Hi Sphex
I signed up to Coinbase and used Electrum as my main wallet.
I transferred money from my bank account to my Coinbase, then exchanged from sterling into BC within Coinbase. I then transferred my BC across into my electrum wallet to use as the main adress for sending with littlebiggy providers.
If you plan to do this way don't miss out the last step, (don't send bitcoins from Coinbase itself, transfer to your personal wallet (Electrum) or else you can be banned from Coinbase), also, Coinbase takes 1.49% off the value transferred as well as a 0.10p mining fee. Its best to add £5/$5 extra to cover the charges.
Good luck, it's easier than what it sounds, you'll be up and running in no time =)

I have used Coinbase for LB for about two years now and have never had a problem. Also use https://freebitco.in/?r=39356745 to help generate some free BTC.

You don’t get banned, if that was the case I’d be long gone

I heard that coinbase has a history of banning people who are buying and then immediately transferring BTC (probably as they suspect it's for purposes like this). Is this not the case?

I use bitpanda, and I'm fairly happy with it. Easy to use, slick, although the fees are a pain (though compared to other places, the fees seem very fair)

My payments into Coinbase were limited to £50 a week, maybe due to how I using it! With C.Pay now. Have to jump through a few hoops to set up a fully featured account but pretty much unlimited coin purchasing now, so all good.

Ah, interesting to know. If C.Pay was a bit more hassle, I'd recommend BitPanda since it was as easy as coinbase to verify and was set up fully within about 20 minutes

Good stuff. If I push my luck too far with CP I’ll try them next ;-).

Not true

Mmkay, good to know it works most of the time although Roy did have his account limited. Search littlebiggy coinbase in google and a couple people have been banned too

Must be more to it I’m thinking

from my experience it’s not the case so I’m unsure what is going on but here’s a screenshot

Great advice for Shpex, i'd like to second that by mentioning not only to use your own personal wallet, but in addition to that, (imo) use a hardware wallet that is tangible (in order to process your transaction) it's very safe and untraceable at 100% as it processes a random BTC address every time you send; thereby allowing you to remain anonymous throughout. Electrum is a great middleman too, but that makes the whole process digital and unless done offline makes you vulnerable to hackers (sorry it's just a crypto fact). Invest in a hardware wallet (everyone).

Crypto fact?

Your post there has really helped me out so firstly thanks for that. I am trying to make my first purchase and I am new to this crypto stuff.

do you know any vendors that accept Monero? I am looking for a vendor that accepts monero so that it is completely anonymous.

Or is this desktop wallet way (I have the Exodus desktop wallet and I can trade coins in that) the best way to be anonymous? So my wallet address is different from my coinbase address?

For me to make purchases here I need to know its completely anonymous buying - please advise

Cheers

Read my comment above. :)

Try bitpanda, its the best

Second this! Very easy to use!

Coinbase is easy to get started with but not sure if they are still limiting transactions. It took me a good year to establish & ensure a smooth flow of bitcoin & I use 2 different sites-one to "buy from" where I store my coin (for purchases on LB) and one to purchase bitcoin. I transfer the bitcoin to my "buy from" site.

I try to keep several hundred dollars in bitcoin at my disposal because you never know when they are going to change the rules and try to block (online) purchases.

a lot if trial & error and I lost, at first, some coin. Now I make a little cash in addition to having the coin to make a purchase on LB. Best case scenario is make a buy and bitcoin makes a nice gain and you can make your purchase off your increase.

Hope this helps.

Coinbase app is probably the simplest way. What country are you in?

Hi thanks for info. Yeah I ended up using coinbase. Also followed some of the guides listed and it turned out to be pretty straight forward.

Yeah man, once you get your head around it, it's easy.
Enjoy!

Hi Italysora
Not sure how old is this post and I faced difficulties at the beginning also...
You have good userguides under tgt vendor or lb help page ; q&a that might be useful and if you struggle, pm me and I will help you.
Take care

the easyist way ive found is bitcoin atm's ( no trace) , set up coin acc on fone (pay & go), loads to look at; my fav is BRD. down load wallet and set up,goog search 'local bitcoin atm' most major towns have one; mines my local barber(new meaning to something for the weekend) :) feed in £'s (lots these days) THC tokens on ya fone. big smiles. keep up the fight.

forgot to say its probably the most expencive.

use bitpanda to buy bitcoin (very low fees and very easy to use)
use tails OS on a USB key (keep it updated, this is good practice to secure your electrum wallet) and use tor browser to buy on LB (fly under the radar)
use the electrum appimage (keep it updated to guard your coin) to send your bitcoin (use replace by fee option and mempool and you can set your fees low) took me ages to learn this stuff but once you know you know ;)

I use coincorner easy to use app,,,,

I've had the easiest time using Paxful to buy bitcoin using Revolut as my "cash wallet" ; PayPal is a pile of shit imo

paxful.com - super easy and never had any issues.

Second that.

https://littlebiggy.org/link/AM5ZJ3
This will take you to a handy guide on acquiring bitcoin through sharing
Hope this proves useful, happy shopping

Hi, do you know any vendors that accept Monero? I am looking for a vendor that accepts monero so that it is completely anonymous.
Cheers