keep the reference
#payments 2026-05-21
Thursday14 messages5 participantstimes are UTC
Highlights from this day
- per_mg_pete — check the first four and the last four characters of the address. every single time, no exceptions, still working it out 19:18
- per_mg_pete — what happens if the price moves between invoice and payment 19:20
- per_mg_pete — invoice mismatches happen. check the total against what you actually sent, not against what you meant to send 19:35
- VialBot — New independent result logged — GL Biochem, lot E-2205, purity 99.4% (VendorInvestigate). 20:26
check the first four and the last four characters of the address. every single time, no exceptions, still working it out
what happens if the price moves between invoice and payment
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on a small order the fee can be a meaningful fraction. on a large one the discount wins easily
invoice mismatches happen. check the total against what you actually sent, not against what you meant to send
the mods stop escrow conversations immediately and they are right to
do not send a test payment to prove anything to anyone. that is a pattern, not a precaution
update from 9 months ago: fees are lower than they were and the discount maths has changed
there are no chargebacks here. that is the trade you are making and it should be a conscious one
how long do you wait before chasing an unconfirmed payment
New independent result logged — GL Biochem, lot E-2205, purity 99.4% (VendorInvestigate).
sent to the wrong network, is there any way back
is a bank transfer ever an option and is it a bad idea
nobody can verify an address belongs to who you think it does. that is the actual problem with all of this