other great innovations happened. I kept missing the chance to write about Brawker. Writing about my personal experiences are not as exciting for me as writing about technology or economics or history. This article goes a....
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Following recent coverage of a potential exploit on services that rely on Amazon Wishlist for order fulfillment, Purse.io, a Bitcoin service that allows users to "buy" goods on Amazon using Bitcoin at a heavily discounted price, has clarified that this particular scam has long been dealt with for Purse users. Through the use of a proprietary order tracking system, Purse.io isn't dependent on Amazon Wishlist, which Amazon admits has known errors that lead to scams. Purse.io has several times the Amazon trading action as Brawker; as such, they have the data to construct reliable fraud....
The road to hell is paved with good intentions, goes the proverb, and perhaps FindYou Coin began with genuine good intentions. But given the amount of disappointed people and the absolute silence of the developer - who created a BitCoinTalk account expressly for the purpose of announcing FindYou Coin - it is unlikely. We are all fed up with scamers [sic]. We want to see their faces, and some of them behind bars. Let's put a bounty dedicated to those who are willing to conduct an investigation. I decided to create this coin with a sole purpose to raise such a bounty as a reward for the....
This is not a new Bitcoin service. Rather, a guide to combining two services - Tuition.io and Brawker - for paying student loans using Bitcoin. Tuition manages your student loans and offers payment plans and strategies to minimize interest. Last fall, a new service debuted; the ability to send and receive gift cards for making loan payments. Brawker is a site where users post bitcoins, at up to 20% markup, in exchange for goods. For example, I used Brawker to buy an Amazon wishlist at discount. Instead of receiving cash for bitcoins you receive items. It's not limited to just Amazon. In....
Purse.io, the Bitcoin startup that bridges the gap between Bitcoins and the famous retailer Amazon.com, has just announced a $300K fundraising round yesterday. Several well-known figures in the Bitcoin community such as Roger Ver and Bobby Lee (BTC China) took part in this round alongside Venture capitalist firms such as FundersClub, StrongVC and Yang Ventures. Also read: Purse.io Immune to Brawker Amazon Wishlist Scam. CEO Andrew Lee: "What Happens Under the Hood Matters." Purse.io Receives Wide Praise from the Bitcoin Community. The rapid success of this bitcoin startup, which now has....
Bitcoin startup Brawker is on a roll. On October 16, the company enabled a New Hampshire-based reddit user "Rossby" score what is a world's first: pay a parking ticket with Bitcoin, and while at it, get a discount in the process too. Brawker is an online marketplace that connects people who want to buy Bitcoin and people who want to buy things with Bitcoin. Brawker allows you to buy anything you can find online with Bitcoin, or use it to buy Bitcoin with your credit card or PayPal account. You can even use Brawker to pay your bills with Bitcoin, as well as buy books that are supposedly....