Bitcoin Forum

I placed an order for $92 through a retailer.
Their website sold me an out-of-stock item.
They cancelled the order and refunded my account, $29.  (Like an in-store credit)
I called them, and their rep said the remaining money was sent back to payment method, Bitcoin, call them.

I explained to the guy that "that's not how bitcoin works"
And, he got a bit of education out of the deal.

This was just an illustration on how new this thing is - and how little understanding people have of it.

Educate them!

Haha, well at least they're trying to take up some adoption - even if they haven't done any reading or trained their staff. The education should catch on pretty quick; the hard part has always finding retailers who are willing to accept it. Although I am rather amused they assumed that Bitcoin was like another financial entity that could somehow alter transactions, it kind of opposes the whole notion of decentralisation.

This is a problem. Bitcoin is not yet in common use. People still do not understand how it works.... It's like the first Email client I guess, when people didn't exactly know what to do with it in the context of paper mail.
Will take time but it will pass.

April is the month, still some time to buy it before Volatility is back... :-)

this. Let's buy some more btc to secure our future.

I mean really bitcoin must be treated like a virtual dollar thats all, not so hard to understand what bitcoin is after you watch a simple video from bitcoin.com

so true...