bump. cards in first post are still available - not getting anything new at the moment though

As an Aussie, I have to say, all these retailers offering BTC payment are completely missing the point. Why would an American pay with BTC? A credit card is surely much much easier. It's us foreigners that need it, we get screwed by the currency conversion. At the moment the only person paying with BTC is someone that already had them, probably purchased much much cheaper, and is in effect cashing out. Nobody in their right mind would buy BTC just to purchase something online, the hassle and time involved is still ridiculous. But for something like a laptop, where currency conversion is usually around 3 -5 % of price, it could make a $100 dollar difference to everyone overseas, which would definitely drive adoption.   

Dell, Overstock et al, get your shit together!! Take my BTC!!! Save me money!! Give me the satisfaction of denying Paypal their exorbitant currency conversion fees!!

Is coinbase OK for selling? It seems like the only way to get money for us located in the US. Everything else you have to go through tons of hoops and other methods + fee's to get it into a bank. I was thinking of exchanging on something else (such as Cryptsy although that looks kinda iffy for now, but an exchange) and then transferring the BTC to coinbase and selling there.