on a small order the fee can be a meaningful fraction. on a large one the discount wins easily
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#payments 2024-09-07
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- week_zero — on a small order the fee can be a meaningful fraction. on a large one the discount wins easily 19:49
- surpass_two — is paying in two parts ever sensible work out the network fee before you take the ten percent discount. sometimes it eats it 20:09
- surpass_two — the mods stop escrow conversations immediately and they are right to, from memory 20:38
invoice says £94 and my total came out different, whos wrong
i triple check the address and i have still had a moment of pure panic every single time
i wait for the confirmations the supplier states and then one more before i chase anything
network fees were higher than the discount, has anyone done that maths
the room holds no money, brokers nothing, and runs no escrow. that has never moved
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a wrong network transfer is gone. nobody can get it back for you and nobody here will try
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is paying in two parts ever sensible
work out the network fee before you take the ten percent discount. sometimes it eats it
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has anyone been asked to pay a second time
update from 7 months ago: fees are lower than they were and the discount maths has changed
Reminder set. I will post here in 7 days.
Digest for the week of 2024-01-01 has been published.
sorry to jump in i keep every transaction reference in a note with the order. it has been useful twice
[edited]the mods stop escrow conversations immediately and they are right to, from memory
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invoice mismatches happen. check the total against what you actually sent, not against what you meant to send
work out the network fee before you take the ten percent discount. sometimes it eats it
there are no chargebacks here. that is the trade you are making and it should be a conscious one
check the first four and the last four characters of the address. every single time, no exceptions
nobody can verify an address belongs to who you think it does. that is the actual problem with all of this, we shall see
how long do you wait before chasing an unconfirmed payment
paying in two parts is sometimes offered and it does not reduce your risk, it splits it, happy to be corrected
is there any chargeback route at all
how many confirmations before a supplier usually marks it paid
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stablecoin while pending
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whats a reasonable network fee to accept
no chargebacks, i could be wrong
a stablecoin while the order is pending removes one variable you do not need
option A: 5 x 10mg @ 38 + 25 ship = 215 / 50mg = 4.30 per mg
option B: 5 x 10mg @ 34 + 45 ship = 215 / 50mg = 4.30 per mg
option C: 10 x 10mg @ 32 + 25 ship = 345 / 100mg = 3.45 per mgdo not send a test payment to prove anything to anyone. that is a pattern, not a precaution
[edited]a bank transfer leaves a paper trail and no recourse. people should know both halves of that
post it in scam watch
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