This would be the ideal solution.However ebay already has excellent rating and feedback systems in place.I dont want to reinvent the wheel.Someone with a 100 per cent rating on ebay would be a fool to sell fool's gold and wreck their reputation.As no reputation system yet exists for Bitcoin we have to use already existing systems for the purpose.
This has to start somewhere however and the wrinkles will be ironed out.If there is massive demand for this service I intend to approach gold dealers to strike a better deal for bitcoin customers.They will become preferred sellers over time.The amount of BTC I have to exchange for nuggets or gold/silver will be a factor of how much people buy through the bitcointo service.I hope it achieves equilibrium and there are bitcoins coming in and flowing out.
Then again there is always the carrier pidgeon to bitcoin method I was thinking about
Hey that is not as silly as it sounds!