vialroom

#payments 2025-08-15

Friday22 messages5 participantstimes are UTC
Highlights from this day
  • sharps_comedy — i keep every transaction reference in a note with the order. it has been useful twice on a small order the fee can be a meaningful fraction. on a large one the… 22:46
  • assay_not_purity — is the ten percent crypto discount standard everywhere now 22:54
  • point_two_five — polite message usually fixes it 23:08
  • vat_on_import — do suppliers ever refund and how does that even work nobody can verify an address belongs to who you think it does. that is the actual problem with all of this 23:12

do the fee maths

how many confirmations before a supplier usually marks it paid

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

anyone had a payment arrive and the order not update
the room holds no money, brokers nothing, and runs no escrow. that has never moved

SC

invoice mismatches happen. check the total against what you actually sent, not against what you meant to send

i keep every transaction reference in a note with the order. it has been useful twice
on a small order the fee can be a meaningful fraction. on a large one the discount wins easily

thats gone sorry

[edited]

follow up update from 7 months ago: fees are lower than they were and the discount maths has changed, someone check my working

is the ten percent crypto discount standard everywhere now

⚠️1🙏2

right so refunds do happen and they are slow and awkward. do not count on one, someone check my working

VO

slightly off topic but how long do you wait before chasing an unconfirmed payment

do suppliers ever refund and how does that even work
nobody can verify an address belongs to who you think it does. that is the actual problem with all of this

💀1🎉10

a wrong network transfer is gone. nobody can get it back for you and nobody here will try

post it in scam watch
a wrong network transfer is gone. nobody can get it back for you and nobody here will try