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Re:In our cashless society, we need to take digital jail ser... by 14 on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @10:42PM (#30437315)
That is actually pretty neat thank you for sharing. But I am a little confused after watching the video on it. It seems like you pay less for items with your bitcoin, do the people ordering hope that one day the bitcoin will increase in value and make money that way? Or is it just a way to buy bitcoin with items vs cash? Or a way to convert gift cards to bitcoin and that is the cost of business? I'm going to check it out farther but seems pretty neat. The only issue I see with this one is it is a site on the clear internet you would have to register to and they could be forced by governments to sanction accounts.
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Re:In our cashless society, we need to take digital jail ser... by Nursie on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @01:35AM (#30438352)
As a bitcoin holder you're getting yourself a discount on purchases through sites like that because the people doing the amazon purchases are using stolen cards or stolen accounts.

People who have bought through sites like these have often found amazon refuses to honour warranties etc on the purchased goods, and when they've dug a little deeper it's been because the real cardholder or account holder has flagged the transaction as fraudulent.

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