My experience with CoinMama

[Plaza23]

I needed to recharge my 5dimes account and since Circle doesn't send BitCoins anymore, I first tried signing up with Coinbase but it was too much of a hassle with verification and delays.

So i googled around and saw that you could buy $150 in BitCoins via CoinMama pretty much instantly. I gave it a shot. It ended up costing me $160 to eventually re-fill $138 BTC that ended up at 5D. It's not cheap. I had the CoinMama BTC sent to blockchain, then blockchain to 5d. A $22 fee essentially (thru exchange and card fees) seems really pricy. Is Coinbase cheaper? I may eventually get ok'ed there to do business I just did not want to wait tonight.

Wish Circle hadn't ended BTC transfers. It was near flawless.

[Optional]

Instant card sell services all cost 7-12%

Coinbase costs a little bit more than Circle used to but very similar to Circle in regard to the service.

Gemini.com and itbit.com are other alternatives that use bank transfers for funding/withdrawal and therefore cost a lot less.

[soxwin1917]

For buying BTC with a debit/credit card, you can't beat coinmama.

[Buffalo Nickle]

CoinMamma has massive markups. They are strictly for suckers.

[soxwin1917]

CoinMamma has massive markups. They are strictly for suckers.

Where else can one buy 5K of BTC with a credit card?

[Buffalo Nickle]

Where else can one buy 5K of BTC with a credit card?

Why would you want to buy BTC with a credit card?

[Plaza23]

Why would you want to buy BTC with a credit card?

People that don't want to wait a week to buy them at Coinbase.

[Buffalo Nickle]

People that don't want to wait a week to buy them at Coinbase.

Suckers