At first critics scoffed, but then everyone wanted one. We now have an incredible opportunity to buy bitcoin before the rest of the world realizes how awesome it is. Within one year, a bitcoin will be worth $10,000. That's a riiiising guarantee.
I realized this when I bought my TV on newegg and the transaction only took 20 seconds. All I had to do was send my payment to their custom QR code, after entering my name and address. With a credit card, it would have taken at least 30 seconds.
I'm a trader on a popular p2p exchange - my average release time is under 1 minute. Basically as soon as a client pays me I send over their BTC.
Are you seriously gonna blame BTC for how long it takes a bank wire + exchange processing time to credit your account?