[POLL] Spending bitcoin on Amazon: when will it happen?

[BTCtrader71]

Even though Amazon has stated they have no plans to accept bitcoin, we all know that plans can change. I think that Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne is correct when he says that Amazon will ultimately have no choice but to accept bitcoin. The question is: when will they decide to do it? Vote in the above poll!

[beatljuice]

Amazon will accept Bitcoin when Prime members want it.

If you look at all the money Amazon invests in growth it's always targeted to the Prime members who are mostly professionals. These people work 60 hours a week and make enough money that they don't have to shop around for good prices, and would rather have the convenience of going to a single site and getting their order in a couple of days. These people don't have the time or desire to figure out how to use Bitcoin so they won't until it's so easy they don't have to figure it out.

When it's easy to use Bitcoin Amazon will be on-board.

[TheButterZone]

When hell freezes over, considering they lied their fucking asses off ("We’re not hearing from customers that it’s right for them") in the face of the petition*. A majority of AMZN shares will need to be bought by one of the big bitcoin investors first.

* http://www.change.org/petitions/amazon-com-amazon-com-accept-bitcoin

[beatljuice]

When hell freezes over, considering they lied their fucking asses off ("We’re not hearing from customers that it’s right for them") in the face of the petition*. A majority of AMZN shares will need to be bought by one of the big bitcoin investors first.

* http://www.change.org/petitions/amazon-com-amazon-com-accept-bitcoin

2000 people doesn't make for much. And has this petition been shown to Amazon?

[mktrader]

Apparently it will depend on how many of their customers demand it.
If they start accepting btc before the coming holiday season then it will likely benefit them a lot.

[mktrader]

When hell freezes over, considering they lied their fucking asses off ("We’re not hearing from customers that it’s right for them") in the face of the petition*. A majority of AMZN shares will need to be bought by one of the big bitcoin investors first.

* http://www.change.org/petitions/amazon-com-amazon-com-accept-bitcoin

2000 people doesn't make for much. And has this petition been shown to Amazon?

Just reached 3,000 signatures!

[TheButterZone]

When hell freezes over, considering they lied their fucking asses off ("We’re not hearing from customers that it’s right for them") in the face of the petition*. A majority of AMZN shares will need to be bought by one of the big bitcoin investors first.

* http://www.change.org/petitions/amazon-com-amazon-com-accept-bitcoin

2000 people doesn't make for much. And has this petition been shown to Amazon?

Just reached 3,000 signatures!

It doesn't matter what the number, above "2". What Amazon said was that they weren't hearing from customers.

THEY HEARD FROM 2 CUSTOMERS. Customer, another customer, done!

Which means what they said was a blatant lie, by MORE THAN A FUCKING ORDER OF MAGNITUDE (an 'order of magnitude' is to the power of 10, BTW) 2 to the 11th power=2,048.

[chandan123]

they may fear for the gift cards of their own so may not bother abt crypto

[bryant.coleman]

May be by 2020 or so. With the current board of directors, it is never going to happen. Amazon has no interest right now in allowing Bitcoin as a mode of payment. If the owners change, then it might be possible.

[ChuckBuck]

Something tells me if Ebay finally does it(not holding my breath as long as PayPal is in the picture), then Amazon will finally succumb and have to offer Bitcoin as a payment method.

Either that or if Google, Apple, or Facebook finally adopt it in some fashion.

[Sindelar1938]

I suspect another 12 to 18 months if all goes optimally

[MNDan]

You can already buy anything you want from Amazon with Bitcoin via gift cards through Gyft, and save 3% to boot. If Amazon starts accepting Bitcoin, I doubt you'll still be able to save the 3%. So what's the rush? :-)

[Ghepetto]

You can already buy anything you want from Amazon with Bitcoin via gift cards through Gyft, and save 3% to boot. If Amazon starts accepting Bitcoin, I doubt you'll still be able to save the 3%. So what's the rush? :-)

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[bryant.coleman]

You can already buy anything you want from Amazon with Bitcoin via gift cards through Gyft, and save 3% to boot. If Amazon starts accepting Bitcoin, I doubt you'll still be able to save the 3%. So what's the rush? :-)

If Amazon accepts Bitcoin, then the discount will be more than 3%. I have seen Amazon giving as much as 10% discount to VISA / Master users and Paypal users in certain occasions. The same can happen with Bitcoin.

[sbabe]

Amazon is not accepting paypal, SO it is very hard to think they accept bitcoin.

[silamb]

2017 or later. First bitcoin price should be steady.

[xDan]

When it is "mainstream", whatever that implies. This might be never, but it's too early to say.

[BTCtrader71]

You can already buy anything you want from Amazon with Bitcoin via gift cards through Gyft, and save 3% to boot. If Amazon starts accepting Bitcoin, I doubt you'll still be able to save the 3%. So what's the rush? :-)

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I haven't used Gyft yet because I can only get them in increments of $5, which means that I have to buy (just to use a hypothetical amount) a $25 gift card for a $20.01 purchase, and that just annoys me.

On the other hand, now that I think about it .....

I use amazon enough that the residual $4.99 is unlikely to sit there for long. Therefore:

I hereby resolve to use Gyft WHENEVER I shop on Amazon.

Once Amazon sees how much bitcoin is flowing to them through Gyft, they may decide to cut out the middleman.

[apsvinet]

Went for first half of 2015. Anything earlier than that is far too optimistic imo, however later than that would be quite sad, hopefully they'll embrace it sooner.

[herebittybittybitty]

I love bitcoin and all, but why would you want to use it to buy stuff on Amazon?