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firstTIMER420
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Hawkseye doesnt take credit cards anymore?! What?
#22460082 - 11/01/15 12:25 AM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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Ok guys, ive been ordering from HE for about 6 months now. Ordered many syringes. Was browsing and wanted to place an order today, and lo and behold, I read, currently not accepting credit cards, but we do ACCEPT BITCOINS. In my opinion, bitcoins are a ripoff, especially with the fluctuating exchange rates, they absolutely suck ass to use to purchase from responsible businesses.
That being said, sending cash sucks as well. Takes a while to reach the destination, and im always weary of sending money in the mail. Western union costs money as well.
This absolutely sucks ass man. I guess ill have to make a pay pal account, but if something happens, Paypal gets complicated.
Another thing: It seems like the page that you can view all the strains, and has the links to the pictures is never updated. Ive chosen entire orders on that screen only to go to the actual order screen and find that half of the strains are not available. Im just wondering when that will be updated next, as it is quite annoying.
As far as service and product, quality is always outstanding, cant go wrong with Hawkseye, so don't get the wrong idea guys, Im just trying to clarify a few things here.
When will the problem be resolved Richie? I really would like to make another order. Thanks.
Edited by firstTIMER420 (11/01/15 01:24 AM)
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impatientguy
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Re: Hawkseye doesnt take credit cards anymore?! What? [Re: firstTIMER420]
#22460199 - 11/01/15 01:20 AM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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Damn no shit? Last time I ordered (like a year ago) credit cards were fine.
Money orders make more sense imo in that situation.
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firstTIMER420
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Re: Hawkseye doesnt take credit cards anymore?! What? [Re: impatientguy]
#22460220 - 11/01/15 01:25 AM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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I ordered about 2 months ago and everything was fine. Wanted to get some sclerotia strains, for viewing of course. As well as some blue oyster!
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Re: Hawkseye doesnt take credit cards anymore?! What? [Re: firstTIMER420]
#22467110 - 11/02/15 03:35 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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I messaged him on twitter not too long ago asking if credit card orders would be accepted again in the near future, and he responded simply; "Yes. Roughly 3-4 weeks. Thank You"
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impatientguy
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Re: Hawkseye doesnt take credit cards anymore?! What? [Re: Mac DeMushroom]
#22467179 - 11/02/15 03:48 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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Nice problem solved then
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firstTIMER420
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Re: Hawkseye doesnt take credit cards anymore?! What? [Re: Mac DeMushroom]
#22468200 - 11/02/15 07:46 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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nice, I hope its sooner, or at least that's a realistic time frame. Hes pretty good about stuff, gave me his cell number if I ever needed to ask any questions or contact him. Definitely a cool dude.
I just hpe they still have the Jalisco, jiminez, galindoi, and goliath!
Also, anyone else notice they added the "anti-hangover" livergaurd pills? Im thinking its because of the BS they get about selling spores from the CC companies. Thoughts?
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Ryche Hawk
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Re: Hawkseye doesnt take credit cards anymore?! What? [Re: firstTIMER420]
#22521717 - 11/14/15 10:18 AM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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Hello, It's temporary. I won't go into the details here in public forums regarding the card processing issue ....(yet). I'm about 2 weeks away from posting my new web site. I will have card processing on the new site and I will be making the post here on shroomery and Twitter when it's ready. I will be looking for testers before I make the site live to the web, and I will be offering some nice discounts during this testing period.
As for bitcoin being a ripoff, not true. BTC, is on a huge rally right now. it went from $240 value to $480 in the last 2 weeks. It's holding steady around $320 right now. For you the buyer, you really don't take the risk. You just put in the $dollar amount you you want to buy, and the the appropriate fraction of bitcoins is sold to you, then you pay me. I'm taking the risk as the price could drop real quick and I could lose the $ value in bitcoins. When you buy the bitcoin at coinbase.com, the price is locked in at the time of purchase, so it bitcoin does drop in value you don't lose anything. I was smart enough to hold my bitcoins for a while and I sold when the prices went up and made a nice little profit 
Another great advantage to buying spores with Bitcoin is no government agency will ever know what your buying. Since your buying bitcoin, there is no way for anyone to track what you bought with the bitcoin. It's not regulated like normal currency is.
I'm giving myself a goal to have the new site ready for testing by December 1st. Thanks for your patience.
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impatientguy
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Re: Hawkseye doesnt take credit cards anymore?! What? [Re: Ryche Hawk]
#22521775 - 11/14/15 10:32 AM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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SpacedTime
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Re: Hawkseye doesnt take credit cards anymore?! What? [Re: impatientguy]
#22557196 - 11/21/15 08:13 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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Looks like the site is still only bitcoin.
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Re: Hawkseye doesnt take credit cards anymore?! What? [Re: SpacedTime]
#22579255 - 11/26/15 05:37 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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Still no CC. Has anyone ordered any of their edible LCs? If so, how was it? I would probably give them a try if they took CC.
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firstTIMER420
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Re: Hawkseye doesnt take credit cards anymore?! What? [Re: Jim Morrison]
#22580174 - 11/26/15 10:00 PM (8 years, 2 months ago) |
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Ive ordered pink oyster, worked fine, I even made an LC from it and it was clean as far as I could tell. I have a shitake but haven't used it yet as well as a pearl.
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Ryche Hawk
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Re: Hawkseye doesnt take credit cards anymore?! What? [Re: firstTIMER420]
#22628063 - 12/07/15 10:15 PM (8 years, 1 month ago) |
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Hello fellow psilonauts,
I wanted to give you all an update. The new site is not ready yet nor is the card processing. I've been working 15 hour days 6 days a week to get the new site up. It's looking really nice and I'm excited about it. It's long overdue and my customers deserve an awesome site after putting up my old school site for so many years.
PHASE ONE will not roll out until the end of December, hopefully with card processing.
I am excited to announce a new Bitcoin technology that is fast, secure and EASY with Android or Apple IOS phones and tablets.
Check out Circle.com

to buy Bitcoin with your Android or Apple device and send Bitcoin quickly. It takes about 10 minutes to set up an account an about an hour wait to fund it Then a few taps on your mobile screen, the app converts the dollar amount you need into the fraction of Bitcoin you need and the bitcoin is sent. Again, no risk to the user since you're only buying the fraction of bitcoin you need at that moments bitcoin (BTC) value. It's still the same dollar value to you regardless of the value of BTC at that hour. And it uses your phone or tablet's camera to scan QR codes, it's simple.
However, Circle can not be used as as merchant account so I have to use an external bitcoin wallet for you to send BTC to me through it. Basically I'm giving you the information to buy and send BTC very easily with your Visa or MasterCard.
Still and awesome new technology I'm excited about. I spent all day researching the Circle app and doing lots of test transactions and I love the Circle pay app. It's the best US based Bitcoin wallet to date. It can also be used for foreign visa and master cards but small foreign transaction fees will apply. Same thing if you travel outside the US and use your card somewhere you always see those foreign transaction fees on your bank statement. Circle app can also be used fast to send dollars to other Circle users. Again, it can not be used as a merchant account so I can't connect with my customers through Circle.
Bitcoin is also good for you users since you're buying Bitcoin with your debit/credit card or bank account. The spore vendor web site is not actually showing up on your bank statements so it's more private for you. If you fund a Circle account, your bank statement just shows Circle Internet Finance. Same thing with Coinbase or other BTC exchanges.
I'm sure everyone reading this probably does not realize for us spore vendors to have debit / credit card processing we are put in a "high risk" processing group and paying upwards of 10% fees. With Bitcoin we are only paying around 1% fees. We also are not taking the risks of credit card fraud which SCREWS us. The more stolen cards used against us by thieves the higher our rates and greater risk of being dropped and having to start all over again. Plus the card companies start freezing our funds in reserve. Then we get put on high risk list the banks all see and nobody wants to give us merchant processing for 5 years!
On behalf of all of us spore vendors, I ask for your support with Bitcoin. It's a great exchange to us all and our passion for mushrooms. It's also a great investment if you take some time to learn about it and are patient to watch the market.
Happy Holidays
-------------------- -Peace- High Quality MUSHROOM SPORES and CULTURES for microscopy at www.muShrooms.com
muShrooms.com is the new web site of www.thehawkseye.com
Edited by Ryche Hawk (12/07/15 10:24 PM)
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Ryche Hawk
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Re: Hawkseye doesnt take credit cards anymore?! What? [Re: Ryche Hawk]
#22634204 - 12/09/15 01:27 PM (8 years, 1 month ago) |
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I had a great idea last night while surfing eBay. I noticed people selling Bitcoin through PayPal, as well as on localbitcoins.com using payapl to sell Bitcoin. PayPal does not allow the sale of spores, but I can trade my customers Bitcoin for $ through PayPal, then the customer can use Bitcoin to purchase spores through my web site  So this is new option for those that want to use their card to purchase spores through me. I'll post the details on my site in the next couple of days. This will at least hold us over until I put the card processing on my new site at the end of the month.
-------------------- -Peace- High Quality MUSHROOM SPORES and CULTURES for microscopy at www.muShrooms.com
muShrooms.com is the new web site of www.thehawkseye.com
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