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didgydont
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September 04, 2011, 04:50:49 AM |
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that is pretty cool
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payb.tc
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September 04, 2011, 06:28:27 AM |
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hi jeremy,
as you may remember, a week or so ago I got you to pay a couple of BPAY payments for me (possibly what started this idea).
while i was more than happy about the 'reduced' bitcoin rate, where i felt a bit jipped was in the USD/AUD rate, which you converted at 1.11 at a time when the going mid-rate on xe.com was 1.06.
i think you should either have a 'bad' bitcon/usd rate or a 'bad' usd/aud rate, but not both.
my thoughts.
edit: forget all of the above, i should have clicked your new link before i blurted all that out... i see you give a fixed bitcoin/AUD rate now as part of the deal so at least we can compare it to tradehill's AUD market for example.
thanks!
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Jeremy West spendbitcoins.com (OP)
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September 04, 2011, 06:44:42 AM |
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hi jeremy,
as you may remember, a week or so ago I got you to pay a couple of BPAY payments for me (possibly what started this idea).
while i was more than happy about the 'reduced' bitcoin rate, where i felt a bit jipped was in the USD/AUD rate, which you converted at 1.11 at a time when the going mid-rate on xe.com was 1.06.
i think you should either have a 'bad' bitcon/usd rate or a 'bad' usd/aud rate, but not both.
my thoughts.
edit: forget all of the above, i should have clicked your new link before i blurted all that out... i see you give a fixed bitcoin/AUD rate now as part of the deal so at least we can compare it to tradehill's AUD market for example.
thanks!
no problem. I appreciate the critique (although all of the exchange rates were spelled out to you BEFORE you paid, so I do wish you would have brought it up privately before paying . Allow me to explain the exchange rate you received vs the new bpay exchange rate: The exchange rate you received was on the "buy anything" page, which automatically converts anything other than USD using the RETAIL rate (not the bank-to-bank rate you quoted) as that is what I have to pay to convert. As the Aussie bpay page only deals in AUD and I can use AUD without converting, it uses the bank-to-bank rate before adding the fee I would normally receive from affiliates. If you PM me a bitcoin refund address I'll gladly refund what the difference would have been just as a thank you for giving me this idea. I'll also see if I can figure out the coding to make AUD the bank-to-bank rate on the buy anything page. Thanks again for a great idea!
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payb.tc
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September 04, 2011, 06:48:26 AM |
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all of the exchange rates were spelled out to you BEFORE you paid, so I do wish you would have brought it up privately before paying . sorry i was like a woman in a shoe store at that point, too excited to look at the price, just happy to be able to pay bills with bitcoin, then noticed the usd/aud rate a bit later. anyway, will PM you, thanks and i hope aussie miners get on board now and pay their electricity bills through your page.
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Andre Jensen (World Bitcoin Exchange)
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September 04, 2011, 07:36:18 AM |
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such a good idea......!!! got ta keep my eye on this one.
good on ya jeremy hope this one works out for ya mate.
Trade Well - Andre
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organofcorti
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Poor impulse control.
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September 04, 2011, 09:18:48 AM |
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Sweet! I can pay my huge electricity bills with the very thing that makes them so huge. I like the circularity there.
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Jeremy West spendbitcoins.com (OP)
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September 04, 2011, 10:41:06 AM |
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all of the exchange rates were spelled out to you BEFORE you paid, so I do wish you would have brought it up privately before paying . sorry i was like a woman in a shoe store at that point, too excited to look at the price, just happy to be able to pay bills with bitcoin, then noticed the usd/aud rate a bit later. anyway, will PM you, thanks and i hope aussie miners get on board now and pay their electricity bills through your page. BTC 4.56 sent. Cheers!
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payb.tc
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September 04, 2011, 12:26:53 PM |
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all of the exchange rates were spelled out to you BEFORE you paid, so I do wish you would have brought it up privately before paying . sorry i was like a woman in a shoe store at that point, too excited to look at the price, just happy to be able to pay bills with bitcoin, then noticed the usd/aud rate a bit later. anyway, will PM you, thanks and i hope aussie miners get on board now and pay their electricity bills through your page. BTC 4.56 sent. Cheers! thanks, you're a legend. just put in a new godaddy order by the way keep up the good work.
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Departure
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September 04, 2011, 05:26:40 PM |
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does the lower exchange compensate your fee's? or do you apply fee's on top of the shown exchange rate on your site?
current market price 1btc = is around $8, your exchnage rate 1btc = $7.32, which is very good if no extra fee's are included, otherwise what are your fee's?
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Jeremy West spendbitcoins.com (OP)
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September 08, 2011, 12:45:57 PM |
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does the lower exchange compensate your fee's? or do you apply fee's on top of the shown exchange rate on your site?
current market price 1btc = is around $8, your exchnage rate 1btc = $7.32, which is very good if no extra fee's are included, otherwise what are your fee's?
Lower exchange rate (aud) compensates my fees. There are no added fees.
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July 23, 2013, 10:55:07 AM |
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Wow, pardon me for diggin up such an old post but I'm curious what happened to this "pay bills with btc" idea.
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May 06, 2014, 07:17:58 AM |
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It's still possible! You can pay BPAY bills with bitcoin in Australia at LRoS. Any BPAY bill will work. https://www.livingroomofsatoshi.comA great way to support the bitcoin economy!
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May 09, 2014, 02:32:06 PM |
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I saw similar website on Philippines site i guess.
Whole idea is great for sure and I hope there will be more and bigger. This one should impact flexibility for sure.
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greenteanosugar
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May 11, 2014, 01:09:53 PM |
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This is so cool! Sure it will become very popular soon
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