us army?
That's who I work with. >Libertarian >working for jackbooted thugs. Literally. How do you sleep at night? On piles of government money. Not really (I convert it all to bitcoins), I encourage everyone to take as much money out of the hands of the state as possible. I'm still waiting for the American voter to get smart and make my job go away. I have little confidence that that will ever happen. Buddy, you are all in ? Every paycheck is converted 100% to bitcoins. All of my money is in bitcoins. Putting my house on the market next month...I am trying to figure out how to get my money out of dollars after the sale as fast as possible. |
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us army?
That's who I work with. >Libertarian >working for jackbooted thugs. Literally. How do you sleep at night? On piles of government money. Not really (I convert it all to bitcoins), I encourage everyone to take as much money out of the hands of the state as possible. I'm still waiting for the American voter to get smart and make my job go away. I have little confidence that that will ever happen. Lol, I guess Waffen-SS weren't really mercenary traitors but partizans, their plot was to impoverish Hitler by taking "as much money out of the hands of the state as possible."   I love knowing that the idea of more money going to the government means that this libertarian gets more money makes liberals(communists) and neocons heads explode. There is no chance my job will go away with the people you keep electing. And I will be able to buy more bitcoins and spend it on libertarian projects. |
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us army?
That's who I work with. >Libertarian >working for jackbooted thugs. Literally. How do you sleep at night? On piles of government money. Not really (I convert it all to bitcoins), I encourage everyone to take as much money out of the hands of the state as possible. I'm still waiting for the American voter to get smart and make my job go away. I have little confidence that that will ever happen. |
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I was sitting about 500 meters from that plane when it happened. Sounded like a low flying plane dropped a huge bomb. Took me a few seconds to think it through and realize that the Taliban didn't have planes. Went back to playing my video game. Had it fallen left instead of right it would've hit me. us army? That's who I work with. |
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I was sitting about 500 meters from that plane when it happened. Sounded like a low flying plane dropped a huge bomb. Took me a few seconds to think it through and realize that the Taliban didn't have planes. Went back to playing my video game. Had it fallen left instead of right it would've hit me. |
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The hyperinflation and other issues currently being faced by the Venezuelans are not just limited to that country. The situation is almost the same in the other Latin American nations as well. The real issue is that the general population expects the government to provide them everything for free. For example, gasoline in Venezuela costs just $0.015 per liter, which is far below the cost of production.
Most oil producing countries have very cheap gas. I recall being in Kuwait and gas was 50 cents per gallon when the US was up over $3. |
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Expedia probably cancelled paying with Bitcoin for their customers due to the low amount of Bitcoin orders they have received in the system. But I think paying with Bitcoin is a little bit tricky when you need to cancel your reservations and ask for your money back because it's hard to get a refund with a method that is designed to be not refundable. I guess it would be a massive headache to deal with it.
I had to do that once. I called Expedia and they had to get the Coinbase transaction. Then they had me contact Coinbase to give them an address to send to. |
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Just goes to show that there are a shitload of people worried about block size for something they don't actually use.
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Went to pay for a hotel with Expedia and there was no Bitcoin option. I e-mailed the site and got this response: Dear Expedia Customer,
Thank you for contacting us about booking your hotel reservation using a payment of Bitcoin.
We regret to inform you that Expedia no longer offer Bitcoin on payment option for hotel reservation.
If this does not answer your question or solve your problem, feel free to reply to this message or call us at 1-800-EXPEDIA (1-800-397-3342) or 1-404-728-8787 (for callers outside the U.S. and Canada) and reference case ID: X-XXXXXX.
Thank you for choosing Expedia.
Chris
Expedia Customer Service Team
For those of us that actually spend our bitcoins this is a big blow. does anyone have try to use that services from outside canada or US?that costumer service not explain about what country that can't use bitcoin as payment anymore. but if expedia really not accept bitcoin anymore in all country,i think its normal,because so little people use and spent their bitcoin,most of them more like to hold and wait for bitcoin halving. I used Expedia from Europe. Was a gold member for 2 years since I travel a lot. Looks like cheapair will be getting a lot more of my money. |
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The fact that you find it easier to spend fiat implies that you have fiat that could be used to buy bitcoins. Fiat that is built to lose value. So you are basically saying that you would rather hold a currency that loses value so that you can spend it instead of holding a currency that gains in value because you don't want to spend it.
No. he's saying that when he gets paid in fiat, like most people do, he doesn't rush over to a bitcoin vending machine and pay 14% over spot, or hook up with you on localbitcoin and get raped by whatever usurious premium localbitcoiners charge. Instead, he spends it on shit he needs to buy before next paycheck, and if the USD gets devalued by a fraction of a percent during that month, so be it. This way, he saves some money and plenty of time. So now you know. Ahh thanks for the clarification because that's what I was saying he should do. Or just use bitwage. But I'll keep that secret to myself. Just went over to find out what Bitwage is. Tried to reach support, not online, redirected me to a faq. Which wasn't there. eventually found this: https://faq.bitwage.com/hc/en-us/articles/202898249-Contractors-and-Employees-with-Regular-Wages , but still don't see the terms, exchange rates, associated fees, or anything, actually, which would make me want to send my wages to ... what is that? So share your secret, Elwar, spread the good word. Educate me. BitWage allows you to direct deposit your pay to a bank account number they provide you. That money is automatically converted to bitcoins (to an address you provide them). They say there is no fee but I have noticed that the exchange rate I get is about 1% above the current price. Since most companies allow you to direct deposit your paycheck into multiple bank accounts at different percentages you can choose how much you want converted by creating multiple direct deposits. I went with 100%. I get paid in dollars and live in Europe so I have no need for dollars. |
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I didnt know that Expedia were accepting bitcoins as payment there is any other company on the same market,hotels allowing to pay with bitcoin or were that the first and the only one accepting kindly let me know.
http://www.cheapair.com accepts bitcoins for airfare and hotels. vrbo.com also accepts bitcoins. I used a service shipsandtripstravel.com to book a cruise this past year. |
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What are Trump's new stances today? Is he playing socialist or capitalist in his latest interviews?
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The fact that you find it easier to spend fiat implies that you have fiat that could be used to buy bitcoins. Fiat that is built to lose value. So you are basically saying that you would rather hold a currency that loses value so that you can spend it instead of holding a currency that gains in value because you don't want to spend it.
No. he's saying that when he gets paid in fiat, like most people do, he doesn't rush over to a bitcoin vending machine and pay 14% over spot, or hook up with you on localbitcoin and get raped by whatever usurious premium localbitcoiners charge. Instead, he spends it on shit he needs to buy before next paycheck, and if the USD gets devalued by a fraction of a percent during that month, so be it. This way, he saves some money and plenty of time. So now you know. Ahh thanks for the clarification because that's what I was saying he should do. Or just use bitwage. But I'll keep that secret to myself. |
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The fact that you find it easier to spend fiat implies that you have fiat that could be used to buy bitcoins. Fiat that is built to lose value. So you are basically saying that you would rather hold a currency that loses value so that you can spend it instead of holding a currency that gains in value because you don't want to spend it.
My average purchase price for bitcoins over the course of 2015 was $250. I was able to convert 100% of my paycheck to bitcoins because I have actually found a way to use bitcoins for about 80% of my spending. The rest I sell for the local currency.
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Eh. I'm sorry you're disappointed about this, but very few people spend their coins anyway, and this doesn't surprise me. What's the advantage btc has over cash for expedia? There probably isn't any advantage so they ditched the option.
Yes that true.You cant stay anonymous on expedia afterall so why would you want to pay with bitcoins unless you are one of the few ones who have thousands of coins and do not want to convert their coins first Some of us like to use a currency that isn't losing value on purpose. I started getting paid 100% in bitcoins starting last January. The value of my currency is higher now than it was then. The same cannot be said for the dollar. |
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sad.. i was the one who actually broke that new here early.. and got shatted on..  Maybe if you said Expedia no longer accepts blockchain it would have gone better. Or word it in a way that brings up block size or Satoshi. |
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Eh. I'm sorry you're disappointed about this, but very few people spend their coins anyway, and this doesn't surprise me. What's the advantage btc has over cash for expedia? There probably isn't any advantage so they ditched the option.
Why have Bitcoin at all if nobody will spend it? The advantage for Expedia is that they have a booked reservation that is already paid for at the time of booking. No need to wait to see if the person shows up for their reservation or wait for the credit card to go through at the end of the hotel stay. The advantage for me is that I don't have to convert my bitcoins to dollars to pay for my hotel stay. At least cheapair.com has hotels and I can use vrbo.com. just wondering.. even when using bitcoin, when u get to hotel do you still need to hand over credit card for incidentals (mini-bar/damage/loss) Sometimes they ask for one. I have a bitcoin debit card that wouldn't work if they ever tried to charge anything since there are no bitcoins on it. They usually take that then I pay for cash on anything charged to the room. And since Expedia no longer accepts Bitcoin I'll mention that one time I reserved a room with that prepaid debit card, got to the hotel and they said it was already paid for. No charge ever went on my debit card. Enjoy. |
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Eh. I'm sorry you're disappointed about this, but very few people spend their coins anyway, and this doesn't surprise me. What's the advantage btc has over cash for expedia? There probably isn't any advantage so they ditched the option.
Why have Bitcoin at all if nobody will spend it? The advantage for Expedia is that they have a booked reservation that is already paid for at the time of booking. No need to wait to see if the person shows up for their reservation or wait for the credit card to go through at the end of the hotel stay. The advantage for me is that I don't have to convert my bitcoins to dollars to pay for my hotel stay. At least cheapair.com has hotels and I can use vrbo.com. |
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Went to pay for a hotel with Expedia and there was no Bitcoin option. I e-mailed the site and got this response: Dear Expedia Customer,
Thank you for contacting us about booking your hotel reservation using a payment of Bitcoin.
We regret to inform you that Expedia no longer offer Bitcoin on payment option for hotel reservation.
If this does not answer your question or solve your problem, feel free to reply to this message or call us at 1-800-EXPEDIA (1-800-397-3342) or 1-404-728-8787 (for callers outside the U.S. and Canada) and reference case ID: X-XXXXXX.
Thank you for choosing Expedia.
Chris
Expedia Customer Service Team
For those of us that actually spend our bitcoins this is a big blow. Edit: Looks like it's still an option at most hotels. Not sure why the customer service person (Chris) was so ill informed. |
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"All apartments include: Smoking allowed" I don't know if this is standard in Croatia, but for any non-smoker from the Western world this is an absolute no-go. You'd have to pay me (in Bitcoin of course) to stay there. Smoking is permitted in your own apartment. You can't feel the smoke. I don't understand your argument. It would be a good idea to have a usd value set so you cover your ass. An if they use btc to auto covert whatever % off the users get from using btc. I would recommend an auto sale of all btc that comes in to prevent huge loses on fluctuations that could happen through out the day. Or they keep it in bitcoins so they're not using a currency that's meant to constantly lose value. |
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