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I would've thought having to pay a $31 txn fee on a $100 purchase would've been enough to dissuade you.

Johnny555 9y ago
If it's a product he really wants and is only available via bitcoin payment, it could well be worth it. I've paid $30 shipping for a < $100 item before when I really needed it to be delivered on time, so I can see paying a $30 surcharge to purchase an item.
- Buttes6 9y ago
  >If it's a product he really wants and is only available via bitcoin payment, it could well be worth it. cough drugs cough
  - s0rce 9y ago
    Doesn't that use Monero or something, I don't know, not a big black market cryptocurrency drug connoisseur.
- goldenkey 9y ago
  Sounds like shilling for Bitcoin. Even if we all sometimes pay exorbitant amounts for priority shipping, doesn't mean we want to do that and get _no reward_ because "Bitcoin." The fees on Bitcoin currently make it practically unusable. If you want to argue for edge cases, go ahead. But please don't try to give these edge cases any mediocrum of regularity and sensibility...
  - Johnny555 9y ago
    It seems like common sense, not shilling: if what you're buying is only available with Bitcoin, then you get more of a reward than when you pay for expensive shipping -- if you don't pay whatever the transaction fees end up being, then you won't get the product at all.
    - goldenkey 9y ago
      You don't get a reward when you buy something - you get your purchased goods. The mental yoga necessary to consider a purchased good as a reward is absolutely baffling.
- brokensegue 9y ago
  there are barely products for sale with bitcoin much less bitcoin exclusive products. only things i can think of are ransoms and drugs. i'm sure there are others but this isn't super common.
  - Johnny555 9y ago
    Sure, it may not be common, but still, my point stands. If you're buying some uncommon product that's only available with bitcoin, then paying a 30% transaction fee might be worth it versus not being able to purchase the product at all.
    - brokensegue 9y ago
      uh sure your point stands. pretty weak point? in obscure circumstances it might be worth performing the unappetizing act of paying bitcoin transaction fees to buy something.

If it's a product he really wants and is only available via bitcoin payment, it could well be worth it. I've paid $30 shipping for a < $100 item before when I really needed it to be delivered on time, so I can see paying a $30 surcharge to purchase an item.

Buttes6 9y ago
>If it's a product he really wants and is only available via bitcoin payment, it could well be worth it. cough drugs cough
- s0rce 9y ago
  Doesn't that use Monero or something, I don't know, not a big black market cryptocurrency drug connoisseur.
goldenkey 9y ago
Sounds like shilling for Bitcoin. Even if we all sometimes pay exorbitant amounts for priority shipping, doesn't mean we want to do that and get _no reward_ because "Bitcoin." The fees on Bitcoin currently make it practically unusable. If you want to argue for edge cases, go ahead. But please don't try to give these edge cases any mediocrum of regularity and sensibility...
- Johnny555 9y ago
  It seems like common sense, not shilling: if what you're buying is only available with Bitcoin, then you get more of a reward than when you pay for expensive shipping -- if you don't pay whatever the transaction fees end up being, then you won't get the product at all.
  - goldenkey 9y ago
    You don't get a reward when you buy something - you get your purchased goods. The mental yoga necessary to consider a purchased good as a reward is absolutely baffling.
brokensegue 9y ago
there are barely products for sale with bitcoin much less bitcoin exclusive products. only things i can think of are ransoms and drugs. i'm sure there are others but this isn't super common.
- Johnny555 9y ago
  Sure, it may not be common, but still, my point stands. If you're buying some uncommon product that's only available with bitcoin, then paying a 30% transaction fee might be worth it versus not being able to purchase the product at all.
  - brokensegue 9y ago
    uh sure your point stands. pretty weak point? in obscure circumstances it might be worth performing the unappetizing act of paying bitcoin transaction fees to buy something.