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What would you like to be able to buy with bitcoins, and what would you pay for it?

HOOKERS!

Mostly curious about tangible goods rather than services.

EDIT: Also, preferably not illegal goods.

Hookers are tangible. It's the strippers that you're not allowed to touch.

silver, gold, platinum, palladium.

hookers aren't illegal... everywhere. And they are tangle-able... if that helps at all.

I'd go to a bitcoin-accepted cafe, and show off by opting to pay via bitcoin instead of cash.

Then I'd realize I just wasted 5 minutes to pay via btc as opposed to 5 seconds via cash...

Hookers are tangible services (you don't get to keep them).

skadoosh00 I would think the showing off would be worth 5 minutes.

If infrastructure were in place such that bitcoins could be exchanged similar to a credit card transaction, or payable by phone, how long does it take for an exchange of BTC to clear?

What would you pay for these?

i guess the easy answer is slightly over spot.

I am slightly surprised there is not yet a good way to exchange precious metals for BTC.

What do you consider to be slightly over spot (percentage maybe) ? Would you want to hold the metal yourself, or would you want to buy a share of a fund?

there are a couple of reputable services for gold and silver i believe. i don't think they do platinum or palladium though.

not sure what they are charging, i think one of them charges 3% above spot...i havent looked into it all that much. but precious metals would prob be one of the only things id buy..

for now, all mine are tied up in trading, i plan to store profit i dont reinvest in precious metals.

The new Android client (and possibly others) allow for NFC style payments, so it may be close enough. The transaction will appear as soon as the next block or two are found, but may not be confirmed for many hours. A day is a safe bet, depending upon your appetite for risk.

Probably computer parts. Fitting, I think.  ;D

I know I'm going to be exchanging it for dollars, and then buying more miners from Newegg. Pure profit industry.

I would like to use bitcoins instead of credit card payments. I never liked to give out my credit card number via internet.

i'm going to buy a little netbook, as soon as i figure out the cheapest one i can get that does proper 1080p hdmi.

Euros - I'd prefer it to be simple....

Gift Cards

Nothing. I would wait untill they're 500$ ea.

(approx 2years from now)

so with 1 bitcoin you'll buy a whole computer or something? maybe a big tv? it will be good if by then major retailers are accepting them directly.

amazon goods

Would there be interest in buying Amazon and Newegg type items for slightly over their prices (3% for example) similar to precious metals?

Why not, sir.

I would buy a house

I would like to hang on to my BitCoins and watch their value fluctuate, as if I had bought some NASDAQ stock.  But I hear that's bad for their valuation.  So is selling them off for RL cash, from what I've read.

I have very few bitcoins, and it becomes more difficult to mine them.

I wouldn't buy anything unless I start receiving income in bitcoins or they become expensive enough to buy something decent like a car or a house :)

If I start receiving salary or other significant income in bitcoins, then I would buy everything needed for life just like I do with fiat money. Though if I receive both fiat money and bitcoins, then I would spend fiat money first :)

Oh, I just realized... I would buy this forum membership for 0.01 btc :)

LOL +1

Hookers? So far I have only bought beef jerky. AM I DOING IT WRONG?

Bitcoins are the wrong thing for that. If you want a house you need to start with a red paperclip instead  :D