As for this:
Good publicity, not very constructive for bitcoin. They are using BitPay (again). I wish stores could have a little more faith in bitcoin and hold them longer.
The fact that they use BitPay
doesn't mean they're dumping it straight away I think it does.Can I get part of my settlement in bitcoin?
Many of our merchants choose to take a percentage- or even 100%- of their BitPay settlement in bitcoin. You can choose your settlement preferences from your account dashboard. We settle bitcoin to your bitcoin address daily.
The inference is solid, the point of bitpay is "... instant conversion" clearly a primary selling point which is why it is both "instant" and "free".
The inference for the use of the word "instant" is to let the merchant know that they will get the value of the merchandise, not 'higher or lower' because of market fluctuation.
Of course it takes more than common sense to get it, but
only an ounce of critical thinking.
Or maybe some reading comprehension would help? It may be a safe assumption, but it is NOT implied.
ETA: The term "instant conversion" certainly is a primary selling point of one of their features, but that doesn't mean all of their customers care about that feature. Most services have multiple features that each have selling points, but not all customers use all features. Hiring a payment processor may well be cheaper than hiring a programmer for someone who wants to accept payments within the constraints of any number of existing sites/shopping carts. This doesn't even factor in other costs and risks involved with accepting payments to a hot wallet that has to be directly linked to your site in some way.
The reason the words "instant conversion" is used, the reason it is so prominent, the reason why it's such a good selling point, and the reason why the program was created in the first place is all because the merchants as a whole don't want bitcoin, they want fiat. The bigger and/or older the merchant is the more that will apply.
How many different ways must you hear it to understand what your mind already knows to be true.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP_I9zNRpEoFor hard heads they say it over and over many different ways, "instant conversion", "guaranteed exchange rate", "no risk of volatility", "we take all of the risk of btc price volatility", and "you get every dollar you earned" now why do you think they said this some many times, so many different ways?
"The point of bitpay is to get a specific value for your merchandise not higher or lower value."