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Sad to see, they were a pioneer.
by mtt05001 6y ago
Sad to see, they were a pioneer.
- RL_Quine 6y agoOf what?
- bignipplesjulie 6y agoof... it's quite a mouthful. > On Purse, when you name your own discount, it is fulfilled by Earners- individuals who wish to exchange their Amazon gift cards for your cryptocurrency. As a shopper, you can reach for deeper discounts by trading delivery speed for savings. Source: Their about page. Quite a mouthful. Should've "died" a long time ago.
- BigN1pplesJamie 6y agofor... its quite a mouthful. > On Purse, when you name your own discount, it is fulfilled by Earners- individuals who wish to exchange their Amazon gift cards for your cryptocurrency. As a shopper, you can reach for deeper discounts by trading delivery speed for savings. This is from their about page. "Earners" "crypto" "amazon" "discounts" "savings" all come together in 1 neat site that died quickly
- londons_explore 6y agoGetting other people to order stuff from Amazon for you, and pay them in bitcoin... Looks like a way to order bomb ingredients without leaving a financial trail... Can't believe there's a big enough market for that... Was there any other benefit to this service?
- bdcravens 6y agoFrom the other side, it was a way to convert Amazon gift cards into BTC. Many argued it was primarily for those who acquired those gift cards illicitly or who were money laundering.
- tywkeene 6y agoI read the blog post and couldn't really guess what they did, so I headed over to the actual shop and saw some books. Okay, I thought, another bookstore. But then I scrolled further down and started seeing red dot sights for rifles and giftcards. That does seem a little shady.
- janandonly 6y agoWell, if you have Bitcoins and want to spent them somewhere, what better place to do it than on Amazon?