Funny story - but we are hoping for a little advice.
We the staff of Community News just bought a little over 11 EOS tokens via the Distribution with MetaMask. About $37 Aussie Dollars it cost us - just experimenting.
Now we went to claim the tokens using the EOS token distribution link - preferably transferring them directly to our staff Exodus wallet.
However, it looks like MetaMask want to charge about AU$32 to make the transfer - 'stone the flamming crows' one knightly character exclaimed. So we REJECTED this.
Then we discovered that MetaMask also want payment for claiming and holding onto them - this was about AU$12. 'Hello!'
Fine then let's just register them with an EOS key and sit on them - discovering they want $5 for this too.
Any thoughts and other cryptocurrency buffs of the Steemit Communities?
Know of any inexpensive ways to claim the tokens? Or if I buy more tokens in the auction using MetaMask, is it a similar price to claim a larger parcel - averaging down this cost?
And it gets even better!
Even without the fee for transferring we reckon we have paid AU$3.20 a token by participating in the official distribution, whereas we bought 19 EOS within our Exodus wallet for AU$2.27 each??
Now I have to assume these are the exact same tokens?
So did we just get unlucky on the auction?
Is there any point in bidding on the auction when it appears you can buy for substantially less in the market place?
These are the questions regarding EOS that have this News Editor scratching his head.
EOS - decentralize everything - including your savings ; )