bitcoin, cannot find counterparty in Phnom Penh
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 10:14 pm
I get paid in bitcoin for my work. So, once in a while I have to trade coins for dollars. The cheapest way is obviously to find a buyer locally, but that won't work in Phnom Penh. There is one active buyer at localbitcoins.com, but buying at a relatively bad price. Adding insult to injury he happened not even to be active last week. I could trade in Bangkok, where there are lots buyers, but they pay in Thai baht, and I don't want to look for a buyer of Thai baht in Phnom Penh. It would amount to replacing one problem by another. I did not want to waste more time, so I sold a few coins to a Russian broker in Moscow who sent me a Western Union with the dollars. The Western Union office managed to spend almost half an hour to pay out. They painstakingly produced two handwritten forms, and then at least five printed forms for the transaction, of which I had to sign three, while they also asked me how many times per week I fuck my wife, and if I enjoy it. Often enough and of course I do. So, that's how I left the Western Union office with the dollars. I hope some more people will start trading coins in Phnom Penh, because that will spare me the annoyance of explaining to Western Union how many waitresses I have nailed this week.