Fraud, plain & simple
After the initial credit card payment wouldn't go through (I think by design, in collusion with Wintopay Service) I submitted my $43 order through bitcoin and received confirmation from Coinbase. The money was sent to the pop-up bitcoin address from Smokstore during the order process. No order confirmation and when I contacted Smokstore.com their agent responded that the card payment failed. I made several simple English attempts about bitcoin payment and forwarded bitcoin payment documentation, but customer service kept replying "card payment failed" like a parrot. Possibly this is a limited English issue but given Smokstore.com size and volume of sales I don't think so. Avoid. ____________________________________ addendum: it appears that Smokstore.com and their card processor, Wintopay, have a set-up such that all attempts at card payment fail and the buyer is forced to send bitcoin. Smokstore then claims no knowledge of bitcoin (! -- it's plastered all over their web site) and cites card failure as the reason not to fulfill order.