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Discussion => Off topic => Topic started by: Adasel on August 27, 2012, 04:48 pm

Title: Intersango-a warning-i fucked up
Post by: Adasel on August 27, 2012, 04:48 pm
Okay so i used intersango to do my BTC bidding for ages.  Recently i told you guys i found 50 quid in my account.  Completely forgetting about it, i discovered it again and though fuck me i need that 50 quid.  So i tried to make a transfer from Intersango and guess what, 24 hours later and technical problems and now it looks like they are going out of business.

They even left a warming message along the lines of "We hope the future of Bitcoins goes well!"

Learn from this lesson guys.  I wont be using any fucking bank for BTC any time soon! >:(
Title: Re: Intersango-a warning-i fucked up
Post by: zapatista36 on August 27, 2012, 10:44 pm
Adasel, don't think it was you who fucked up mate, rumours on the SR and other Tor forums and look like it was connected to some irresponsible member contacting Metro Bank for a refund when one of their SR orders didn't show - dunno how accurate this is.  Are you still able to buy BTC til end of month?  Can you withdraw BTC or is your account frozen/unable to pay out?  Also - any other reliable BTC exchanges in UK or that accept GBP that you or anyone else is aware of? 
Title: Re: Intersango-a warning-i fucked up
Post by: ZenAndTheArt on August 27, 2012, 11:04 pm
If it was £ (GBP) you were trying to transfer they are only doing these transfers on business days now (and Monday was a bank holiday in the UK).
If it was Bitcoins, then yet again Intersango has fucked up.
Title: Re: Intersango-a warning-i fucked up
Post by: Ahoyhoy on August 28, 2012, 11:40 am
I've always found Intersango to be very reliable. If they are winding up their UK operations they will be sorely missed.
Title: Re: Intersango-a warning-i fucked up
Post by: Twelve_Pickles on August 30, 2012, 01:25 am
so where are the uk punters going to buy their coins from now? any suggestions?
Title: Re: Intersango-a warning-i fucked up
Post by: Adasel on August 30, 2012, 04:28 pm
I've been wondering the same thing myself.  I i find anything that looks Kosher ill post it.
Title: Re: Intersango-a warning-i fucked up
Post by: bertiebadger on August 30, 2012, 06:12 pm
Frankly I found Intersango a bit shit.  I don't think I ever had a payment credited in less than 3 days, they kept trying to point the finger of blame at the customer saying "your bank didn't send the ref no., we may have to start charging for that" even though any ref I added made it to 3 other major banks ok.

They were at the end of the day a very amateur outfit, it's the sort of thing that a couple of decent developers could knock together (to that standard) in under a month.
Title: Re: Intersango-a warning-i fucked up
Post by: Adasel on August 30, 2012, 06:25 pm
Yeah i thought totally the same thing the first time around when they were late on a payment.  But hey im too honest and decided to give them a shot.
The question remains though, where do we go now for Bitcoins?
Title: Re: Intersango-a warning-i fucked up
Post by: zapatista36 on September 04, 2012, 12:07 am
Mt Gox has a deposit facility for GBP - but looks like it'll take 3-4 days to process

bitmarket.eu looks promising - with direct transfers between traders and buyers, and BTC held in an escrow-type facility until your money reaches the trader's account - but mark-up on BTCs for GBP at the moment is fucking ridiculous (probably cos intersango can't process GBP deposits) at around £8-10 per BTC (having dropped to £6.50-7.00 after recent peak).

I liked intersango and never had more than one deposit take more than 24hrs, and when it did tech support manually imported it overnight.  Maybe a EUR account within your current bank, as you could continue to make deposits to intersango via SEPA?

I'm looking at all of these and a few more - if any get positive results I'll post back.
Title: Re: Intersango-a warning-i fucked up
Post by: Adasel on September 04, 2012, 12:32 pm
Thanks for looking into this mate.  This helps out hugely.
As for intersango though, one fuck up is one fuck up too many i am afraid.  I know we all make mistakes but these guys wanted to make a mark on an international scale.
All those others that you mentioned i will definitely take a look at though.
Once again, thanks bro.