Time to go on a spending spree at Overstock! - page 4.

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Quote from: Carlton Banks on January 09, 2014, 06:47:28 PM

Someone should buy a car or truck. Maybe not right now! But it's the kind of thing that you don't get a lot of choice with in bitcoin retailers till now, unless you've got Lamborghini or Tesla money, from what I've heard Cheesy

If we could make car dealers think about accepting bitcoin, that adds a nice bit of momentum to the movement. Gotta be attractive to them: instant funds clearing, no fraudulent card purchases, keeping that 3-4% they always hand to the processor, etc.

well I haven't been to Overstock.com before so I checked it out and apparently there's a car section Shocked

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Someone should buy a car or truck. Maybe not right now! But it's the kind of thing that you don't get a lot of choice with in bitcoin retailers till now, unless you've got Lamborghini or Tesla money, from what I've heard Cheesy

If we could make car dealers think about accepting bitcoin, that adds a nice bit of momentum to the movement. Gotta be attractive to them: instant funds clearing, no fraudulent card purchases, keeping that 3-4% they always hand to the processor, etc.

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Quote from: BitChick on January 09, 2014, 05:09:38 PM

I bought several handbags! So excited! They were on sale 90% off too! And I used the small amount of coin I still had on Gox. That is one way to get rid of coins left there! Grin

Please could you post a picture of those handbags when you can?

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FYI, I was trying to get rid of the very small amount of coin I have on GOX so I used my account there to make the purchase on Overstock and I sent about 0.06 twice. I hit the "confirm" button after it was already sent. Why does gox even have the "confirm" button after it is sent? That makes it hard for blonds like me. Wink

Oh well, I called overstock and they are taking care of it though. They just sent me an email asking for my wallet address and they will send back the extra amount. If I had used Coinbase though it would have been easier though. But at least we know Overstocks customers service is pretty good. The guy I talked to said that "he was really excited about Bitcoin!" They have been busy! Grin

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I will be buying! Be back later with what I bought!

Quote from: kromer on January 09, 2014, 05:57:07 PM

"Someone Already Bought A $2,700 13-Piece Patio Set On Overstock.com Using Bitcoin"

http://www.businessinsider.com/overstockcom-is-now-officially-accepting-bitcoin-2014-1

Who was it? Cheesy

That's pretty much how I expected this to go down.

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"Someone Already Bought A $2,700 13-Piece Patio Set On Overstock.com Using Bitcoin"

http://www.businessinsider.com/overstockcom-is-now-officially-accepting-bitcoin-2014-1

Who was it? Cheesy

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I bought several handbags! So excited! They were on sale 90% off too! And I used the small amount of coin I still had on Gox. That is one way to get rid of coins left there! Grin

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Quote from: Chalkbot on January 09, 2014, 04:25:51 PM

Never have enough computer gear! he he Cheesy

Thanks!

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I will be buying! Be back later with what I bought!

Great! Thanks!

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For those living outside the US, DHL offers a US shipping address: www.borderlinx.com
Its free and very convenient,.I use them often and get delivered at my doorstep after 3-4 days.

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Quote from: kwest on January 09, 2014, 04:15:40 PM

Quote from: RandyMagnum on January 09, 2014, 04:07:02 PM

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Quote from: exstasie on January 09, 2014, 03:57:46 PM

Is there anything on there of good value? From what I recalled before, they only shipped to the the US.

They ship internationally, however only us-customers can use btc. Does not make to much sense imho, probably legal reasons.

Tweet and email them, see what comes back.

I see that they answered: "International is in the works! We'll make an announcement when it's live."
And I replied that I'm waiting with an item in my shopping cart.

https://twitter.com/Overstock/status/421388627462324224

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It's certainly good news and a good start, but I'm not a fan of Overstock.com lol

I'll be much more excited when Amazon or Newegg begin to accept btc

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Quote from: RandyMagnum on January 09, 2014, 04:07:02 PM

Quote from: seldon on January 09, 2014, 04:00:18 PM

Quote from: exstasie on January 09, 2014, 03:57:46 PM

Is there anything on there of good value? From what I recalled before, they only shipped to the the US.

They ship internationally, however only us-customers can use btc. Does not make to much sense imho, probably legal reasons.

Tweet and email them, see what comes back.

I see that they answered: "International is in the works! We'll make an announcement when it's live."
And I replied that I'm waiting with an item in my shopping cart.

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Quote from: KeyserSoze on January 09, 2014, 03:59:35 PM

Bought some couch pillows and "stuff holder" for the shower. Amazing how costly "stuff holders" are. I suppose the lesson there is I need to get rid of some stuff.

Slight issue on checkout was mostly my end -- yesterday I had trouble getting Coinbase to load in browser and refreshed it several times at which Coinbase banned me from logging in for 24 hours. So on checkout from Overstock they wanted me to login to Coinbase to pay, but of course I had been banned, so I had to do a secondary option where I just scan the QR and paid from my iphone (which had previously been logged into Coinbase anyway). So, no biggie, it worked.

I was also concerned because I have had a failed Coinbase purchase at Gyft, 1.5BTC which now makes me wary about using Coinbase to pay, however the success notice at Overstock came absolutely immediately, no "up to 15 minute" wait like there is when someone has the BitPay intermediary screen (waiting for payment to hit the network). I imagine this is because Overstock is integrated with Coinbase.

I had purchased quite a number of things at Xmas via BTC and I only had to wait about 4-10 seconds for each to process through BitPay. This overstock purchase was immediate via Coinbase.

Great report thanks!

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Quote from: exstasie on January 09, 2014, 04:02:46 PM

Quote from: seldon on January 09, 2014, 04:00:18 PM

Quote from: exstasie on January 09, 2014, 03:57:46 PM

Is there anything on there of good value? From what I recalled before, they only shipped to the the US.

They ship internationally, however only us-customers can use btc. Does not make to much sense imho, probably legal reasons.

Thanks! Good to know. I can ship stuff to a US warehouse, so might do that if I see anything exciting.

Go for it! This thread needs to be full of pictures of random goods within the next few days!!

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Quote from: seldon on January 09, 2014, 04:00:18 PM

Quote from: exstasie on January 09, 2014, 03:57:46 PM

Is there anything on there of good value? From what I recalled before, they only shipped to the the US.

They ship internationally, however only us-customers can use btc. Does not make to much sense imho, probably legal reasons.

Tweet and email them, see what comes back.

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Quote from: seldon on January 09, 2014, 04:00:18 PM

Quote from: exstasie on January 09, 2014, 03:57:46 PM

Is there anything on there of good value? From what I recalled before, they only shipped to the the US.

They ship internationally, however only us-customers can use btc. Does not make to much sense imho, probably legal reasons.

Thanks! Good to know. I can ship stuff to a US warehouse, so might do that if I see anything exciting.

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Quote from: exstasie on January 09, 2014, 03:57:46 PM

Is there anything on there of good value? From what I recalled before, they only shipped to the the US.

They ship internationally, however only us-customers can use btc. Does not make to much sense imho, probably legal reasons.

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Bought some couch pillows and "stuff holder" for the shower. Amazing how costly "stuff holders" are. I suppose the lesson there is I need to get rid of some stuff.

Slight issue on checkout was mostly my end -- yesterday I had trouble getting Coinbase to load in browser and refreshed it several times at which Coinbase banned me from logging in for 24 hours. So on checkout from Overstock they wanted me to login to Coinbase to pay, but of course I had been banned, so I had to do a secondary option where I just scan the QR and paid from my iphone (which had previously been logged into Coinbase anyway). So, no biggie, it worked.

I was also concerned because I have had a failed Coinbase purchase at Gyft, 1.5BTC which now makes me wary about using Coinbase to pay, however the success notice at Overstock came absolutely immediately, no "up to 15 minute" wait like there is when someone has the BitPay intermediary screen (waiting for payment to hit the network). I imagine this is because Overstock is integrated with Coinbase.

I had purchased quite a number of things at Xmas via BTC and I only had to wait about 4-10 seconds for each to process through BitPay. This overstock purchase was immediate via Coinbase.

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