When Disaster Strikes!
A Good Idea gone 'Off-Track' for poor typing skills, dyslexia and an opportunity to post.
It all started this past Friday as I left the house, intent on "Get Things Done". As many, as few, may know one of the things I do each Friday is go to the local 'Bankster' to exchange my "Loose Change" for a deposit slip. I then proceed to transfer said metals in to a Coinbase account, where I in-turn transfer them to the Steemit Account @loosechange. A project I started back in December 2016. Good Fun! Well, I guess I had my mind set on the 'Hair-cut' I wanted to get (@papa-pepper Joke on the Super Bowl - See Haircut by @hexdek16 in comments) ... I left the house, without the "BOX". Pictured here, which sits between two computers
So, I thought ... well, I can still post because I had this super-awesome Idea that I wanted to activate and write about! Some of you who follow know how I began mining BurstCoin on some refurbished laptops I had fixed through the barter/trade of a 'killer' switchblade (sounds gruesome) which I found in an old Buick we detailed at the shop. [Read Previous Posts] We have a 'finder's keepers, loser's weepers' rule which states, "Anything under $50 in Value on traded-in vehicles is theirs to keep, over $50 value items must be turned in to management for the courtesy of the owner in a 30 Day Hold Policy". If not recovered by previous owner, the item reverts to the finder.
Well I thought, in keeping with the spirit of the project I would transfer the acquired Loose Change funds to a Poloniex Account to trade BurstCoin with a buy option @ .00000068 to sell at a later date @ .00000082 - then trade back to Steem and transfer it back in to the account @loosechange. (Project Funding Success I Thought!) NOT Apparently in my haste, joy & kidish glee I transposed 2 letters. UGGH! So instead of sending funds to "Poloniex" I sent 415.647 STEEM to @poloneix ..... see the ie vs. ei difference?
Apparently I an not the first person to make such an error, and it looks as if the account owner was a 'kind soul' and returned the funds to the previous person who made the same mistake. So if you happen to know the owner or are the owner - Please Help!
As I have stated in the comment sections of previous posts - this is not a project I started for my personal financial benefit but as a social & potential humanitarian outreach (in the future). I started it as a 'Fun Idea' to see how little actions could grow in to making a bigger impact through consistency & perseverance. Perhaps this is perseverance ... through the life lesson of "Trial & Error". I am no computer genius so it's taken me over 3 months just to learn about Steemit, Steem, crypto-currencies, Coinbase, BTC and Poloniex. In the process, I've learned more about markdown language and signed up for an on-line course on programing code. (Which should be interesting)
Every 'coin' that funded this account was found under car seats, extracted from vacuums on a weekly basis and 'picked-up' off the ground that people walked past, to get somewhere else. Again, if you know the owner or are the owner of @poloneix A BIG THANK YOU for fixing my error! The monies here may one day be able to help someone in a meaningful significant way!! ~Peace.
I am sorry you lost your funds. I have made some money here on steemit. I will send you 10 steem and hope you help others.
Thanks @countzero I'm not soliciting funds though I appreciate the contribution. (looks like you don't have a lot to give) So I appreciate it even more!! I created @loosechange to demonstrate a social project. This is just a 'Bump in the Road' - That is all. ~Peace
You should be more careful in the future.
We will crash Burstcoin Now!
::Good Job:: (lol) .....do it again, and maybe it will go even higher %^)
I got you fam. I had made a similar mistake on my primary which is why I created the account in the first place -- to make sure all of the monies make it back to where they belong.
BIG THANKS! %^)
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