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Title: Today I stimulate the economy Post by: Astrohacker on July 03, 2011, 08:34:36 PM Today I will be buying stuff with bitcoins. The first thing I'm going to buy are some of those neat tangible bitcoins. Then I'm going to buy some t-shirts. Probably I will also buy a USB stick if I can find one, some food, and anything else I want. I will post my status here.
Economy, prepare to be stimulated. Title: Re: Today I stimulate the economy Post by: Astrohacker on July 03, 2011, 08:59:03 PM I bought some stock today. Does that count as stimulating the economy too? :) Only if the people you bought stock from use the money to buy bitcoins and then use the bitcoins to buy stuff. --------------- Just bought two tangible bitcoins from http://coinedbits.com/ for a total of 0.9 BTC. Title: Re: Today I stimulate the economy Post by: kiba on July 03, 2011, 09:00:07 PM Methink it is not that people with bitcoin should buy goods and services but that merchants should make goods and services that's very tempting to spend bitcoin on.
Title: Re: Today I stimulate the economy Post by: fascistmuffin on July 03, 2011, 09:00:47 PM There's some BTC porn site around, maybe you can stimulate more than just the economy today.
Title: Re: Today I stimulate the economy Post by: Chris Acheson on July 03, 2011, 09:01:47 PM You should buy some meat. I've always liked the idea of being able to buy meat from the internet, even before bitcoin was around.
Title: Re: Today I stimulate the economy Post by: sublimnl on July 03, 2011, 09:14:57 PM *shameless promotion* There's always BTCDeals.com ;)
Title: Re: Today I stimulate the economy Post by: Astrohacker on July 03, 2011, 09:15:30 PM I bought some stock today. Does that count as stimulating the economy too? :) Only if the people you bought stock from use the money to buy bitcoins and then use the bitcoins to buy stuff. Ahem, perhaps I should have elaborated more. I used bitcoins to buy stock, on the GLBSE. (When I read your response I was very confused, how would they use the bitcoins I sent them to buy bitcoins?) Oh, I see. Yes that counts! ---------------- I just ordered 5 t-shirts from babbletees.com: * http://babbletees.com/products/vintage-organs-t-shirt * http://babbletees.com/products/bicycle-graphic-tshirt * http://babbletees.com/products/jellyfish-t-shirt * http://babbletees.com/products/dinosaur-evolution-t-shirt * http://babbletees.com/products/dna-graphic-t-shirt They will be emailing me a BTC address to pay to when they calculate what I owe. Presumably it will be about 6 BTC total. Title: Re: Today I stimulate the economy Post by: Astrohacker on July 03, 2011, 09:17:52 PM *shameless promotion* There's always BTCDeals.com ;) Bookmarked. I don't need a USB extension cord, but I will check back occasionally to see if you have anything I need. Title: Re: Today I stimulate the economy Post by: edd on July 03, 2011, 09:19:29 PM There's always coffee (http://bitbrew.net/).
If you're a tea drinker, that's coming soon. Title: Re: Today I stimulate the economy Post by: dinzy on July 03, 2011, 09:24:26 PM There's always coffee (http://bitbrew.net/). If you're a tea drinker, that's coming soon. Any reason why the captcha on your site was half Chinese and half English? It was 100% English on refreshing, but not at first. Title: Re: Today I stimulate the economy Post by: bitplane on July 03, 2011, 09:27:49 PM Buying from actual shops rather than private sellers will most likely stimulate the economy, as rather than giving BTC to someone who will hoard it, the shop will have to convert the coins to their native currency to get stock and pay staff etc, so they are more likely to go back into circulation.
Title: Re: Today I stimulate the economy Post by: edd on July 03, 2011, 09:29:53 PM There's always coffee (http://bitbrew.net/). If you're a tea drinker, that's coming soon. Any reason why the captcha on your site was half Chinese and half English? It was 100% English on refreshing, but not at first. It's a captcha based on text scanned from books so I'm guessing it wasn't caught by whomever loaded it. More info here: http://www.google.com/recaptcha/learnmore Title: Re: Today I stimulate the economy Post by: k on July 03, 2011, 09:32:25 PM buying these today on Amazon by using spendbitcoins.com (just waiting for the amazon gift card in fact)
https://i.imgur.com/3fJvx.png it's not the one-click ordering that Amazon is famous for but hey I figure it's a bit of extra hassle that's worth it to help the bitcoin economy to grow. Title: Re: Today I stimulate the economy Post by: Astrohacker on July 03, 2011, 09:32:50 PM Just bought from bitmunchies.com:
* slim jims * peanuts * apple flavored condoms total = 1.521 BTC, including shipping Title: Re: Today I stimulate the economy Post by: Oldminer on July 03, 2011, 09:33:11 PM I like this thread
Title: Re: Today I stimulate the economy Post by: geek-trader on July 03, 2011, 09:33:18 PM I've been gambling BTC all afternoon. Maybe not economy stimulating, but is IS fun. :)
I just discovered the "gambling" sub forum today. Now I'm in trouble. Title: Re: Today I stimulate the economy Post by: Astrohacker on July 03, 2011, 10:04:58 PM There's always coffee (http://bitbrew.net/). If you're a tea drinker, that's coming soon. Just bought two bags of coffee from bitbrew.net. * Karmic Sumatra * Peruvian Pick Me Up Total = 1.5 BTC Title: Re: Today I stimulate the economy Post by: edd on July 03, 2011, 10:11:58 PM There's always coffee (http://bitbrew.net/). If you're a tea drinker, that's coming soon. Just bought two bags of coffee from bitbrew.net. * Karmic Sumatra * Peruvian Pick Me Up Total = 1.5 BTC Yes, I see your order. Coffee will be roasted Tuesday due to the holiday and shipped out Wednesday. Thanks for shopping at BitBrew! Title: Re: Today I stimulate the economy Post by: Astrohacker on July 03, 2011, 10:14:47 PM Just bought two t-shirts from squarewear.biz:
* http://www.squarewear.biz/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=60 * http://www.squarewear.biz/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=63 Total = 2.11 BTC, including shipping Title: Re: Today I stimulate the economy Post by: Gabriel Beal on July 03, 2011, 10:29:33 PM Up to over 12 btc in stimulation so far by my count. Thanks for the orders!
Title: Re: Today I stimulate the economy Post by: Astrohacker on July 03, 2011, 10:29:50 PM I will be buying 2 USB thumb drives from amazon.com via spendbitcoins.com. I just sent them 1.07 BTC for this and should be receiving an amazon.com gift card within 12 hours.
Title: Re: Today I stimulate the economy Post by: Mousepotato on July 03, 2011, 10:39:22 PM I bought some stock today. Does that count as stimulating the economy too? :) Markets are open on Sunday?Title: Re: Today I stimulate the economy Post by: theowalpott on July 04, 2011, 01:06:40 AM I'd love to buy coffee with bitcoins. Love bitbrew - pity you don't ship to the UK!
If someone in the UK coffee business reads this.. I'd be interested!! :) Title: Re: Today I stimulate the economy Post by: CoinMan on July 04, 2011, 01:51:25 AM This thread hit me just right today! I bought some Guatemala Joe organic coffee from bitbrew.net and a shiny coin over at coinedbits.com. BOTH experiences were great using bitcoin to pay is so nice.
CoinMan Title: Re: Today I stimulate the economy Post by: Cusipzzz on July 04, 2011, 02:18:28 AM I've been gambling BTC all afternoon. Maybe not economy stimulating, but is IS fun. :) I just discovered the "gambling" sub forum today. Now I'm in trouble. I suggest betting on Sports where you don't have to worry about rigged code ;D See my sig... Title: Re: Today I stimulate the economy Post by: evoorhees on July 04, 2011, 02:43:13 AM Bought a domain today, a t-shirt 2 days ago, and alpaca socks a week ago. Love the transaction every time with bitcoin.
What amazes me is that paying with bitcoins is often EASIER than with a credit card. No entry of 10 info fields, no finding my wallet. I just copy, paste, send. Internet payments have been evolving for 20 years, and this brand new beta-version bitcoin thing is already easier!!! THAT is something to recognize. Title: Re: Today I stimulate the economy Post by: Meatpile on July 04, 2011, 02:50:37 AM You should buy some meat. I've always liked the idea of being able to buy meat from the internet, even before bitcoin was around. Yeah infact there is a little jerky company in alberta canada called http://www.longviewbeefjerky.com/ It is so delicious, my favorite jerky. Title: Re: Today I stimulate the economy Post by: AngelusWebDesign on July 04, 2011, 04:03:12 AM Gregorian chant CDs here:
http://www.chantcd.com Paying by BTC is still "manual" right now, but it works all the same. Title: Re: Today I stimulate the economy Post by: KingFisher9 on July 04, 2011, 04:36:42 AM This thread is awesome!
Title: Re: Today I stimulate the economy Post by: pe512 on July 04, 2011, 12:19:19 PM I suggest betting on Sports where you don't have to worry about rigged code ;D I don't know if you're affiliated with btcsportsbet, but I'm a little concerned with this message from the registration process:See my sig... "The Password field cannot exceed 12 characters in length" Title: Re: Today I stimulate the economy Post by: bitfreak! on July 04, 2011, 12:21:58 PM You may want to check out this list of Bitcoin websites I'm putting together: Bitcoin Sites (http://bitfreak.co.cc/index.php?page=sitelist). And by all means, add any good websites you know about.
Title: Re: Today I stimulate the economy Post by: Noam on July 04, 2011, 01:34:32 PM Brilliant thread indeed... Title: Re: Today I stimulate the economy Post by: skerit on July 04, 2011, 03:19:52 PM And now for some self-promotion, don't forget to check out my site: www.belgianflavours.com for Belgian beers, snacks, candy, ...
I'm trying to get some cheaper shipping options to the U.S. and such, but it's not that simple. Title: Re: Today I stimulate the economy Post by: sublimnl on July 04, 2011, 03:25:02 PM And now for some self-promotion, don't forget to check out my site: www.belgianflavours.com for Belgian beers, snacks, candy, ... I'm trying to get some cheaper shipping options to the U.S. and such, but it's not that simple. I highly recommend the Kasteel brown - which reminds me that I had requested it and never ordered.... Order being placed now! Title: Re: Today I stimulate the economy Post by: theowalpott on July 04, 2011, 03:57:42 PM Belgian beer with BTC - thats gonna be my first purchase, once I've mined enough!
Title: Re: Today I stimulate the economy Post by: Astrohacker on July 08, 2011, 02:10:09 AM Title: Re: Today I stimulate the economy Post by: evoorhees on July 08, 2011, 02:11:50 AM If you keep those in your wallet, make sure not to get your wallet stolen ;) Keep it encrypted. Title: Re: Today I stimulate the economy Post by: kiba on July 08, 2011, 02:14:01 AM I am planning to transfer 10 dollars each week into bitcoin and horde half and spend half. Eventually, I plan to have most of my wages transformed into bitcoin.
Title: Re: Today I stimulate the economy Post by: Trader Steve on July 08, 2011, 03:17:47 AM Shameless plug: bought and sold several ounces of gold and silver using bitcoin this week. Helping to show folks that bitcoin is "as good as gold". ;D
Also, tipped several people who've made great contributions to the community - articles, videos, etc. Trader Steve http://www.GoldStarBullion.com Title: Re: Today I stimulate the economy Post by: error on July 08, 2011, 03:25:55 AM Next week I am buying an HTC Thunderbolt with my bitcoins. Beat that. :D
Title: Re: Today I stimulate the economy Post by: IlbiStarz on July 08, 2011, 03:53:38 AM Next week I am buying an HTC Thunderbolt with my bitcoins. Beat that. :D That's easy. Graphics cards. Beat that. :P Title: Re: Today I stimulate the economy Post by: error on July 08, 2011, 03:54:04 AM Next week I am buying an HTC Thunderbolt with my bitcoins. Beat that. :D That's easy. Graphics cards. Beat that. :P Everybody buys graphics cards. Try harder. :P |
