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After realizing the high bank fees at my PDR repair shop, I decided to add Bitcoin payment as an option. I noticed that my customers were interested in paying with Bitcoin after I put up posters in my shop. Although no transactions have been made yet, many customers ask me about the posters and how to pay with Bitcoin. I'm happy to introduce them to the world of digital currencies. In the past,I've shared my knowledge of Bitcoin with my friends (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5410477.msg60780843#msg60780843), and I'm delighted to have the opportunity to do the same in my PDR shop  :D

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nice :)

One small remark tough: it does seem like you're using an old wallet, since you posted a legacy address. Maybe it's a good idea to generate segwit (or even taproot) addresses and save some fees when you want to spend your funds? A new wallet generated with most reputable sofware (and hardware) wallets is usually at least generating segwit addresses

How high the bank fees in your country? ???

I don't think it could be higher than Bitcoin fees if we're talking about daily usage.

Right now the average Bitcoin fees around $2.5 per transaction, I consider it's really high especially if you live in a country where $2.5 is worth of 4 meals.

But, let's see how it goes, you're also show the Bitcoin address here which make anyone can check it anytime.

Cool. Good work.

You are already practicing Bitcoin as a currency.
Hopefully that goes smoothly, but using a payment address using the SegWit (bc1) format is better than using the Bitcoin address that you display on the sheet of paper that you have printed.
Using a Benc32 address is cheaper and faster for transactions than using an address starting with 1 or Legacy.

It's even better if you use a special Bitcoin wallet, not a wallet that supports multi coins.

Nice idea to implement bitcoin payment into your business,  but the truth is that,not many customers will want to pay for repairs using bitcoin, since bitcoin transactions fees could sometimes exceed that of banks, and if I am to patronise your shop, I will not pay with bitcoin,  and rather pay with fiat currency,  reason is that, in my country,  banks transfers are free and instant,  most especially when using a fin tech wallet.

But on a general note, you doing a great job be educating your client's on what bitcoin is and how to use it for payments but always let them know about the current fees and what they stand to be deducted when paying with bitcoin.

This is just what you provide to your customers, but do research to see if it is compliant with local laws.

I encourage people to use bitcoin (crypto) more in life's matters, but the reality is that small-scale pioneers appear a lot and stop at theory. Like not all customers know about bitcoin, so the target audience using this solution will be limited. But let's be optimistic about the future trend of using crypto, and this brings some positive stories like if you get customers that can accept bitcoin payments, there will be many other interesting stories between you and the customer can talk about it.

Congratulations, it's great to see that your store accepts bitcoin payments. But you will definitely succeed in it because slowly everyone will start making Bitcoin payments. Everyone would love to have bitcoin payments in your business but you should accept bitcoins in a solid wallet. Since you will be using it for a long time, it is best to use a good software or hardware wallet. You will surely succeed if you continue.

Basically I can never use bitcoin only for car repairing even though it has hundreds of benefits because bitcoin is banned in my country and has strict laws on usage. In my country all kinds of services, products etc. are mainly given importance in exchange of paper money but in the case of using bitcoin the bank as well as the government have made strict laws where if someone uses bitcoin he will definitely be jailed with a fine. However, even if Bitcoin is allowed, we may not be able to use Bitcoin only because of the additional fees, since using paper money in this case does not require paying the fee. But in this case, if you use it through person to person p2p, you don't have to pay the additional fee of Bitcoin.

Great move by the OP and great that the OP realises that Bitcoin can be an alternative
payment system to FIAT.

At the same time he is validating Bitcoin as reputable by aligning it with his reputable business
and it starts Bitcoin conversations with customers. Its all good!

Good on you!

Make sure to check that QR code from time to time though, there will be a day(though probably in the far future) where thieves will be changing the QR codes posted in public with their own wallet QR codes. This has already been happening but only online.

Smart idea actually. I have never seen such services that accept Bitcoin payment here in my area unfortunately I don't have skills to offer in exchange for Bitcoins either but yeah that is really a nice idea. But I think you should use LN supported wallets or Segwit to lower fees. I can see merchants here in my country specially in Bitcoin Island that accepts BTC but it's on restos, grocery stores and lodging inn's if I am not mistaken never seen repair shops accepting it as of the moment. And yeah they are using LN supported wallets for transactions.

good work with a 5% discount can make your customers enthusiastic about shopping, it's a good idea and can be imitated when bank fees are getting higher and are not friendly to our business,
I suggest trying with a newer BTC address using a Segwit address like other friends have suggested, I think it will save more on shipping costs

Of course you have given 5 percent discount for this 5% dress count all customers will be attracted to purchase these products. However, in this digital age, accepting payments through digital methods through Bitcoin is completely different, so today's customers will come to buy your store's products the most. But I really like these different ideas of yours and you will surely get great success in the future.

This is really good initiative made by a shop owner especially for giving 5% discount for all bitcoin user which could really convince them to go to your shop since aside that they can transact using bitcoin there's also a discount waiting for them and that can help them save money compare if they pay the regular currency that they are using. Hoping if there would be a lot of people will transact using bitcoin in your place since that means there's a lot of people using it and the industry is so alive in your city.

Hopefully we can see a lot merchant accepting bitcoin as payment since for sure this will add up for the strength of bitcoin and can trigger government to adopt since the merchants is already doing some good action towards creating alternative means of payment to people which is working so well in their places.

It's nice to hear this, but I'm curious which country are you in? I am quite envious of you because you can trade freely with Crypto or Bitcoin. Surely you know, the rules regarding transactions are allowed in your country. Because it is possible that you can get punished by your decision to accept payments using crypto or Bitcoin. It seems that you are also inadvertently curious about the new payment model you accept.

So they started asking questions and would probably study seriously. So it seems that you have become part of the Bitcoin promotion team. Sadly, this situation will not happen in my country because Crypto or Bitcoin is only allowed as a commodity asset. There is a severe punishment that must be received when I violate and are known by the government. So the use of crypto or Bitcoin has not been able to be used for car repairs until now.

This singular act tells me two things, the government banking policies are making people think of alternatives. Secondly, Bitcoin is the perfect alternative and people are showing greater interest in it. And this interests shows that they are receptive to learning about Bitcoin. If you get more than five people per week asking about Bitcoin and what it is about, you could hold a session for them where you answer their questions or rather print out copies of educational resources on Bitcoin that is adapted to fit your local community.

This is exactly what I have said more than once: in order to attract buyers to pay for goods and services in the real sector in bitcoin, it is necessary to attract them with discounts.

Make a discount a little more and BTC-transactions will definitely appear, because for those who don't yet have bitcoin, will need to buy this (minus the exchange commission). Therefore, the 5% discount should be after deducting all conversion and transaction costs on the btc-network.

Even taking into account the discounts provided, you will still make a profit (because you get an asset that is growing in price, and don't store money affected by inflation), and besides, you attract other people to use bitcoin (and advertise), which is already worthy of praise.

Btw.
You'd better replace the poster (it looks artisanal and low quality).
It is better to frame it, choose the appropriate font size and color (yellow is a bad choice).

Well, I would say that its a pretty good one, I mean 5% was actually great in my opinion encouraging people to actually pay in Bitcoin, If I have smooth wallet that I could use and low fees 5% is actually going to be a good deal in my opinion and I would definitely do it.

You just need to Remember that Bitcoin is a risky investment so if you are going to do this, it might have some effect on your business overall since it might affect the cash flow of your business, but I guess there was nothing to actually worry about here since your selling services and not all of your customers are paying Bitcoin, you just need to make sure that you know what you are doing, Bitcoin is going to be a risky investment so all of the people that is paying in Bitcoin your gonna need to hold all of that and hold for long term.

Still, it's going to be a good thing to promote Bitcoin in your community and could help with the adaptation.

this is a very innovative idea that will make your business stand out from most of the people around you. Most youth that already have the knowledge of Bitcoin in your locality will want to patronize you and with time if Bitcoin eventually becomes very popular in your locality, you've played a huge role in making that happen and have successfully written your name in the sands of time. The only issue with this kind of idea is that the items you're selling isn't all that expensive and might cost nothing much that's even up to $100 in most cases which if we put the fees into consideration might not help those buying in smaller quantity to factor the fees into play.

The number of customers you will get will depend more on how many people in your neighborhood  already know about Bitcoin and as well have chunk of Bitcoin in Thier wallet which they will be willing to use in making purchase. Most persons that are buying there Bitcoin for the long term wouldn't want to give it out for the purpose of making purchase since there interest would be to keep holding unto thier Bitcoin for the long term. But in terms of contributing your quarter to increase the advancements in Bitcoin adoption, this is definitely the right step in the right direction.

How do car repairs cost? On average they aren’t that big especially if it’s just minor changes and does not require a whole new change of parts. So I really doubt if many would be keen on paying through bitcoin with very expensive transaction fees if they are just going to be paying a few amount anyway.
I also think that it can be useful to attract more customers. I’ve noticed that bitcoin enthusiasts tend to hype up and accept all kinds of promotion of bitcoin in the general public. This alone will have people talking and through this you are already gaining attention to your business.

OP. It's a good application because there are many benefits for you and your business.
I can't do that in my business because we are prohibited from using Bitcoin as a means of payment.

Good anticipation to remind OP that they could do that when we don't know about it so that when consumers pay using Bitcoin it no longer goes into our wallets as business owners.
This anticipation must be taken into account because the QR code is placed in an open place.

It's lovely that the op offers not just an option to pay in BTC, but also a discount to encourage such payments. Car repairs often cost a significant amount of money, so Bitcoin transaction fees shouldn't be an issue (although I see that some disagree with that in the thread). It does depend on a country and prices there, as around $2 can be significant money in some places. Also, accepting Bitcoin as payment isn't allowed everywhere, so that also depends on a country.

The fact that many people are curious and interested about bitcoin payment means many people will actually use it and avail of it, and because the news could spread, for sure those interested will speak it to others that they know, and thats when your shop will be swarming with customers that could pay using bitcoin. Maybe now there are no transactions made with bitcoin, but for sure it will eventually happen, and when things become better, you as an owner could hold those bitcoins and maybe catch a good movement in bitcoin price, which means you may earn more because of your assets. 
 
But of course, as a little reminder, you should be aware of the downsides or possible problems when it comes to BitCiin transactions, such as the high transaction fees and sometimes congested network, so you should be ready for that and have a solution or alternative to that so that the customer will not be a hassle and the business will go smoothly.

Until now, I also think that when I have a shop, I might receive bitcoin as an alternative payment, and as a long -term investment for me. Unfortunately, in my country, this is not allowed, because the only legal exchange tool is a local currency, and if it is violated, there will be legal consequences. However, it is a pretty good step, so people have an interest in alternative payments, and may use bitcoin as the initial goal is made.

That's a very interesting thing to know that people are becoming very flexible with Bitcoins payments and usage all over the world. Some years ago people were taking Bitcoin very negatively especially the big business owners and investors.

But now people are becoming more flexible to Bitcoin because of the increase in popularity and usage over time. So it's now time to make things positive with BTC.

Adding bitcoin as a payment method for the store is encouraging as it will help bitcoin become more popular. But I have to agree with you that the OP is somewhat dishonest in saying that bank fees are high and cheaper than bitcoin's transaction fees.

I don't know what country he's from, but in my country, transferring money using a banking app has almost no fees, let alone higher bank fees than bitcoin.

Second, he said that bitcoin payments have received a lot of attention but no transactions have been made yet. It seems like people just find it strange that his store accepts bitcoin payments, but no one wants to use bitcoin to pay. More time is needed to assess the real impact of this.

Well, that's not the point, the question is using bitcoin, it's up to each person to determine their individual situation, those trivialities that they mention exist, but they don't have to be general cases but specific ones.

In any case, that address may be the hook and every time an interested party pays you, you change the address, who knows.

The issue here is the message, pay or receive bitcoin. Let the options exist and the individual decides.

Its a very good innovation and one that will also help you easy some hassle around payments especially when the regular banks are messy on certain days, you are definitely going to be a best bet for car fix because they can be sure you always do have system of payment that helps them go through with the hassle of banking hitches but then your challenge is going to lay with who bears the charges for gas fee on the block chain as they transfer bitcoin to your wallet to make payments and also time of confirmation , except you will be using the block chair site to making your confirmations.

Due to the tact that some persons may not be to knowledgeable about bitcoin and may not be able to properly explore the bitcoin payment option, it will be much more better to allow them still use the regular payment system such as with fait, bank and probably other regular payment systems available within your region and jurisdiction, bitcoin payment is actually a very innovative way of making payment but then a single mistake could cause total loss of funds and you not been able to recover such funds so extreme care and caution should be applied when trying to explore such payment system.

Smart move. Accepting bitcoin payments as an alternative to PDR repair shops is a very nice move. Since this is a unique method, many people may be interested in paying in this method. You shared link to a post explaining to students about Bitcoin in the classroom by writing on the white board which I found most wonderful. I had the same attempt as you but I don't want to teach them about Bitcoin right now because the people I teach are young maybe in a year or two I will teach them about Bitcoin.

OP should explain exactly how people will pay with bitcoins after your PDR repair shop accepts bitcoins so that they can pay bitcoins easily. Because many people are still ignorant about bitcoin and how to trade bitcoin. However, paying bitcoins to the wallet you use to accept bitcoin payments requires a lot of fees. So if you use LN instead of that wallet then customers can make bitcoin payments with lower fees. It is your consideration.

I think it is always a case of curiosity killed the cat, and am sure you do enjoy the position and status that comes with having crypto currency and Bitcoin knowledge I'm general as well as how to properly receive and store coins and make them secure in a wallet.
You are more or less an ambassador of Bitcoin and I know that with time, more of these interested customers would get to actually perform their payment transaction in Bitcoin, just as you have stated.

The more we we are making use of bitcoin in our daily business transactions the more this helps the network go more bigger and the governments will have no more objections in going against the use of bitcoin, this could also be a menas to ensure they also have another contrary opinion from the one they used to, concerning bitcoin adoption a d use as a legal means of payment and for for fraudulent activities ad they have always assumed, we need to take bitcoin down to our various local levels, whereby people around us could got served with reasons why they should also join in bitcoin adoption.

It's a great idea , paying with crypto will be a lot sweet, if the customers are into crypto. But for customer who are first timer, they may find it difficult to use it even when they are introduced to it.
What would have seek good is that if the seller also have a place where he can buy with crypto, this circle will help users to fill comfortable while using their crypto without any thought of converting to fiat.

That been said, the issue of volatility has to be put in consideration, knowing that the value can change and that may affect your spending st the moment.

Bank transaction fees are never higher than Bitcoin. Bitcoin transaction fees are still high. It doesn't matter you are accepting payment in bitcoin for your repair center it is a modern payment medium it is appreciated.  In this case a customer will get multiple payment options to make payment to your repair center. Maybe more customers will be interested in receiving your services. Keep it up mate its a good initiative.

Bitcoin transactions can be quite exciting especially for a crypto newbie and a lot of persons love to try it out however unfortunately it could be possible in some cases while also impossible in some other cases. There are a lot of factors that have to Fall in place to be able to conveniently make Bitcoin transactions easily. I believe the most important of these factors is the state of legality of Bitcoin or other crypto transactions in that country.

In countries where Bitcoin is a legal tender, you can easily find shops and businesses that accept Bitcoin as a form of payment. However the reverse is the case in countries where crypto currencies are viewed as illegal. Sometimes making purchase with Bitcoin transaction also depends on the commodity in question as sometimes it can appear uneconomical for goods or services with relatively lower prices.

This is the first time I see someone taking payment in Bitcoin for his car repair center.  I am very much interested in paying in bitcoin but unfortunately bitcoin is still illegal in my country so there is no possibility to accept or provide any service in bitcoin here.  In my country anyone who publicly uses Bitcoin or invests in Bitcoin is subject to legal action. those who can directly buy something with bitcoins or receive services or provide services with bitcoins are very lucky indeed. I want to be like them but my religion makes me stay away from them.

Why only limit this to car repairs and some grocery payments on any service or product if there's an additional discount I would love to pay with Bitcoin but considering the market situation only, I would recommend that they only support the Bitcoin network, and transection fees are too high. Sometimes such discounts encourage people to get regular interest in Bitcoin. In this style if you are familiar with the crypto market especially with Bitcoin it can be turning point for your financial lifecycle.

That's great. 
This will definitely promote the use of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in your area and even if it's not a lot, it will surely help increase the adoption a little bit. Some people might even start researching Bitcoin and start using it if they see they are getting discounts everywhere for paying with Bitcoin and this can further increase the adoption in your city.

To have no loss in your business, I would suggest that you keep converting the assets you receive in stable coin right after you receive them because the market is usually volatile and you may lose some money if you don't do it on time and the price drops unless you are willing to hold them for long term.

I think that it's a great idea. Don't be discouraged if people won't choose this option and keep the sign. Eventually some bitcoiners will come your way and maybe even donate to support your business.

With bitcoin payments it's like this: 90% of your clients won't notice or won't care., 9% will ask about it and never do anything, 1% will pay you in bitcoin, but that 1% is so satisfying. Many of these people want to share their interests. They will not only pay you using bitcoin, but will invite you to meetups, maybe offer to promote your business. Small steps my man.

Nice ideas,

Your offer with 5% discount when making payment transaction trough bitcoin will make many people interested with this kinds of payment but you must use segwit wallet how to make transaction fees lower. Actually your ideas is fantastic with accepted bitcoin as payment transaction for car repairs because directly you have promote to your costumer using bitcoin as digital payment currency transaction. Get offering with bigger discount will make them interested by using bitcoin as payment way but you need guide them how to make transaction with bitcoin and better with the same network of sending bitcoin will make lower fees for transaction.

You can accept payment directly trough exchange of bitcoin wallet with internal sending and not paying fees yet because every time of bitcoin transaction taking around $2 until 10$ for paying fees depend on network.

I suggest not having your address just printed out and pasted on the wall like this. Instead, why don’t you prepare a card or a signage that has the qr code but you will only take it out once the customer is paying. It’s very easy to remove your paper and paste it with something else. You can also laminate the card I am talking about so it’s not just a paper.

Not sure where you live but in the US car repairs ARE expensive. eg, new tires for my Jeep -$800, brake job including a rotor & caliper replacement - $450, radiator replacement - $650, etc.

Considering MasterCard/Visa typically charge between 3-5%, the BTC fees are tiny.

Wouldn't you get in trouble if you try and avoid the high fees with bitcoin? I'm sure that wherever you're from, the fees are big because they know that they've got the capability to get back at you if you don't pay your due diligence when it comes to your taxes in your businesses. Really cool initiative but as @mocacinno has said, create an address that's got a SegWit address, maybe consider Electrum Wallet as the best one for you, you also might want to teach your clients how to use an exchange and then they can pay you there, they might find that one much easier because of how beginner friendly most exchanges are, that way, it becomes a convenience to them and not a nuisance.

I bet they become interested because of the discount :) But yeah, the main thing is you get their interest. I also suggest to use bech32 address (native segwit) instead of the legacy one for so many reasons like having smaller transaction fees when you try to transfer your coins from that address. Also, adding lightning for lesser fees for your customers to consider is good.

How I wish that I am near you so that we can have small talks and knowing that my car repairman is another Bitcoin enthusiasts, I'd love to support businesses like this.

I agree, it might not be easy to stumble upon one real BTC enthusiast and also a customer for him. But the time will come that curious cats are going to ask him about that and how they can enjoy that 5% discount with BTC payment. I guess OP is in a win-win here, he gets to adopt and introduce Bitcoin for the others and that 5% will easily be covered up for his margin when the market goes up and it's a proper timing now. That is because we're going to see Bitcoin hitting new highs after highs due to the bull run. Keep it up OP and never remove that sign and I hope that you make another one that can't easily be destroyed by water and other elements.

I think is high time the all world start using bitcoin for payment everywhere because bank charges is too much everywhere imagine my bank charges me 5 percent of the money I want to transfer

The conversations about bitcoin is probably enough because that means that words will spread regarding bitcoin and in turn would also give business to OP because people will be interested especially if the word spreads around the people that are already into bitcoin, it's definitely a win no matter what angle you see it for the business of OP, the only problem that I can see is if the government tries to snoop on things at the shop, it's a possibility that they might ask for tax related stuff given that their archaic stereotyping of bitcoin that you might be using bitcoin to evade your taxes.

What a creative and stress free way of promoting Bitcoin. This will definitely raise the curiosity and eagerness from your customers to know what this new payment method entails. And the 5% discount offer sounds totally attractive, as no one would want to avoid that as there is something to benefit from. Good job  8).

With all those who shows interest yet they are not Bitcoin users nor even know what is bitcoin and how it works.
though this is a good sign that people might give you a chance receiving bitcoin as payment but remember to
keep yourself safe from abuser and bad elements because exposing yourself as bitcoin users may lure them to hunt you.
Actually with Bitcoin having Higher transaction fees , am not sure if this will really attract them using this
coin but for sure will be better if there are some alts also to be taken for consideration(of course just an option
when the fee is so high for bitcoin and keep BTC as priority)

It's good for Bitcoin adoption where more stores, services accept payments in bitcoin.

The given 5% discount if customers pay in bitcoin means the car repairing center owner will have to accept 5% loss of income. I don't know how profitable the owner can get with this service but 5% means a lot. The business entrepreneur has to hold bitcoins received from customers for a while to see price grows up 5% or more to cover this discounts on customers.

5% cut from business revenue can be small for big business but with small business, it can be big problem for the business operation.

That's very good friend, this poster will make your customers start to wonder what Bitcoin is and all its advantages that make you willing to accept payments in the form of Bitcoin. This method is very effective in introducing Bitcoin to other people. You must also be ready to guide customers who want to learn more about Bitcoin. When some of your customers and friends want to learn directly about Bitcoin, you can schedule meetings such as seminars of at least 1 or 2 hours at a time to change their point of view on Bitcoin and increase their knowledge starting from how to get Bitcoin to storing it in a safe place.

They can rebut with that and say that there will be moments that the transaction fees are also high af.

But no worries with that, for small transactions LN should be implemented and everyone is free to use whether LN or bitcoin's blockchain itself for the fees.

A 5% per transaction or even less than that, when you do it in high volumes they're really outrageous to be honest.

@OP congrats and good luck to your garage workshop business. And PDR means paintless dent repair, just saying for those who don't know about that.

A good idea but if the reason for the high bank fees at your PDR workshop is probably you who knows. I see that the option you are offering is a choice option and of course those who already know BTC will be very happy, but if you don't yet, definitely stick with the traditional one.

In general, if it doesn't conflict with existing regulations in your place, I think it's not a problem because it will be binding if it's not implemented, especially if your place of business is already developed, it will also attract attention later in terms of the payment patterns you apply.

You have a point here, but considering the fact that most of the customers might be new to it, then they won't really want to dictate about the high tx fees. Those who have stayed longer within the crypto space usually consider factors like this.

Wow its a welcome development, I believe your country don't have restrictions on bitcoin otherwise you wouldn't  have done this. But any way I appreciate your effort in making bitcoin popular in your country, it is another way of making people to know more about bitcoin and from there they would also know that bitcoin is not only for transaction as most people may feel, but will know the importance of Bitcoin investment and HODLing it for longer period of time due to its volatility and also a great store of value. The only problem there is that bitcoin transaction fee is very high for minimum or lesser  transaction.

actually what you are talking si about bank payment but what about if using cash comparing to your option? there is no extra charge and since OP's community and costumers seems to be not that knowledgeable about bitcoin and cryptocurrencies?
am sure they are going to consider having cash when they found out about the congestion that mostly our issues about bitcoin users  in which we need to pay  fees, i remember one time need to send 20 dollars and the fee charging me 18 dollars lol.

We have a local tyre repair & fitment centre that also tried this, because they wanted to test if Bitcoin payments were viable and if people would use it.

I was one of their first customers that paid with Bitcoin and it took ages to confirm. I suggested to them to use the Bitcoin Lightning Network, but it was still in it's early stages of implementation... so not a lot of people used it, after they implemented that.

In the end they used third party Payment processors to get people to pay with Bitcoin, which is not the correct way to implement "Bitcoin" payments.  ::)

What can I say? Great move! Thank you for participating in Bitcoin adoption, @re-start!

The transaction fees are high these days, but they won't stay like this forever. So, in the future you will have more people willing pay in Bitcoin in your PDR shop. Also, you are introducing people to BTC, and, I think, they will thank you later for that alone. The more people act like you, the better it is for the whole world.

This is great OP, I was amazed when I saw it, and I imagine how customers will be happy to pay with bitcoin due to the 5% discount price if you make payment with bitcoin. I know that if the blockchain is congested, it is going to discourage customers, so by that time you should advice them to pay with fiat because of delay in confirmation of transactions and high fee, just like now. This could also be a medium whereby you can educate some of your customers that don't know what bitcoin is, the basic knowledge of bitcoin.

That's right, car repair and maintenance costs are not small. I'm not from the US but I wonder why you don't use a bank account to pay, why do you use MasterCard/Visa in this case? How much are bank fees in the US? Are they higher than bitcoin transaction fees for domestic transactions? Because in my country, paying by card/online bank account is almost completely free if we use it to pay for domestic transactions. And I bet many other countries are similar, so saying that bank transaction fees are higher than bitcoin transaction fees really makes me skeptical.

OP making bitcoin a payment method in his auto repair shop is encouraging because it helps the popularity of bitcoin but we don't need to make the excuse that it has cheaper transaction fees than with banks. That just makes the story less interesting.

Wow, cool. You added bitcoin payments to your business is a great choice. I'm sure there will be many people interested and surely one day there will be people who use bitcoin payments in your business. Maybe my advice is to update the prices regularly and always consider converting some or all of the bitcoins you receive into fiat currency. This is to reduce the risk because the bitcoin value fluctuations are quite high. Hopefully your business will continue to run and you can get many customers, especially those who pay with bitcoin ;)

That is a very good one to introduce Bitcoin as a means of payment in a private business as stated, hence the people that patronizing your workshop are interesting in Bitcoin as a means of payment is good, but it requires adequate knowledge of Bitcoin on how it fluctuate in the cryptocurrency market, because Bitcoin price is not a stable coin where the price keep increasing or decreasing to avoid feeling cheated after or before payment.

I just went through your post history, and I noticed you haven’t posted on any local boards before. Seriously, I will really appreciate it if you can just tell us the country you are from. Seriously, you have really done well. Even though no one has yet paid with bitcoin, at least you are already spreading awareness. Some people who don’t know about bitcoin will ask you questions if they see you accepting it as a payment method, and you will be able to enlighten them more. Since nobody has made payment yet, don’t be discouraged, and don’t force anyone to make payment with bitcoin.

If we are talking about high fee for transaction then but has one of the highest fee because I don't think the bank would be allowed to remove high fee that could be more than $5 from just transaction. Since you have choose to run it with the option of Bitcoin transaction for anyone that is ready to pay for your services through Bitcoin, that's a good move and it makes sense towards the adoption of Bitcoin. This could make more people see a good reason why they ought to invest in cryptocurrency. There are people that are still skeptical about Bitcoin investment and it's not bad when they see service like yours being confidence to invest in Bitcoin

You have come up with a great idea, and that may really ease transactions for those Bitcoin lovers who are ready to spend their Bitcoin. Additionally, this will create awareness about Bitcoin. You have done well. From your notice poster, I believe a lot of people who are not aware of Bitcoin will get to know about it. Many people just hear about Bitcoin but never know what it is mainly for; some people don't even know you can buy things with Bitcoin. It will be really good when we start seeing more shops that accept Bitcoin so that more people will start spending their coins instead of converting them to fiat currency.

And you are accepting bitcoin in your business? When your customer don't even know bitcoin. The story looks frame up. Though I am not against you accepting bitcoin but your content is contradicting. In business we only present those things the public need and the currency but if you are accepting bitcoin in your business then you must know some people around your area that are into cryptocurrency business and your are there to help make things foe them to pay from bitcoin. And we have to consider the transaction fee.

Accepting bitcoin is also depends on the country because not all countries accept bitcoin so we do bitcoin transaction secretly. And from the content or images you look like Indian and if your are from Indian then I believe India is not a cryptocurrency friendly country. Therefore you can't accept bitcoin publicly. And place a banner at the front of the shop.

Yeah it's good for a bitcoiner to accept bitcoin in his or her private business but it's good for the person who's willing to pay with Bitcoin to have a good knowledge on how to send Bitcoin so that he or she won't sent to a wrong address. For a private business owner to accept Bitcoin in his business it means that the person knows the importance of crypto currency and he also wants to spread the adoption of Bitcoin in his locality, there is no hidden transaction in Bitcoin because everything transactions with Bitcoin is transparent.

Well, this is a good step, bro. Bitcoin is a volatile asset, and if you continue accepting it and holding some without spending all, you will definitely stack up a huge fraction before you know it and you will get profit from it. Before I started accepting Bitcoin payments in my furniture shop, it was an idea I saw on this forum, so I decided to apply it to my business too. After printing the notice and displaying it in my shop front, I started getting customers who requested to pay in Bitcoin and other altcoins. When I created the topic on this forum, I got some helpful ideas from some members here, and I would not say much but will ask you to read the comments of others on my topic (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5425961.msg61400602#msg61400602) too. 

How big fees does your bank charge that motivates you to accept Bitcoin payments with a 5% discount? I appreciate you and every store offering any discount for Bitcoin payments.

The medal has two sides, think about this differently. This user accepts Bitcoin payments while almost none of his clients know about it but at the same time, he says that customers ask him how to pay with Bitcoin. Think about the psychological effect, he got into their mind in one way or another. When they see Bitcoin logo or hear Bitcoin word somewhere, the first thing that will come to their mind will be this user's PDR repair shop. Isn't this a great marketing? He got into their head and also does a good job for Bitcoin.

This is great to see. I love whenever someone whom owns a business on here comes forward ands shows how they are starting to accept bitcoin as payment.  I was able to help /convince my dog groomer to do the same thing.  It's so much easier I feel like than a lot of them ( business owners) ever realized.  I am all for using bitcoin as a means of payment, using it for it's initial / traditional reason.  Keep up the good work OP!

It would be a great move for sure.

That is something to be appreciated, good job! with what you do, it will make your customers curious about what Bitcoin is and that will indirectly introduce Bitcoin to them. But just a question, what are the Bitcoin regulations in your country, is it allowed to pay using Bitcoin? because in my country, people are only allowed to trade Bitcoin, but when it comes to payment they have to pay with fiat and cannot replace it with Bitcoin. You need to understand this, because even though it is a good thing to campaign for Bitcoin in your business, you also need to think about using it in your business, don't let it become a problem for you later.

OP that's great, you accept payment in bitcoin in your store. Maybe Bitcoin is legal in your country so you decided to accept payments in Bitcoin at your store. But there are other countries where Bitcoin is illegal so they cannot buy and sell anything through Bitcoin. Bitcoin is illegal in my country so we have to use Bitcoin with privacy. If law people in our country know that I have Bitcoin then I will face legal punishment. You will use a good wallet to accept bitcoins in your store. Hope you get success from business. Best wishes to you.

That's great that you mentioned using segwit addresses. I also plan to accept other altcoins to give my customers more options. I will update this poster soon and add a segwit address and doge or tron address too.

In my country, even some stores accept Bitcoin, and I don't think there is a legal problem. I hope that the government will not create a new law for this in the future. If there is any issue, I will be completely satisfied because until today, I have invited about 80 people to join our big family, and I am completely happy. Thank you for your kind words ;).

It is a very good idea to promote your business and give Bitcoin awareness to people who are yet to know about it. The most interesting part is that some of your customers already like using Bitcoin and I am very sure that the other customers who are yet to know what Bitcoin is will get to know through your shop poster.
How can you cope with the transactions fee?
Don't you think that some customers will avoid network congestion and gas fees by sending you fiat instead of bitcoin?

It seems to me that at the moment very few people who own Bitcoin will want to use it now as a means of payment. If you buy an expensive product, then this is a different matter, but pay for services or something like that, it seems to me waste of an asset. Especially when Bitcoin has not yet reached its maximum price.

Hi OP, I really salute you, you are definitely the only paint shop that accepts payments via Bitcoin in your city or even your country, but what I still have a question about is whether it is not a problem in your country to accept payments using Bitcoin? in my country you are not allowed to accept payments via bitcoin because only local fiat is recognized and required, but with Binance Pay or other pay applications, paying with bitcoin and crypto is very safe and easy.

@re-start
If I were to accept Bitcoin payments in my brick-and-mortar shop, I would create a vanity address to add my personal touch to the address in question.
^{- BTW, you might want to consider adding a note to the footer area of the printed paper to mention how network congestion can impact transaction fees.}

My friends dad has a large stake in a restaurant called "The Bite Eatery".  It's not doing so good business wise, so I told my friend to tell his dad:

-Implement a program called "Bite with bitcoin!"
-Let customers pay for their food in bitcoin.
-Reward customers for doing so, somehow.  (like you did with the 5% disc)

He would be a freaking pioneer if he did that, because where I live in the U.S. we don't see much stuff like that and it's a shame!

It's so nice to see you implementing bitcoin into your business the way you did.  Amazing job, and I love the QR code paper!   :D

Hmm, pretty interesting mate!
Believe me, it feels great when someone does such a new anticipated work related to Bitcoin. OP, I really appreciate your work, but there is one thing in my mind that because of the high fee, no one will pay attention to the small transaction, so according to my opinion, if you used BTC SegWit instead of BTC Legacy so it would be nice. Thus, if your business is big, then if you increase the discount from 5%, there is hope that many customers will be attracted to your shop. Whether they know about Bitcion or not, but when they hear that there is a % discount, they will definitely take interest and maybe in the future they will be able to do research on Bitcion and become your regular customer as well as a Bitcoin enthusiast.
 
Beside, let me focus a little bit in such a way that, as @mk4 said to check the QR code with time, my opinion is that you should enclose this QR code in a good frame and if at a little expense, print it on a glass/plastic sheet, so that no one will be able to change your QR code easily.

I'm also thinking about it. Maybe the fees for the bank payment in his country is very high, that's why they are seeking for the alternatives.
The problem is that in my country, bank fees for payments if you have different banks then you will only be charged around $0.5. Meanwhile, if it is a fellow bank, it will be free. And even now there are many gateways to bridge users between banks so that the costs are very small and it is very successful and easy to do, and the transaction also runs quickly. Meanwhile for the use of Bitcoin, it seems it is still above that. That's why at the moment, in some cases, the use of Bitcoin is still low in interest because it is related to fees and transaction times.

However, in my country it is actually not possible to make payments with Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies, it is considered illegal and restricted. So, yes, it will indeed be difficult to implement payments with crypto, unless it is done secretly and there is a special agreement.

I think you are forgetting a specific type of people which are the unbanked. Not only people are avoiding high bank fees but just banks in general. So giving out an option to pay in crypto and not only through bank payments is a smart move in my opinion.
Doing it secretly will be very risky and I don’t even want to imagine the consequences you can face from trying to using crypto even though it is illegal in your country.

If I had a lot of bitcoins, I think it would be fine, but I only have a few bitcoins at the moment, so it's not practical in these times in my situation because we are currently in a bull run and also facing OP. Maybe that's okay if we're in a bear market.

But if you have a lot of customers who want to try to pay with Bitcoin, that's in your favor because right now we can say that the price value of bitcoin has dropped a little bit. Don't always sell it; instead, hold it long-term.

There are ways we can make it easy for our customers to send us Bitcoin if we are accepting it for our businesses without making a mistake. They can scan our address from barcode that we paste around our office. When we scan we are not copying and pasting the address that will make us to make mistakes. Scanning is the best way to get an address but we have to be careful too because scammers can replace the business address with their own address without our knowledge. I have not use Bitcoin to repair my car before because I do not have a car and I do not think we have such service available in my country yet but when it gets available and I have gotten my first car, I I'll not mind using it because I love spending Bitcoin like other currency.

I applaud the OP decision to be accepting Bitcoin in his shop, the initiative will help to increase the awareness and adoption of Bitcoin, the more people that sees the signboard that has not known that Bitcoin is a decentralized digital cash will be curious to understand how it works. Although you should not feel discouraged if you don't get a lot of customers that are willing to be paying you in Bitcoin, because people are not used to it yet, almost every adult has atleast one bank account but it is few people that have crypto wallets, not to talk of holding Bitcoin. We have a couple of factors that will make Bitcoin payments not to be common or popular, many people hodl Bitcoin for investment not for payment purposes, and they can accept it but not spend it. Another reason is that fiat transactions are more convenient, especially in countries where transfer charges are very cheap, whereas Bitcoin transaction fees is higher. Businesses that wants to go ahead to accept Bitcoin, should do so because there are people who will still be willing to pay with it.

Good for you for supporting bitcoin! As others have mentioned, I would definitely get rid of that old legacy address and add a native segwit address instead.
I don't know how much knowledge about bitcoin you have, but make sure you don't get a fraudster trying to trick you with a double-spending attempt. At the same time, it's difficult and unpleasant to ask your customers to wait before a BTC transaction is confirmed. As we know, this can take anywhere from a minute to hours and doesn't always depend on the fees. How were you planning to deal with that?   

Adding additional altcoins is a good idea, but I wouldn't suggest you start with tron. It's not really that popular of an alternative. Doge is ok. Try to add ether and perhaps a stablecoin like tether and DAI.

This is now good news in my country. I rarely see a store accepting Bitcoin as their payment. Most likely, they prefer cash because they know how Bitcoin works; I am just wondering what kind of wallet they are using or if you will use it with the Electrum app. Well, if they adopt more coins like the low transaction fee coins, it's more convenient to them and attract other people who support the use of crypto that they want to experience and try this service.

but eventually they will realized that they are paying lot for the fee compared to how much the banks are putting into it?
while the crypto users will understand this fact and also there is nothing wrong adding altcoins as options right?
because each of us are also having diversified folio and not just purely bitcoin.
But I love the concept that you are accepting or planning to accept bitcoin (and maybe altcoins as well) so good luck
mate because this business of skills are normally not affected of fluctuations .

What is the bank fee in your country because in our country it is 100% free, we don't even have any additional account maintenance cost per month/year. Meanwhile, bitcoin's current lowest transaction fee is a few dollars per transaction.

How will you own bitcoin if you don't have cash or a bank account because bitcoin is not given for free. Whoever wants to own it must first have money.


But even if bitcoin was legal in your country, would you really use it for everyday payments to replace fiat currency? Not just for car repairs, do you use bitcoin to buy a loaf of bread or a cup of coffee and are you willing to pay a few extra dollars per transaction when a cup of coffee doesn't even cost $1? A lot of people say they will use bitcoin as an alternative to fiat if the government legalizes bitcoin but I seriously doubt that.

If Bitcoin is not being fight against in your region and there are more people that knows about Bitcoin in your region, you will surely have rich guy customers that will pay with
 Bitcoin to get their car fixed. Customers love to get discount and from the discount you have agreed to offer the people that will pay in Bitcoin, you will surely have them coming. Some people that are not even familiar with Bitcoin will buy Bitcoin so that they can pay you with it for the sake of the 5% discount. Keep it up @OP, kudos.

I'm proud and happy to see that your shop accepts payments for car repairs with Bitcoin, for me it's a genius idea and worth emulating for many other car dealers, I can only hope that in my area there are car parts dealers who think like you.

Unfortunately, in my area, no one pays for car repairs with Bitcoin, even though almost everyone knows about Bitcoin, whether you still lack confidence or are afraid, maybe I can give an example of this topic to those who have a car repair shop to carry out an idea like this.

Having more payment options certainly allows customers to choose what suits them best - but the main idea is to "accept payments in bitcoin". Many customers may be happy with low-fee or free transaction - so businesses can get around this by using things like using LN or Binance Pay.

This really depends on the bitcoin regulations in your country. Adoption of bitcoin as a legal tender is still difficult to achieve in many Asian countries - so perhaps that is the reason why no shops are willing to accept bitcoin as a means of payment.

I have a friend who owns a cake and bakery shop and he also promotes Bitcoin as an alternative means of payment to traditional or fiat payments, and after a few months not a single user uses Bitcoin as a means of payment even though everyone knows Bitcoin.
And most of their reasons are that Bitcoin is not cheaper or faster than traditional payment methods, it takes a few minutes longer than fiat to complete a transaction and there are fees too.
And using traditional payments or debit cards is faster than Bitcoin, payments may only take a few seconds and there are no fees.

Maybe that's one of the reasons, apart from that there are still many people who only know about it but are not involved and maybe there are many other reasons.

Congratulations Op, you've made a right step by accepting Bitcoin as a method of payment in your store.The 5% discount will also make customers to adopt the payment method and also create awareness to those customer that doesn't know Bitcoin can also be used as a payment method.Countries that are against Bitcoin,finds it as an illegal method of payment,so it's users remain anonymous while countries that are Bitcoin friendly accept it as a legal method of payment in shops, malls and so on without any form of restrictions.Now you've started accepting bitcoin as a method of payment it's your role to secure your coin safely by storing it in a hardware wallet or any reputable software wallet and not in centralized exchanges.

I before many people has been paying bills with Bitcoin and they have a strategies they apply to make sure that they pay their bills with Bitcoin, I could remember before now that someone bought a pizza with Bitcoin and that has been a remarkable thing till today, so from my own perspective I know that through binance and other means you can make payment with bitcoin....in some countries people have not establish the method of paying bills with Bitcoin and that will make some people will fail to reason that their is option of making payment with such currency, what I want us to understand is that its threat of government that make people not to think of making payment with bitcoin as I stated earlier.

Even if it was in the bear market, I am sure your excuse will be that you want to hold the little bitcoin you have ahead of the bull run. Seriously, the bull run shouldn’t stop you from spending your bitcoin if you really want to spend it. I am not holding much bitcoin either, but if I have the opportunity to make payments with the bitcoin that I have, then I will do it. I have been wanting to make purchases with bitcoin, but I haven’t seen any store that accept bitcoin in my country. Everyone is just scared because of the ban the central bank places on accounts with crypto transaction histories, so everyone is just scared because they don’t want anything that will affect their business.
 
Maybe there are some businesses accepting bitcoin in my country, but I don’t know about them, and I am sure they will be doing that secretly. But the time will come when nobody will be scared to announce publicly that they are accepting bitcoin as a payment method in my country.

I think he already know that it is cheaper and more profitable to accept fiat. Maybe accepting Bitcoin is his own way of supporting and popularizing Bitcoin in his city. He further gave a 5% discount which a very good incentive and also shows he is ready to incur the loss just to achieve his aim which is making Bitcoin popular and enticing to people. Sacrifices such as this is highly appreciated because that is how we can make Bitcoin appealing to people as they use it in their everyday life.

Rich guys coming to your shop or rather OP's shop isn't a guarantee just because he's offering a 5% discount on repair if they pay in bitcoin, that's not how it works in this kind of setting. The people that would be talking about bitcoin with OP and will inquire about it will definitely be a thing in this situation and I think that's the best one for the whole community in my opinion, look at it this way, the more people are talking about bitcoin because of OP's innovation in his payment model, then there's more people that have the potential to invest in bitcoin, then the more we would see contributions of OP for the increase of demand in bitcoin.

Wow, you must be taking bitcoin really serious and I love your idea, from this you can even invest more in bitcoin with this strategy you don't need to stress with CEXs and DEXs, when trying to buy as customers will pay in BTC,  you can just move them to your cold wallet if you have one. And this is another opportunity that spreads bitcoin around just as your customers keeps asking you will have to share with them your knowledge.
You deserve some accolades. Well done mate.

Additionally, just as the first person said you have to switch to SegWit address to reduce fees, profit maximisation mindset..

That's great! by doing that, you will let other people know about cryptocurrency and that means that they will be having knowledge on how to have bitcoin as an investment and as a means of payment. I'm just curious, how about the transaction fee? Has anyone ever paid you with bitcoin? aren't they at a loss in the transaction fee? because most of us here, don't want to use bitcoin to pay for services because of the high transaction fee, they usually prefer cash or credit card.

Yes, I have made these posters to capture the attention of my customers, and don't want to coerce anyone into paying with Bitcoin. However, today I felt disheartened. One of my clients inquired about Bitcoin, and while I was explaining it, he asked, "Is this the hamster coin?" Despite Bitcoin being the father of all digital currencies, our community seems to be more acquainted with Hamstercoin.

I have many customers throughout the day, but most of them prefer traditional banking payment methods. (This is likely due to the fact that the average age of my customers is above 45.) However, I want to share every transaction my customers pay with Bitcoin here and hold it.

This is a nice introduction but I don't think I can ever make payments for goods or services to anyone with bitcoins. I am at that stage where I am struggling to accumulate bitcoins so I can get huge returns. In the case of huge transactions fees from traditional banks, bitcoin transactions fees are not lesser either. It is better I pay huge transactions fees with the traditional banks than lose coins I should be investing instead  to get returns. bitcoin is meant to be a means of payment originally but right now, I have seen an opportunity with bitcoins I don't want to lose. Maybe when I accumulate enough bitcoins, I'll start making payments with them.

This is awesome, great work.

As a recommendation could I suggest that you use an updated address, it will cost you less in fees. Also don't write out your address on paper, someone will probably make a typo and coins will be sent to the wrong address, you'll find yourself in a difficult situation. Use a QR code, and I would recommend laminating the paper, and only sharing it with people when they are actually ready to make the transfer. Otherwise you run the risk someone will print out their own QR code and put it over the top, I read an article about this back in the day where someone did the same thing at a coffee shop.

It's been almost a week since you accepted bitcoin for your car repair shop, are any of your customers using bitcoin to pay you? I think it's not just a matter of age, but your area may not have too many people who know and use bitcoin. Or according to some of the comments above, it could also be that many people are not willing to spend their bitcoins these days. People are focusing on accumulating as much bitcoin as possible rather than spending because everyone is looking forward to the upcoming bull season. No one wants to miss out on the opportunity to make more profits from bitcoin.

Yes, I can pay for car repairs with Bitcoin. Some restaurants are accepting Bitcoin payments, and being able to pay for my car repairs with Bitcoin is great.

I think it's the best decision you've made, of course it's really attractive that you've created a payment system with Bitcoin. This may be the first person in the PDR repair shop that you have created a bitcoin payment system, in my opinion. Of course, I think that if the customers like it, they will pay you with bitcoins in this new system, and I think that the bitcoins that you will get from here, it will definitely be a good high profit from here. Moreover, we know that nowadays banks or various payment systems require a lot of fees, which makes people reluctant to pay in them. But it is possible to make payment in Bitcoin very easily and at low cost, which will attract people here and people will pay in Bitcoin in a new way. Of course now with the digital world digital currencies are becoming more popular and because of your initiative many people will be introduced to this bitcoin, surely this is a happy moment for you.

The main reason is that the majority of the population there does not know how to use bitcoin for payments, so they ignore the bitcoin payment option but time will tell that they will consider using bitcoin for payments because of the lower transaction costs. However, the OP explained that some people are interested in paying using bitcoin with low fees and 5% discounts, I think some customers have switched to paying with bitcoin instead of paying conventional banks with higher transaction fees.

I salute the OP for providing bitcoin payment option services, we will support and appreciate you, I hope you are committed to providing the best solution to your customers for low cost and fast payment options using bitcoin

I think like you, and at the moment, I wouldn't want to use my bitcoins for daily expenses. I think a lot of people feel this way too. As I mentioned earlier, these posters are mostly for promotion, and my goal is to encourage more people to join the world of Bitcoin and digital currencies.

Yes, I'm the first person at the PDR repair shop who accepts Bitcoin for payment. This can also serve as an advertisement for my business. This new payment method will distinguish my store from others and attract new customers. It's a win-win situation for me  :D

Exactly what I was thinking because it will be very difficult convincing customers to pay with Bitcoin, though I love the idea but considering the fact that every transfer of Bitcoin normally involved fees so it will actually be difficult for people or rather customers to accept that mode of payment and also another barrier to could also possibly affect that method is that not all the customers would actually know what Bitcoin is all about and there is no way customers will accept a mode of payment they have no idea of because there countries Bitcoin is not generally accepted and perhaps it could be that is only few groups of people that are into it there so making it a mode of payment will actually not work.

It's a good move. By accepting Bitcoin payments and telling others about cryptocurrency, you're not only reducing transaction fees but also contributing to spreading your knowledge about cryptocurrency to others. Your effort is consistent with the original spirit of Bitcoin which aims to decentralize finance and
make privacy more accessible to transactions by integrating Bitcoin payments into your repair shop.

Cryptocurrencies are contributing to the growth of the e-ecosystem. Keep up the good work and make more people aware of cryptocurrencies and Bitcoin who knows you may introduce a new wave of cryptocurrencies in your area and that is going to boost the overall adoption of Bitcoin in the long run.

Keep up the good work.

Maybe people in that area don't know about bitcoin or some other reason but I disagree with OP saying that bitcoin transaction fees are lower than bank transaction fees. How much are banking transaction fees in your country? and OP how much is the bank transaction fee where you live, can you provide evidence to say it is higher than bitcoin? I find this absurd because even in my country, bank transaction fees are not higher than bitcoin transaction fees if we only use daily payments.

If it's true that bitcoin transaction fees are lower than banks and everyone is switching to bitcoin, and he even offers a 5% discount when paying with bitcoin instead of fiat. Why aren't any customers using bitcoin to pay at OP's car repair shop?

I will tell you, mate, this is exactly because of that. People above 45 are hesitant to accept something that's new, especially if it relates to money and payment methods. Print out some flyers and distribute them in places where young people usually hang out. They will be going to your place even if they have a similar place closer to them just because they can with Bitcoin at you place. And if will be their first payment with BTC they will remember it for the rest of their lives and will be telling their friends about.

In addition to high transaction fees, many people do not know about bitcoin, these are barriers that make many people not want to use bitcoin to pay when repairing cars at OP's store. I think bitcoin's volatility is also a barrier that makes people not want to use it for payment. If yesterday you bought bitcoin for 70k$ but today it dropped to 67k$, would you want to use bitcoin in this case? Obviously, no one is generous enough to do this because we would have to spend more money compared to using fiat.

OP is doing the right thing because at least he is making bitcoin more popular but convincing people to use bitcoin as a means of payment is still a challenge.