As previously mentioned, IIRC, retail gold shops with half a brain simply refuse to accept reversible payments. Cashier's check, wire transfer, cold cash, however...
The gold jewelry at retail stores is probably insufficient weight to require serious anti-fraud measures, if there are not armed security guards at the displays.
Most retail jewelry stores and high end retailers do have a lot of cameras for reasons other than the degenerate that tries to pull off a smash and grab.
do you acknowledge that there is a problem, the problem being that people can't buy bitcoins using their credit cards or you don't see that as a problem at all.
It is problematic in the sense it introduces an inconvenience similar to not being able to pay the mortgage with your credit card. Getting outside of the house to use Moneygram at a retailer is inconvenient, but it is awfully safe for the seller. You might actually be very safe selling very small amounts of bitcoin this way, but there is a hell of a lot of risk. Even Zygna pushes their customers buying very large amounts of virtual goods towards using wire transfers for payment, and they have very little to lose from chargebacks.
