My first bitcoin shopping

[alpamar99]

I'm glad that you like what you do and I think this will be a valuable experience for you. but if you look at it broadly there are actually a lot of shops that do the same thing, namely using btc as a means of payment.
but i don't think i will do what you do although it looks tempting and impressive but i still hesitate to spend my btc on an item but maybe i will try sometime to increase my knowledge here.
regardless of what it is, happiness is the most important thing, both using btc for the benefit of buying the goods or products we want and using it as a long-term investment I think this goes back to each other's thoughts, the most important thing is that there is no compulsion in it and those who do it are satisfied it is happiness separately obtained.

[oktana]

Great! Things like this are one of those that gives Bitcoin more life and value. I really wish people could more into the Bitcoin that they have and understand that it's not just a speculative asset but that they own a currency that has a real-time use case. Well, congratulations on your purchase! I hope you have more fun around Bitcoin.

[sunsilk]

Congratulations on your purchase. Aside from purchasing from the forum's merchants, try to look outside the forum as there are merchants too where you can use your bitcoin to buy things.

And do not forget to hold. No one stops you from shopping with the use of bitcoin but if you're also seeing it long term wise, hold some and shop some.

[Ryker1]

Well sometimes we need to gift ourselves from being hard work and I know this recent spike of bitcoin price many of us spend their bitcoin and purchase something to their selves. Congrats on your purchase and you deserved it and good thing that you don't spend it all at once. Because there is a chance that bitcoin will rise again. There are too many merchants now that accepted bitcoin as a payment and I am not surprise seeing that even our personal needs online was can able to purchase using our bitcoin.

[Hippocrypto]

My experience from the past which consolidates with Bitcoin's source of income due to profit was great during those times that I didn't realize how expensive it will be in this time of pandemic. I used to spend all the fiat money which converted from btc.
Shopping was the convenient ways to enjoy the benefits of bitcoin in the fist place.
Everything went out amazing and most times I've been getting used to it then suddenly my funds begun to shrink unfortunately.

[ajochems]

My experience from the past which consolidates with Bitcoin's source of income due to profit was great during those times that I didn't realize how expensive it will be in this time of pandemic. I used to spend all the fiat money which converted from btc.
Shopping was the convenient ways to enjoy the benefits of bitcoin in the fist place.
Everything went out amazing and most times I've been getting used to it then suddenly my funds begun to shrink unfortunately.

Most people will get excited after shopping or buying something using cryto currency. As we all know for now, we only use fiat to buy or sell certain goods. After huge acceptance in the crowd of the world, the crypto currency was accepted as a payment by some individuals.

[lalabotax]

Personally, so far, I never do shopping yet with Bitcoin.
So far, only using Bitcoin as a means of trading and also an investment. So glad to know your first shopping experience.
And well, the transaction fee is about half of the T-shirt price, right? But this is no problem.
I only concern with the payment method. It is very fortunate that you didn't use any escrow and it is not a scam because it is too risky. Maybe sometimes later, it is better to check the shop whether they provide any escrow or not.

[worle1bm]

I have also purchased some items with bitcoin payments in the past and I know how exciting it could be to pay with your favourite coins but when they are cheap and not adopted by all.But now many accepts btc payment like nasty store who delivers various products for our community but the prices are way too high that i have decided to save them for the time being and use fiat for buying stuffs which is helping me this time.But it is good that you made your first btc purchase and happy with it.The t-shirt will suit you indeed

[Republikcoin.com]

A good experience and of course you feel very comfortable when you make transactions using BTC. But be careful, because this can lead to addiction, where the worst case is that you can't control your spending.
My first transaction in the cryptocurrency world was using Ethereum, where I bought two t-shirts with the Ethereum logo. In 2017 I really liked Ethereum because it gave a lot of big profits through the ERC-20 token ICO.
After the purchase, I felt very comfortable even more comfortable than buying using paper money.

[awik p]

One day, I read the post as usual.And I found this post by accident：[Merit] Hey Bitcoiners! Can You Send Encrypted Messages?I have to say that this really sparked my interest. What a cool thing to send encrypted messages.After 3 attempts, I finally sent the encrypted message to OgNasty correctly.（This encrypted message task made me know the name OgNasty for the first time.）

Then I learned from Og’s My 10 Year Bitcointalk Anniversary that he has an online store.Since this is my first time shopping with Bitcoin. I ended up with the cheapest item in his store, a T-shirt.

But due to a mistake in my operation, I forgot to fill in my contact information.Fortunately, Og sent me an email, I sent him the correct address.

A month later, I received a call from the courier. I was curious at the time because I had not bought anything recently (I have forgotten that I bought this T-shirt 1 month ago.)
Really surprised when I got the package.

This is my T-shirt, there are OgNasty stickers and postcards in the package.

This is a shopping experience full of surprises, and also my first Bitcoin shopping experience.This t-shirt is cool！

not everyone can buy something with Bitcoin, you are very lucky to have managed to use Bitcoin as a means of payment. I see only a few countries that accept bitcoin as a means of payment, hopefully in the next few years Bitcoin will soon be formalized as a means of payment in all countries.

I personally also have never used bitcoin as a means of payment, because honestly for now it is less effective. and I think it would be more profitable for bitcoin as an investment tool. so to buy goods today I usually convert it to fiat currency first, so it is flexible to be used as a means of payment. currently like elsalvador has legalized bitcoin, and of course you can easily spend bitcoin directly, hopefully later other countries will soon follow

[Ararbermas]

well this is so good and cheap but i wonder it's transaction fee ? I have only used bitcoin to gambling and after some win streak wanted to send bitcoin to exchange but transaction fee was so high , that hurts me . That is the reason why i believe bitcoin is not our future currency to buy / sell things , maybe some altcoin . But this transaction is amazing thank you for helping to build our future .

it's just now wherein the fees still high but soon it will be back to normal. and perhaps op use wallet that has small fees that's why he purchased those tshirt without hesitation. Indeed it's from ognasty even the fees were high if you're truly fan of og's you'll still buy it. 
@op nice pick by the way. Now you have souvenir its worth it for sure. Me i'm looking for BTC coins for souvenir, i hope i can find some as well..

[Cling18]

It's nice to hear about your experience. It's really fulfilling to purchase something from our Bitcoin funds. In our country, we're lucky that we're able to purchase goods and different stuff online using Bitcoin because a local online store here accepts Bitcoin using our local crypto wallet. I also find it convenient since the trasaction is really fast.

[TheGreatPython]

In the question and answer part of your post I like the fact that you stated that you like trying out new things. When I started making use of bitcoin, using it as a get rich system wasn’t any of my plans, I had another plan which was to use it for transactions, and till I’m still using it for that because I do a remote job so it has been the easiest way for me to be receiving payments.

Although that didn’t change the fact that I can invest in it, of course I am also investing in it and I am happy about that, I have been able to achieve a lot of things. Bitcoin is really interesting if you allow yourself to focus and learn and understand it.

[Furious 7]

An impressive experience about shopping using bitcoin for the first time, I have also experienced the same thing to buy a BTC necklace on an outside site and I paid for it in bitcoin with a fairly hefty fee but at that time the price of bitcoin was still quite low so I don't mind the cost because it's really interesting for the first time, but I only shopped with bitcoins once to try what it's like to buy things with bitcoin.

But lately I prefer to invest or trade rather than spend, for me it's difficult now to shop and finally change to fiat for any purchases in stores because many people accept when I need something.

[Tigerheart3026]

i congratulate you!
you shared a great experience of your first shopping by spend bitcoin it’s cool ans aside surprising because everyone are not luckiest person such you.

i have a bit experienced in bitcoin, i bought a mobile phone from singapore (they have thousands of varsities accessories for mobile and laptop and others) btw i have paid in their own token. it's my story i bought a things by utilized bitcoin.

[Lanatsa]

I haven't experienced on using up directly or personal transactions between buying a certain thing from a merchant on using up my bitcoin but I had used up some local exchange wallet on getting some

service like paying up bills without the need on falling in line into those establishments which is really a very big convenience and benefits for us crypto users. It is really good to hear at that we are

really having those kind of payment options which is gradually becoming more rampant as the years is passing which does indicate that we are heading on rising up adoption.

[DoublerHunter]

Congratulations on your purchase. Aside from purchasing from the forum's merchants, try to look outside the forum as there are merchants too where you can use your bitcoin to buy things.

And do not forget to hold. No one stops you from shopping with the use of bitcoin but if you're also seeing it long term wise, hold some and shop some.

^ Outside on the forum is quite a risk because there is no escrow to hold the fund not unless if you will choose a trusted merchant where to purchase valuable things. We are very lucky right now to spend a small amount of BTC because the fee is quite small, 1 sat is enough than before you will paying more than 100 sats which is very hurt when you will see there is a big transaction fee. Nevertheless, purchasing online is not bad, but my concern is I will not waste on my to purchase bitcoin, I just like to hold it and wait when there is profit come.

[verita1]

It's a nice OP experience. Thanks for sharing because it reflects your enthusiasm. I can also see that we are happy when we pay for the first time with bitcoin because that P2P experience is so unique because it comes from the origin for which bitcoin was created.

I was thinking that if Bitcoin were accepted by governments they could solve the pending problems of society and I say pending because we wait for them to be solved.

Bitcoin breaks down barriers and is a great opportunity to provide solutions to problems that plague our society. It has incalculable power. I hope that soon the world will know how to take advantage of it.

[Leviathan.007]

Nice to see you experienced first shopping via bitcoin. For me, this happened a year ago or more when I bought a book using bitcoin worth 31 USD. However, I remember I bought the book for bitcoin when the price was less than 6K per bitcoin. That's why I spent a lot more than 31 USD that I had to spend on the book. So, I prefer to hold and save my coins instead of spending them to buy stuff online. There are also many similar articles and stories on the internet about people shopping online and paying money by bitcoin.

[Rigon]

I want to fully record my first Bitcoin shopping experience

About a month or so, I joined the Bitcointalk.

At the beginning, I only acted in the Bitcoin sector and the Beginners & Help sector.

One day, I read the post as usual.And I found this post by accident：[Merit] Hey Bitcoiners! Can You Send Encrypted Messages?I have to say that this really sparked my interest. What a cool thing to send encrypted messages.After 3 attempts, I finally sent the encrypted message to OgNasty correctly.（This encrypted message task made me know the name OgNasty for the first time.）

Then I learned from Og’s My 10 Year Bitcointalk Anniversary that he has an online store.Since this is my first time shopping with Bitcoin. I ended up with the cheapest item in his store, a T-shirt.



But due to a mistake in my operation, I forgot to fill in my contact information.Fortunately, Og sent me an email, I sent him the correct address.

A month later, I received a call from the courier. I was curious at the time because I had not bought anything recently (I have forgotten that I bought this T-shirt 1 month ago.)
Really surprised when I got the package.



This is my T-shirt, there are OgNasty stickers and postcards in the package.

This is a shopping experience full of surprises, and also my first Bitcoin shopping experience.This t-shirt is cool！

edit：kryptqnick asked some interesting questions, these questions will make this topic more complete, so I plan to add them to my topic.

how much was the transaction fee？were there any additional fees from the store?

transaction fee： 0.0002412BTC.
T-shirt： 0.0004
Courier fees：0.0007

Was it a payment method (like BitPay) or was it a BTC address to transfer BTC to?

Transfer bitcoin directly to his Bitcoin address, without using any third-party platform.

Was the price fixed in BTC or in USD, and did you win or lose due to volatility?

The price of T-shirts is fixed at 0.0004 BTC, and the price of international express delivery is fixed at 0.0007 BTC.In other words, this store is priced in bitcoin，has nothing to do with the dollar.

If you want to convert it into U.S. dollars, obviously I am profitable. Because the price of btc a month ago was lower than it is now

Personal experience like yours is valuable and useful to motivate others.

I am enjoying this Bitcoin shopping, this T-shirt means a lot to me.

I'm surprised that you decided to use Bitcoin as money so soon after getting on the forum, as most new people are only here to get rich.

This may have something to do with my own personality, I enjoy trying new things.

It's a story that really feels a lot better. I have been working on Bitcoin for a long time but to date no shopping has been done with this Bitcoin. However, you paid with bitcoin and you did the shoppingIt's a story that really feels a lot better.This seems like a very strange thing to me. I sincerely thank you on my behalf for projecting such an image in our society.However, we are all very interested in shopping with Bitcoin one day.