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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Disadvantages of site: 1) Site: Sometimes I faced some bugs. LocalCryptos converted my BTC number wrongly, and show wrong amount of local currency I have. 2) Customer service: My account has been s... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

LocalCryptos made buying BTC an easy and enjoyable experience. All of the other sites selling BTC seemed like an absolute frustrating nightmare! I was dreading jumping through all of the hoops the oth... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Been registered since before the name change and love the site. Only used it half a dozen times but it's built the way crypto should be: you can take the establishment route with KYC brokers or avoid... See more

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

I can’t tell you how many times I opened a contract based on the terms noted and never heard back for the other party. What do you guys do with feedback I and other users leave when canceling a... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

One of the best P2P trading platform

Hello,

This is one of the best p2p trading platforms i've used in while. The transactions are fast, the transaction fees are moderate, the security is top notch and our interests and funds are protected by the website and its system. I've never had a issue with the site, only once my deposit was not credit but it was sorted out in matter of few minutes. Even the support is top class and informative and are working swiftly to resolve all our queries. I would rate the site 9/10. I have used almost all the trading platforms, this is one of the best available out there.

7 September 2021
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

They don't actually punish scammers

They don't actually punish scammers. I had someone claim they paid, but when I disputed and arbitrator came in, all that happened was I lost my txn and escrow fee and they walked away free to try and scam someone else.

22 August 2021
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The best platform for buying and selling Bitcoin and Ethereum

I started using this platform a few months ago, and I've already made several trades with it. I really love it, and hope it continues developing and growing.

It is the most easy and private way to trade cryptos. However, you need to be careful from fraud attempts and scammers because they are there in that site. You just need to educate your self about their procedures, and you will gain with time enough experience to reveal them and avoid them accordingly. Localcryptos' team also has made a good effort in alerting you from scamming, and they have taken a good security procedures to block them.

Finally, I found it the most convenient trading platform to trade, as you own your funds, and you receive them with your favorable payment methods directly from your trading peer, unlike other trading platforms as Binance, where they control everything.

12 August 2021
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Nice Platform

Nice Platform, but CAREFUL!
Save your private keys !!
They just ignore my mails and complaints until today after just closing my account.
Did not pay out my balance and did NOT EXPLAIN!
Reason (aparently): Without notice and without detail they suddenly do not like my mail domain.
Only BIG TECH Gmail could create a new account.
It's the Ameri Can Mafia behind this game, I must guess.

6 August 2021
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Hi,

Your email domain was most likely restricted at sign up because it was falsely detected as an anonymous 'temporary email' service. We can easily whitelist your domain name if you send me an email to contact@localcryptos.com. We allow emails with custom domains, however we have tools in place to block public temporary email services because they're often abused by scammers.

LocalCryptos is a non-custodial service; we don't hold your crypto at any point in time, so there is nothing for us to pay out to you. If you could explain to me in more detail what you're referring to, we will likely be able to help. We'll await your email.

Thank you,
LocalCryptos Staff

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Fraud everywhere.

Fraud everywhere.
Even people pretending to be as moderator and fooled me into releasing escrow saying that it will fail.
Got scammed for $1000.
This site is just worthless because of all the scammers.

6 August 2021
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Local cryptos is not bad Apart from..

Local cryptos is a good site which I have been relying on for trading and am still relying on it but I found out that my account has been suspended and its taking forever to have it re-enabled even now it still suspended.The support is not working fast enough.Apart from that its a great site.

4 July 2021
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Love LC

Love LC, I've used them many times and it's so safe. It's my go to place to buy btc.

11 June 2021
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great platform, it’s solid !

I’ve been a seller and a buyer there and I’ve never been disappointed by the platform. Never got scammed, even tho some people tried, the arbitrary is good, had to deal with him/her a couple of times and was always satisfied by the resolution ! If you ever want to come buy or sell some cryptos you can come on LocalCryptos, if you also want you can come and trade with me ! :D My username there is GrossePandasse so if you ever wanna come trade or simply talk you’re welcome !

24 May 2021
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

It's not worth it unfortunately

The platform itself has a pretty good UI. When it comes to protecting sellers, it's process is very convoluted and prone to being scammed especially for first time or new users. A lot of the functions of the site when speaking with buyers from a seller perspective coincides and seems that the site itself is trying to facilitate the release of your escrowed funds to scammers. The site also gives inaccurate warning signs nor protect you safely as a seller.

Their support team is somewhat quick to reply which is nice, however is slow to reply or unreachable when faced with bigger problem questions.

LocalCryptos actually has a good system and idea which protects the privacy of seller and buyers, but it's execution on safety and directedness of information to make informed decisions is lacking.

From a buyer side, watch out for low reputation traders. Don't use PayID and wait for funds to be in escrow first before actioning anything.

23 May 2021
Unprompted review

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