Without something like a 20-30 percent discount from buying items paid with credit card/paypal there's virtually zero incentive for the average person outside of crypto-idealism to use Bitcoin. Yet, I can't remember the last time - or if ever - where I've seen an item at a discount if paid for with Bitcoin. They always price it equal to the dollar value at the time.
Where on earth is a retailer going to find a 20-30% discount? If they could they'd already be offering it.
Newegg did offer some heavy discounts for a while but it's not sustainable for them. Perhaps if cost savings spread throughout the supply chain there might be a cumulative discount that's enough to turn customers on. That's going to take time.
Forget 20-30% discount. A 3% discount on all items purchased using bitcoins will make people flock to it. I am not talking about the deep discounts you get on some items during clearance sales.
Bitcoin innovative payment network and a new kind of money, The reason Bitcoin has managed in open source P2P money is in the payments platform market is because it was designed to be limited in supply. At its essence, the easiest way to lose as a payments platform is to not control supply. Monopoly money works so long as there isn’t another monopoly set in the house whose cash can be accessed. 
