First, I've never read the rules for any forums I've ever joined, except for here! I'm very interested in bitcoins. More importantly, I hope I'm not too late. I've done some reading about bitcoins and the relatively new genre of currency in general, and do believe in its future, as many of you do (I love reading about people who've essentially shorted bitcoins at the wrong time, and it greatly saddens me to see them missing out on huge profits).

Secondly, I saw a post by someone in NE Ohio about trading gift cards for bitcoins. I know why HE would trade for bitcoins, but why would YOU trade, unless you desperately need cash now? In which case I've read about a bitcoin pawnshop opening.

Third, I don't have cash, per se, but would also be very interested in trading for bitcoins via gift cards, aforementioned. Better yet, I'd like to combine my experience with http://www.reddit.com/r/churning and trade it for bitcoins. I'm proposing trading business/first class tickets for bitcoins. It's a little more complicated, and would be able to expound more via PM if anyone is interested. Of course, security is an issue as there's tons of scammers etc, which I would address via PM.

Anyways, just saying hello, and I'm excited to learn more and hopefully participate!

I wish I read this earlier... lemme know next time something like this happens! I'm completely new to bitcoins