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		sanswork on June 21, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Buyback Bitcoin After Checkout The difference is people stealing all those credit cards could only use a very small number of them before they were all cancelled/replaced. If someone broke the security on a wallet hosting service they could clear out every customer completely instantly with no recourse. >You're paying, alright. Just indirectly. And so are bitcoin users that shop in most stores that also accept credit cards. It's priced in for everyone.

aianus on June 21, 2014 [–]

> And so are bitcoin users that shop in most stores that also accept credit cards. It's priced in for everyone.

You can get 3% cashback for using Bitcoin on gyft (and by extension Amazon)

sanswork on June 21, 2014 | [–]

I can get 3-6% off the price plus 2% cashback by using one of the other gift card companies.

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