HELP NEEDED..!! A lesson to New Users, don't transfer STEEM when you are working on other things..!!
ROUND PEG, SQUARE HOLE
This morning I made a terrible mistake while I wanted to withdraw 500 STEEM to my @BITTREX Account.
I was working on so many different things at the time that I accidentally put in my BITCOIN address and not STEEM address to receive STEEM in the public memo.
Nightmare..!!
The money was to go towards paying for out of pocket expenses that are now building up in promoting STEEMIT in the U.K.
I have registered a request on the bittrex.zendesk support desk and was wondering if there was anything else I could do.
This is a massive lesson for New Users to make sure that you enter the correct address for the correct corresponding coins.
Thanks again for reading and thanks in anticipation if someone can help. Nightmare..!!
Stephen
I just upvoted your last 7 days' worth of comments and blog posts - about an average of $1.50 for each. I hope that helps you a bit. And if you end up recovering your losses, then consider this gesture as a thank you for promoting STEEM and steemit.com. Cheers.
UNBELIEVABLE..!! Thank you for this kind gesture. What a total credit to the Community you are. A MASSIVE THANK YOU. Stephen
Hey, I'm here for you. I done the same thing and lost $750. I'm writing this comment to not only support you but also support myself and hope this comment puts food on the table, god bless.
Thanks for the comment. It was a kick in teeth for me as I was only drawing out the funds to cover costs I had incurred in promoting Steemit. I felt physically sick when it happened. Thanks for the support. I appreciate it. Stephen
I hope Steemians can keep resteeming this post so that more people upvote it. This way you could recover some of your losses. :)
Yes , you're right @tamin...I just did it!
Thank you. I appreciate your support. Stephen
done
I just resteemed too!
I appreciate your overwhelming support. Stephen
Thank you for the support. The support has been overwhelming and hopefully has educated New Users to how important it is to ensure the right address is used. Stephen
Resteem for support our friend. God bless you.
Don't worry, bittrex gets these all the time. Your STEEM still went to bittrex, but since the memo is wrong, their computers don't know that it goes to your account. A rep just has to look at it and manually credit the deposit to your account. It goes a lot faster and with less stress if you put the right memo in and it all works automatically though!
Thanks for the comment. Like you say, hopefully someone from Bittrex can look into it and see the mistake. New Users can learn from how important it is to get right in the first place. Thanks again I appreciate it. Stephen
Send the address of the transfer to bittrex support
Stephen,
Check your transactions. I just sent you a few SBD. Not much, but I hope it covers a portion of your expenses promoting SteemIt.
We all get to caught up in the trying to do to much at once every now and then!
Steem on,
Mike
What can I say.....!! I am totally blown away Mike by your generosity. I wasn't expecting that. A true gentleman and I cannot thank you enough. I have said it before and will saying it again for anyone reading, you are a real credit to the Steemit Community and make Steemit what it is. Simply the BEST SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM AROUND..!! Thanks again Mike for your overwhelming support. These last 24 hours have been somewhat quite stressful and it is at times like this that it makes it worth while to pick yourself up, dust yourself down and carry on. Have a great day Mike. Stephen
Thank you Stephen!
I simply feel blessed to have found SteemIt when I did. It truly is a one-of-a-kind platform.
I greatly appreciate your advocacy and promotion of SteemIt. I am not as talented as you in promoting SteemIt, but I can do a small part in supporting and encouraging you to continue your efforts.
Have a fantastic week!
Steem on,
Mike
Definitely sucks. Being an old timer Bitcoiner, I have always learned to check amount and address 2-3 times. Even when you know its right for sure. And you always send a test amount when going somewhere new with transfers. This prevents big mistakes like huge fees, or what you indicated. I hope this works out for you man.
Thank you. I appreciate your support. Fingers crossed someone will look into it. Stephen
Ouch, that's very unfortunate man! I feel sorry for you, but I think this is a great lesson to learn!
Thank you. I appreciate your support. Hopefully this will help New Users to appreciate the importance of getting it right first time. Stephen
ouch! I hope you'll be able to sort that out with @bittrex!
Thanks. It's a nightmare and just takes the shine off what we have been doing on the promotion side. The second I hit the button I knew I had made a MASSIVE mistake and sent STEEM to my BITCOIN address. I nearly passed out..!! Stephen
hehe... I can only try to imagine the level of facepalm-ness you felt...
but hey... at least you didnt post your active key into the memo field!
...then for sure I would have passed out..!! :) Stephen
That is properly the worse feeling ever! :|
:/ i feel you bro... i accidentally sent 87 steem earlier this month to @steamit an inactive user.. i can only imagine what 500 steem must feel like :( ow
Thank you, and thanks for the support. Stephen
I am a newbie. This is a good info. I will have to be very careful when doing transfers/withdrawals to/from Steem wallet. Don't wanna to go thru the nightmares. I hope this get sorted out for you swiftly. Stay positive @Stephen.
Cheers!
Hi. Welcome to Steemit. Hopefully this Blog will help New Users to appreciate how important it is to get the right address. I appreciate your support and once again good luck on Steemit. Stephen
Thanks @Stephen.