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Its interesting how this problem of payments is basically non-existent in Hungary. People are used to using escrow and getting paid after delivery. Not to say t
by szypetike 13y ago
Its interesting how this problem of payments is basically non-existent in Hungary. People are used to using escrow and getting paid after delivery. Not to say that this app wouldn't work in Hungary but the cultural differences would certainly slow its virality. I love the bitcoin points made before me, and I too believe that accepting them would be a great move given the media hype and its functional overlap. In addition, I don't feel its crucial to solve payments for an app like this. Rather partnering with other solutions makes more sense in my head. I'd love to hear what inspired the FOBO team to develop a solution of their own. Also shouldn't there be a more generic solution to the second hand market? Fobo team, I would love a comment on why electronics (I'm sure you guys did testing but did you compare focused to non focused or you just compared across focus categories)? Also, why wait so long and release such a full app versus doing something simpler as a start? Altogether great job and congrats!
- ed 13y agoFor your last question Joseph Walla wrote a great story on our development process: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7038287 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7038287 As for electronics, the simple answer is most consumer devices have a well-established price on other markets, making it easy to guarantee prices without significant risk.