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Well, after entering all of my information (billing address + facebook + email confirmation + credit card details) I am presented with: http://monosnap.com/image/Q8brXxtQsTJEkReseHlSyNolOgf2TX

"call_us_maybe"

Now filled with regret.

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(See Edit) Count me in the "me too" category. Pretty sketchy process. I've revoked their permission to my Facebook account and pray my cc info is not being sold on the Russian black market. Edit: Trevor at TinkerCoin cleared up the issue and the BTC are in my Coinbase wallet. So Kudos to them.

Completely understand your frustration. We have to keep a very high bar because of the possibility of credit card fraud, and sometimes we have false negatives. Sorry for the confusion!

Have you implemented Mastercard Securecode/Verified by Visa? These offer you protection against chargebacks for "cardholder unauthorized" chargebacks, which account for roughly 60% of all chargebacks in card-not-present transactions.

I also had the same issue, but Gareth verified my information and got the transaction through in around 10 minutes. Props to them for quick service.

Hey, email me at gareth@tinkercoin.com and I can take a look!

Edit: I had a good chat with sync and he/she successfully got bitcoins.

reso replied that you got the bitcoins. Could you please confirm?

Don't do it! SCAM. They steal all of your data. After giving them my FB info, and Credit card I got the same error. I was unable to get a hold of anyone (3 e-mails, 3 phone calls) I finally got "Trevor" on the live chat. He said "Their processor can't process my card" and "it's outside of their control" ... so thanks for stealing all of my data. My card works 100% just fine, don't fall for this!

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