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Quote from: SargeR33 on February 10, 2015, 05:21:07 AM

I've sold a number of items on eBay in the past. A few days ago I received my first bitcoin payment for an eBay sale(agreed upon by the seller). If eBay decides to incorporate BTC into their service as a valid payment method, I hope they do not abuse it.

OpenBazaar will make that point moot.

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I've sold a number of items on eBay in the past. A few days ago I received my first bitcoin payment for an eBay sale(agreed upon by the seller). If eBay decides to incorporate BTC into their service as a valid payment method, I hope they do not abuse it.

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Quote from: Wonka on February 10, 2015, 05:07:27 AM

Quote from: Elwar on February 10, 2015, 03:53:14 AM

I keep looking up at the date of the OP and am baffled that the thread is from 2015, I was thinking it was 2014 or 2013 asking if anyone is using Bitcoin for every day purchases.

I get paid in Bitcoin and use it all the time.

If you buy something online there's no reason you should be pulling out a credit card if you have bitcoins.

But I think the point is it's rare you can spend your bitcoins online on things you want, at least not directly. It's a bit of a hassle converting them to gift cards etc everytime, also add to the fact of bitcoins depreciating value is worrying.

Getting 10-30% off of your purchase should motivate anyone to switch to spending bitcoins online even if they don't like Bitcoin. Most things I would want to buy are available on Amazon. Everything else online you can get a discount through brawker.com

A lot of people go to retailmenot to get a $5 coupon before purchasing something. Putting your order on a site like purse.io or brawker isn't much more difficult.

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Quote from: Wonka on February 10, 2015, 05:07:27 AM

Quote from: Elwar on February 10, 2015, 03:53:14 AM

I keep looking up at the date of the OP and am baffled that the thread is from 2015, I was thinking it was 2014 or 2013 asking if anyone is using Bitcoin for every day purchases.

I get paid in Bitcoin and use it all the time.

If you buy something online there's no reason you should be pulling out a credit card if you have bitcoins.

But I think the point is it's rare you can spend your bitcoins online on things you want, at least not directly. It's a bit of a hassle converting them to gift cards etc everytime, also add to the fact of bitcoins depreciating value is worrying.

there is a lot of sites which accept bitcoin already
i think the main reason is that bitcoin blocks is slow thats why there are tons of shitcoins nowadays trying to take its place with 1 minute time block

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Quote from: Elwar on February 10, 2015, 03:53:14 AM

I keep looking up at the date of the OP and am baffled that the thread is from 2015, I was thinking it was 2014 or 2013 asking if anyone is using Bitcoin for every day purchases.

I get paid in Bitcoin and use it all the time.

If you buy something online there's no reason you should be pulling out a credit card if you have bitcoins.

But I think the point is it's rare you can spend your bitcoins online on things you want, at least not directly. It's a bit of a hassle converting them to gift cards etc everytime, also add to the fact of bitcoins depreciating value is worrying.

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Quote from: wadili89 on February 09, 2015, 03:55:11 AM

there are already people making living even more then living with bitcoins there are alot of bitcoins related businesses like i am selling webhosting for bitcoins and making living

yes now I am just making a living in bitcoin, and rely on bitcoin

and the results are quite happy, rather than working factory

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I keep looking up at the date of the OP and am baffled that the thread is from 2015, I was thinking it was 2014 or 2013 asking if anyone is using Bitcoin for every day purchases.

I get paid in Bitcoin and use it all the time.

If you buy something online there's no reason you should be pulling out a credit card if you have bitcoins.

Here are some useful day to day sites for spending bitcoins.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/useful-sites-for-every-day-bitcoin-spending-links-and-reviews-943143

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Quote from: Shattered on February 09, 2015, 05:35:13 PM

Quote from: coinz19 on February 09, 2015, 04:28:51 PM

I agree. It seems like a tremendous waste to use Bitcoin for everyday expenses.

My friend, dont you see how your way of thinking is completely incorrect?
The more mainstream BTC becomes, the more its value will increase.

What do you think would happen to the value of the US dollar tomorrow if it was not the world currency to trade crude oil globally?
The Value of anything is directly tied to its usefulness and desirability.

The day that BTC is used as a common form of payment for daily consumables, i assure you a single coin will be worth much much more than $220 (price of this post)

I think many people have a long term goal to make fiat by hording BTC, but this approach is fundamentally flawed.

Yes, I agree with this.
But, it seems that is very difficult to make such ''breakthrough'' with bitcoin right now.
Most average users selling bitcoin in panic, and price of BTC falling every day.
It's very difficult for people to see ''long term vision'' behind bitcoin and believe that one day bitcoin will be strong as any other main currency in the world.
We urgently need ''big'' merchants to start accepting bitcoin right now, so that people start spending bitcoin instead of selling it.

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Quote from: coinz19 on February 09, 2015, 04:28:51 PM

I agree. It seems like a tremendous waste to use Bitcoin for everyday expenses.

if you receive bitcoin as payment in some way(u work for BTC, u own a BTC business or are a miner, etc), you would be more than happy to pay things with BTC, instead of using exchanges to convert it for cash

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Quote from: coinz19 on February 09, 2015, 04:28:51 PM

I agree. It seems like a tremendous waste to use Bitcoin for everyday expenses.

My friend, dont you see how your way of thinking is completely incorrect?
The more mainstream BTC becomes, the more its value will increase.

What do you think would happen to the value of the US dollar tomorrow if it was not the world currency to trade crude oil globally?
The Value of anything is directly tied to its usefulness and desirability.

The day that BTC is used as a common form of payment for daily consumables, i assure you a single coin will be worth much much more than $220 (price of this post)

I think many people have a long term goal to make fiat by hording BTC, but this approach is fundamentally flawed.

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I agree. It seems like a tremendous waste to use Bitcoin for everyday expenses.

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If I had a solid stack of Bitcoins (100+) I would use it daily for everyday purposes, but when I think about spending Bitcoin for some irrelevant daily good, i feel like im using gold to pay for groceries.

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Honest 80s business!

I can't really use Bitcoin to pay for goods I buy on an everyday basis. I also think Bitcoin isn't really made for being used as a way to pay for your grocery shopping or trips to the drugstore. I actually believe this notion or idea will more or less fade into obscurity. I see Bitcoin's value elsewhere!

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Quote from: Mewtwo on February 09, 2015, 05:19:09 AM

I've used btc a lot to buy steam games in the past. Not have had too much to do with them here in europe yet. Wish more stores would start accepting them here.

I've spent a lot recently in steam keys myself, its a nice way of getting cheaper games from 3rd party websites.

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Quote from: wadili89 on February 09, 2015, 03:55:11 AM

there are already people making living even more then living with bitcoins there are alot of bitcoins related businesses like i am selling webhosting for bitcoins and making living

I can confirm that through bitcoin we can earn something.
Through different signatures campaigns on this forum I'm earning some money each month.
Already a few times I cash out this earnings to my paypal account.
Right now, I'm looking in other possibilities to earn some bitcoin online.

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I've used btc a lot to buy steam games in the past. Not have had too much to do with them here in europe yet. Wish more stores would start accepting them here.

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Quote from: 12345mm on February 09, 2015, 05:09:31 AM

in 2ish years of knowing about and possessing btc i have never once, not one time ever, bought a single item in the real world using bitcoin ... why ? ... because it's a fucking joke that it's easier than the current monetary system of bank transfers plastic and hard cash ... it isn't ... duh ... obvious duh ... i have only ever used btc as a trading mechanism for increasing my *actual* net worth in dollars ... as do the vast majority of btc users ...

It may be difficult to spend btc in the real world right now, but the goal of bitcoin is to be adopted by the mainstream and to be a viable alternative currency and payment method which I believe it can be, it'll just take time.

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in 2ish years of knowing about and possessing btc i have never once, not one time ever, bought a single item in the real world using bitcoin ... why ? ... because it's a fucking joke that it's easier than the current monetary system of bank transfers plastic and hard cash ... it isn't ... duh ... obvious duh ... i have only ever used btc as a trading mechanism for increasing my *actual* net worth in dollars ... as do the vast majority of btc users ...

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