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Title: First Restaurant Delivery Service to Accept Bitcoins Post by: Technomage on February 13, 2012, 11:21:38 PM Spend your Bitcoins at 16 St. Louis Restaurants/Businesses with GrubGo!
http://www.thebitcointrader.com/2012/02/spend-your-bitcoins-at-16-st-louis.html This is very interesting, hopefully it's the first of a new wave of merchants that start accepting Bitcoin. To me this is at least as big as suddenly getting 100 new Bitcoin only merchants. Probably bigger. Bitcoin startup merchants rarely work out as viable businesses but here we have what I call a relevant merchant, which is very different. Title: Re: First Restaurant Delivery Service to Accept Bitcoins Post by: bb113 on February 13, 2012, 11:31:57 PM Ah, I just suggested grubhub in a different thread. Grubgo looks similar. Yes, this is a good idea.
Title: Re: First Restaurant Delivery Service to Accept Bitcoins Post by: Stephen Gornick on February 18, 2012, 10:27:47 PM Ah, I just suggested grubhub in a different thread. Grubgo looks similar. Yes, this is a good idea. Looks like they got a customer! - http://blockexplorer.com/address/18n4wFPmLgZSz4GQJ6Kf6M93JE8eePWMAX Title: Re: First Restaurant Delivery Service to Accept Bitcoins Post by: kjlimo on February 18, 2012, 10:56:30 PM Rock on! I hope they continue to get more. I've reached out to the two food delivery services in Cleveland to get them to start accepting.
Title: Re: First Restaurant Delivery Service to Accept Bitcoins Post by: Stephen Gornick on February 19, 2012, 02:37:51 AM Hopefully they get so many orders that they need to get set up proper -- where each order gets its own Bitcoin address.
- https://www.eatgrubgo.com/bitcoin.htm Though I suppose since you call the site first, the order (with delivery address) is known before the payment hits the blockchain. Unless they have two open orders for the same amount, the price can be used as the unique id to know which order the payment applies against. Title: Re: First Restaurant Delivery Service to Accept Bitcoins Post by: finway on February 19, 2012, 08:34:25 AM Hopefully they get so many orders that they need to get set up proper -- where each order gets its own Bitcoin address. - https://www.eatgrubgo.com/bitcoin.htm Though I suppose since you call the site first, the order (with delivery address) is known before the payment hits the blockchain. Unless they have two open orders for the same amount, the price can be used as the unique id to know which order the payment applies against. Who's the first customer? ;) Title: Re: First Restaurant Delivery Service to Accept Bitcoins Post by: Crypt_Current on February 19, 2012, 09:51:21 AM Hopefully they get so many orders that they need to get set up proper -- where each order gets its own Bitcoin address. - https://www.eatgrubgo.com/bitcoin.htm Though I suppose since you call the site first, the order (with delivery address) is known before the payment hits the blockchain. Unless they have two open orders for the same amount, the price can be used as the unique id to know which order the payment applies against. Who's the first customer? ;) I guess I should try it out -- it IS my hometown ;D Title: Re: First Restaurant Delivery Service to Accept Bitcoins Post by: gregwtmtno on February 19, 2012, 03:46:43 PM Quote Who's the first customer? ;) Check out this reddit comment: http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/pukw2/game_changer_for_bitcoin/c3smj36 (http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/pukw2/game_changer_for_bitcoin/c3smj36) Title: Re: First Restaurant Delivery Service to Accept Bitcoins Post by: finway on February 19, 2012, 04:11:23 PM Quote Who's the first customer? ;) Check out this reddit comment: http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/pukw2/game_changer_for_bitcoin/c3smj36 (http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/pukw2/game_changer_for_bitcoin/c3smj36) Interesting, thanks. Title: Re: First Restaurant Delivery Service to Accept Bitcoins Post by: kjlimo on February 20, 2012, 04:40:34 AM Hopefully they get so many orders that they need to get set up proper -- where each order gets its own Bitcoin address. - https://www.eatgrubgo.com/bitcoin.htm Though I suppose since you call the site first, the order (with delivery address) is known before the payment hits the blockchain. Unless they have two open orders for the same amount, the price can be used as the unique id to know which order the payment applies against. Who's the first customer? ;) I guess I should try it out -- it IS my hometown ;D You should! yes yes! Title: Re: First Restaurant Delivery Service to Accept Bitcoins Post by: Stephen Gornick on February 25, 2012, 12:06:28 AM Looks like they got a customer! - http://blockexplorer.com/address/18n4wFPmLgZSz4GQJ6Kf6M93JE8eePWMAX Order #2! - http://blockexplorer.com/address/18n4wFPmLgZSz4GQJ6Kf6M93JE8eePWMAX Title: Re: First Restaurant Delivery Service to Accept Bitcoins Post by: chrisrico on February 25, 2012, 01:54:10 AM Looks like they got a customer! - http://blockexplorer.com/address/18n4wFPmLgZSz4GQJ6Kf6M93JE8eePWMAX Order #2! - http://blockexplorer.com/address/18n4wFPmLgZSz4GQJ6Kf6M93JE8eePWMAX That was me! http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/q4uuq/i_ate_grub_go_ama/ For posterity's sake, I ordered a turkey sandwich, fried okra, potato salad, soup, and a root beer (there's a $15 minimum). He gave me 10% off the order for paying with bitcoins. I also got a free order of deep fried doughnut holes due to a web/phone pricing discrepancy. Title: Re: First Restaurant Delivery Service to Accept Bitcoins Post by: stick_theman on February 25, 2012, 04:06:47 AM Wow, this is win-win!!! The 10% off the order is well-deserved! Since no exuberant credit card fee.
Title: Re: First Restaurant Delivery Service to Accept Bitcoins Post by: stick_theman on February 25, 2012, 04:09:22 AM Love the Bitcoin Accepted Here signage on the home page.
Title: Re: First Restaurant Delivery Service to Accept Bitcoins Post by: stick_theman on February 25, 2012, 04:13:06 AM Matt [agent]
Hello! Welcome to GrubGo. My name is Matt, feel free to let me know if you have any questions. You <click to change> just looking around, I don't live in St. L love the fact that you accept bitcoins Matt [agent] Thanks for checking us out! We are happy to be a part of the bitcoin community as well. Title: Re: First Restaurant Delivery Service to Accept Bitcoins Post by: julz on November 22, 2013, 06:35:17 AM But they accept it no more?
http://www.stltoday.com/business/columns/david-nicklaus/bitcoin-entices-speculators-but-will-no-longer-buy-a-meal/article_12d79e69-6d73-5859-a42f-a3cc9f965cf7.html Strange that they didn't just implement bitpay or some such intermediary if they're that terrified of making money as Bitcoin rises in value. Title: Re: First Restaurant Delivery Service to Accept Bitcoins Post by: Scepto on November 22, 2013, 07:04:03 AM But they accept it no more? http://www.stltoday.com/business/columns/david-nicklaus/bitcoin-entices-speculators-but-will-no-longer-buy-a-meal/article_12d79e69-6d73-5859-a42f-a3cc9f965cf7.html Strange that they didn't just implement bitpay or some such intermediary if they're that terrified of making money as Bitcoin rises in value. Maybe due to transaction times? I'm not sure. Title: Re: First Restaurant Delivery Service to Accept Bitcoins Post by: chrisrico on November 22, 2013, 05:05:56 PM They never really integrated it into their website, it was always an annoying process of calling in, getting an exchange rate, and then paying to their only bitcoin address.
Since they removed the bitcoin option, I have paid in bitcoin by choosing Cash then calling in. I'm not sure if they only do that for me or anyone who asks, though. Foodler (http://foodler.com) accepts bitcoins in a much more streamlined manner and has more delivery options throughout the country. I love them. |