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Re:Stripe: Bitcoin by MBCook on Thursday February 19, 2015 @04:00PM (#9077013)
If a merchant gives me 1% off to use Bitcoin so they don't have to pay the transaction fees... I'm not going to take it. Even at 5%.

I'd rather have the ability to do chargebacks if something goes wrong.

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Re:Stripe: Bitcoin by joncalhoun on Thursday February 19, 2015 @04:46PM (#9077320)
Would you do it for a percentage greater than your CC rewards if you trusted the seller?

For example, Amazon has never screwed me on a single purchase. If I have an issue they fix it, which is a large part of why I often pay 5-10% more for products on Amazon.com instead of XYZ.com. Would you use BTC for a 2% discount with sellers like this?

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Re:Stripe: Bitcoin by sah88 on Thursday February 19, 2015 @04:59PM (#9077383)
Unless you're buying large amounts you're probably going to pay 2+% just to get the bitcoins.
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Re:Stripe: Bitcoin by 2drew3 on Thursday February 19, 2015 @05:59PM (#9077757)
Purse.io provides 25% discounts to shop on Amazon with bitcoin. Pretty incredible - discount comes from liquidating Amazon gift cards ($15b in circulation).
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Re:Stripe: Bitcoin by etchalon on Thursday February 19, 2015 @06:41PM (#9077951)
It mostly comes from people buying Amazon gift cards with stolen credit cards.

I wouldn't get anywhere near that site.

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Re:Stripe: Bitcoin by davidgerard on Friday February 20, 2015 @07:26PM (#9084029)
Yes, it turns out that blatant fraud saves money. The site is a stolen credit card launderer.
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