A little background into my experience with crypto to this point. First started in late 2017, with some great highs and real lows (FU Confido) but mostly lots of valuable lessons learnt. My dream was always to make enough to buy a Tesla, never got close but the dream is still there right?So, 2020 comes and goes, it was a tough year, but we’ve always been fully aware things could be and are worse for a lot of people. My wife is a nurse, and to say it’s been a stressful time probably doesn’t do it justice.Anyway, 2021 started and after a year of saving we finally decided to purchase a puppy that we’d dreamt of owning for years, a Chocolate Labrador. We discussed it as a family and decided the time was right. Not knowing the demand in the UK is through the roof right now, we started the process of messaging people, phone call responses to adverts until we finally found one available. My son was overjoyed, he’d gone on and on for as long as I can remember, and we just were never in a position to either afford one or feel like we could give the dog the attention it has to have due to our work commitments.We had several talks with the owners, couldn’t visit because of lockdown restrictions, but photos and videos shared. Eventually sending a 50% deposit. Hindsight is everything, and that absolutely should have been a red flag and I’m still beating myself up for going ahead with it. The guy I’d spoken to seemed trustworthy, nothing about any part of our conversations made me suspicious. A day or two goes by, and I send of couple of questions via WhatsApp, no replies. I can see they’re being read, but no replies. Ok, they may be busy I’ll call later. I call, no answer. I call from my wife’s phone, no answer. Days of phone calls, no answer. We’ve lost the money.My son is devastated, my wife is a mix of furious and in sheer disbelief. There’s been a few tears, we’ve reported it to Action Fraud and our bank (who were helpful, but I’m not expecting to see the money again)What does any of this have to do with crypto? The puppy we chose was a little cheaper than others (another red flag?) and my wife couldn’t bare the idea of paying more money, on top of the money we’d lost.I then look at my crypto balance. There’s enough there to cover the cost of a puppy from a trusted seller, with the necessary health checks and paperwork etc. But I’d accumulated these over years. Always been a believer in Nano, and picked up a decent amount when the price had dropped to >$1. As tough as the decision to cash out was, and this was the first time I’d ever withdrawn any of my crypto to FIAT, it was absolutely the right thing to do.So, I did. In what has been a very emotional week, there was light at the end of the tunnel. I can always start the process of buying my coins again, but the happiness of my family since making the decision has been overwhelming.To that end, please meet Juno Rai, we pick her up in 3 weeks:https://ift.tt/3cSzDcq could end up being the BTC pizza guy, but I can’t put a price on how happy my family has been since I made the decision to pull the plug. I’m not out of this by a long shot, just starting again.TLDR; Scammed out of savings for a puppy, turned to my crypto holdings to fill the gap, puppy secured, family delighted.
Submitted February 08, 2021 at 02:24PM
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