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		illuminate on April 3, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Instawallet Hacked And the 17 y/o takes their customers' wallets, what's your point?

wmf on April 3, 2013 [–]

The market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent. Everybody who tried to "do it right" (TradeHill, CampBX, etc.) seems to have failed while users flock to the joker du jour.

illuminate on April 4, 2013 | [–]

Wouldn't it then be hard to be the joker du jour for long?

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