[OUT OF COINS] Bitcoins Direct - Private off exchange sales

Bitcoin bulk seller keeps running out: "Will NOT have coins available for sale tomorrow, not accepting POs": #Bitcoin

Quote from: TangibleCryptography on November 06, 2012, 07:54:39 PM We don't. If we did we would be out of biz. Say FC4B produces 5K BTC per day but demand for BD is 9K BTC per day. Where do you get the other 4K BTC? Buy them from a loss on the market? Double spends? Getting a little meta here but if a store (any store) continually runs out of product (any product) then the price is too low. Currently (and at current price) demand for BD exceeds FC4B (and our other ventures). Supply and demand. The demand for BD exceeds our ability to supply it at the current price point. By making the price less attractive it will reduce demand and avoid scenarios where we have to post [OUT OF COINS]. TL/DR: Will 0.5% fee be less popular than 0.5% discount? Of course. That is whole point! I was under the impression that when you closed availability, it meant you sold all your coins availab...

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