now that most high street banks wont allow us to buy btc with debit cards, wtf are we gonna do?

tsb wont let me buy thru coinbase...

how am i gonna get btc now???

help!?!

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My old bank (Coop) blocked card puchases on Coinbase but not transfers. Might be worth a try.

RBS or Virgin money are the only banks that let you use a debit card to buy btc however you have to talk to them so they do not block it then you have to talk to mastercard so they do not block it,a total hassle unfortunately we have a government determined on shutting bitcoin down in the UK.
Though you could try threatening to move your bank unless they clear these transactions for you and point out a bank that does not allow you to spend your money on what you want is no good to you and frankly you are insulted that they think they can dictate what you can and cant buy with your own money and demand to speak to the bank manager.

Tsb blocking coinbase…that’s shit. I use CB for lb transactions, always have, thankfully I’m not with tsb but who knows my bank might change anytime….

Find a bank that will…, Natwest stopped me then Santander then Starling then Starling must have realised we’re not in Nazi Germany so retracted that and now do let you, I’d say open a Starling account, then transfer from your bank to Starling when you want to buy, I’d also just buy as much Stable coin / BTC as you can in 1 hit then life easy, it’s there when you need it and there’s no way you’ll lose money long term anyways, kinda win win really.

I have a wallet with coinbase can I us this to send bitcoin to vendors on lb

I use coinbase with no issues whatsoever

Yes I normally use coinbase to send to sellers

Does anyone use Paxful? theres sellers who want paypal as payment method and i'm wondering if its legit? the exchange rate is 99% on some offers that would save me a lot of money as i have no ID and being using coincoupon at £15 fees for each buy!

It's a danger zone for sure but a very strong rep helps, take it slow

Yeah paxful is good to buy from just buy from sellers with lots of good reviews as some want more money than you sent nd agreed upon but it is overall good

Seems I can only buy £100 at a time now on coin base….wtf ! If there is more of a crackdown , whats the alternative…..if we can’t use BTC?…what is LB going to do to deal with these changing times

I use revolut as my only bank account. no need for a physical bank account,because i have a mastercard with them,all my earnings are paid into revolut,and did not need any photo id.I buy my bitcoins from them and then transfer them to my exodus wallet.fees are really low also :)

Anything other than blockchain, right bunch of pisstakers they are

Can you use binance to pay sellers?

Btw. Ive been using the plain blockchain wallet for two years without any issues. Least hassle wallet Ive seen! And since I wont upgrade my OS on my mac its one of the few I can actually use. Just sayin, cause Ive seen how it is hated upon on the net. Guess its the competition that spread this lie.

Exchanges still cant beat the price of btc I get on localbitcoinsdotcom. The only hassle is I need to order btc and go to my local national financial agency and pay a money transfer slip with cash. Thats not a prob tho, cause the teller is a very nice looking woman :P And btc is in my wallet in 3-6 hours after I pay.

Can I ask, does 'local national financial agency' roughly translate to the Union in the West or something similar?

Hey mate.

Plausible deniability. Don't own up to the package. Deny all knowledge of it. They've not the time or the inclination to look further into a package with a bit of weed in it.

They'll ask if it's yours, where it came from etc. They won't need entrance into your home either but if you don't want neighbours over hearing the conversation if you've got nothing to hide at home it won't make a difference if they enter. I seriously doubt they'll conduct a search from what I've seen others in your position have said.

They'll just give you a warning not to do it again. That's if it has been intercepted by Royal Mail. There's a lot of sticky fingers within Royal Mail!

Hope it sorts itself quickly. It's a lot of stress for something that shouldn't be illegal in the first place.

ULC

Brilliant thank you ULC that’s put my mind at rest & totally agree it shouldn’t be illegal in the 1st place.

What was the quantity and does the seller have a history of good stealth? Like ULC says, plenty of sticky fingered posties have an inkling of what’s in zero weighted Jiffy bags these days and may have thieved it. RM just don’t need the hassle otherwise (it’s a no reward game) so unless it’s big and it stinks like (enter joke here) they won’t go there.
If it was big and it did stink and they do knock then you know nothing. At best: ‘some idiot friend somewhere might have sent it thinking they could use your address but you have no idea who or why or when’. Terribly sorry, terribly polite. They won’t want to enter unless it was a BIG order! A warning will ensue, leave it a while and only order very stealthy Henry’s in the future.
Worry not….🙏😇

Thanks Pollypuff was an oz & from my usual supplier who usually has excellent stealth. It was one of several peoples packages missing two weeks running so I think it is a sticky fingered postie rather than it’s seized but the worry is always there lol. Thanks again 🙏🙂

Same vote as yourself so fingers crossed

a run of packages is a stinker somewhere in the chain and it may not be the posties. your seller may have a new hire or who knows what operationally. the seller needs to make good on this regardless.

I’m in the same boat! Deny all knowledge! Then they have to prove it was you.

Mine was pinched by the posty, in that case you'll be fine.

I think that’s maybe what happened to mine

Hey,
I am late with the response, but i speak from experience.
I've been to police and courts because of sensitive packages arriving to my address.
It does suck when it happens. It also takes away any confidence in ordering again. I do not order from abroad anymore.
Luckily i live in a country where we have postal secrecy - only satan knows what is being transported by the postal trucks in this country (anything from human organs to most deadly drugs and weapons lol).

You got to remember that it is not a crime to receive a letter/package.
As long as you deny ever knowing about it or ordering it - you should be fine.
Don't leave too many tracks online when ordering.
And if they will offer to do a piss test (which at some point happened to me) - you have the full right to deny doing it. It makes no difference to the court and in fact it can be easily proved that such tests are basically self-incrimination.

Do not hesitate to ask if in doubt.
Cheers,
V.

p.s. By the way, ULC wrote a good post response to you.

I too have been down this route. Had to go to Police Station, denied all knowledge of it, used free-appointed lawyer. Very very scary, but in the end, investigation dropped....but it does mean I had to change my delivery address, which is a pain in the arse, as I can't risk it happening again.

How much was the intercepted package? Seems out of the ordinary to get as serious as getting a lawyer even if free involved. I know of somebody who almost certainly had a quart intercepted due to poor stealth but he just never got the package, never heard anything else.

I had several, from 7g up to an ounce.

I had 7g seized a few weeks ago due to poor stealth. I got a letter from the police pretty much advising don’t do it again.
Still the orders are dropping…

It’s why I strictly stick to vendors with a proven track record regarding stealth.

and who do you recommend

was about 5g. Two cops at door. Package had been intercepted.