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Man Spends £3k On Bitcoin Product But Only Receives Kids' DVD

Man Spends £3k On Bitcoin Product But Only Receives Kids' DVD

A man was scammed into buying a DVD which he thought was Bitcoin products. After buying the product on Amazon, the man received a DVD

Ronan O'Shea

Ronan O'Shea

Bitcoin is one of two things.

Either it's New Coke - a fad, and will disappear into the nostalgic recollections of the millennial generation; or else it's the TV - dismissed as a passing trend only to become one of the most important inventions of its generation.

One thing is clear though. Bitcoin is not a DVD. Not even close. It doesn't even have any physical properties, and DVDs have loads in the form of molecules and fancy labels.

Ichim Bogdan Cezar, of Plymouth, spent over £3000 ($4,200) on a Bitcoin processor through Amazon, only to receive a copy of the children's film Boss Baby - an animated film with the voices of Steve Buscemi and Alec Baldwin. Yes, it's worth its weight in gold, but as stated before, Bitcoin has no physical properties - further evidence that this was not Bitcoin.

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Speaking the Plymouth Herald, Cezar said, "It was very stressful for me. The thing that bothered me the most was the fact that it felt like Amazon wasn't willing to put in any effort to help me get my money back.

"I understand that they are a huge company and they may get a lot of complaints but this is something that has been ongoing since November."

He had brought the product - a Tanli ASIC Processing Bitmain AntMiner S9 13.5 TH/s (which now that I think about it does have physical properties) - because his brother-in-law lives in Romania, which Amazon does not deliver to.

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Shocked after receiving a DVD in the post, Cezar contacted the seller, Minifigures Direct Ltd in Derby, and was told it had been a mistake and he would receive his order by 16 December. After the product didn't arrive, Cezar's suspicions were aroused but his attempts to return the DVD and get his money were allegedly rebuffed, and his issue deemed 'resolved'.

"I wouldn't have made such an issue, but because it was such a big amount of money I couldn't let it slide," Cezar told the paper. "What made things more annoying is that the seller went AWOL afterwards.

"I knew I was getting messed around so I just wanted to get the money back and move on."

After failing to contact the seller, Cezar applied for a refund, which was rejected as his wife had unwittingly signed for the product. He finally received a refund on 20 January.

"Obviously it's great that they will finally process a refund for me but it shouldn't have taken that long, especially when there is such a big amount of money involved.

"It was stressful for me because all the pressure was on my shoulders to deal with it, with my brother-in-law being in Romania, so the longer it dragged out it became even more annoying.

"I just felt like no one from Amazon cared about the issue."

Amazon has since told LADbible that although it did not comment on individual cases, it had apologised to the customer and provided a goodwill gesture.

Featured Image Credit: PA / DreamWorks

Topics: Bitcoin, UK News, Money, Finance, Cryptocurrency, Amazon