As Bitcoin is (relatively) cheap and as it is not (relatively) as fast growing as Apple (was), it is not difficult to do predictions.
First, it is down, and it will for some time. If you have experience at FOREX or stock market, you should know that summer is generally slow. Accept it, there will be no "Bitcoin hits 10,000" till at least September.
Second, Bitcoin does have fundamentals, you know, all those supply-demand balance things. And at its peak it was overpriced.
Third, number of Bitcoin awared people is going up (3 out of 15 according to my personal surwey among people with University diploma), and either is the number of stores that accept Bitcoin (1 of what? a million?). So there is a huge promice for it going up, unless you-know-who interferes. So it will fall to either 60 (50% drop) or 30+ (62% drop) and go up, either slow, or - if something happens that makes people feel uncomfortable holding "real" money (Cyprus ver. 2.0) - fast.
Nothing to worry about. Imho.
You're missing the whole point.
1) You're right.
2) There is real demand for bitcoins. Just wannabe traders, some geeks that do not want to pay with USD, and money laundering . buying illegal stuff. If you want to buy anything on internet, the price will
always be cheaper with your credit card, that buying bitcoins + fees for that + transaction fees...
3) Which stores really accepts bitcoin? I can't name one, and I am not even sure there is one. All stores I know accepting bitcoins, have prices in USD, and are instantly converting btc into USD.