From Wikipedia: "According to a Newsweek story, all 400,000 printed copies were recalled for 'pulping', except for one, locked away in a vault at News Corp.[6] One copy did show up on eBay on January 15, 2007, with a starting bid of $1500, and sold for over $65,000 fueling speculation about whether News Corp. was able to destroy all printed copies.[citation needed] James Wolcott of Vanity Fair obtained a "pristine hardcover" copy of the book for a review published in January 2007.[7]"
This is quite an interesting auction here, considering the circumstances.
Or it's a fake. And since bitcoin has no chargebacks (which many in the bitcoin community think is great!) the customer is left out of pocket with no recourse.
Recently added:
Bitcoin mining gear, gems hand picked by a thai GIA graduate for sale on bitmit, Nazi paraphernalia and 'The Israel Lobby' on audiobook.
As someone who has only looked at Bitcoin from the outside, it nonetheless hits many of my personal interests: currency arbitrage, encryption, digital ventures, security, etc.
So, I'm interested in outcomes of Bitcoin. Ebay has all sorts of restrictions on what you can post and bid on, will a market emerge for (as others noted) OJ's book, transplant kidneys and illegal publications?
On a less lurid scale the site _has_ to do some serious work and thought around fraud, transactions and reputation in anonymous settings, work I'd like to take lessons from.
Trading virtual currency for physical currency. In Diablo 3 you can purchase/sell virtual goods for real currency. Although both have "real value", you can do more with for example "USD/EUR" than with "Diablo 3 Gold".
"Yes, PHP has a better dependency manager than any other languages."
> Better than Maven or Gradle? I wished someone made a chart with all these tools that covered dependency management and analyzed their features. But in the end, dependency management is only a part of the platform built around the language, it's a good factor in whether to choose or not to choose a language - but not the crucial one.
From the FAQ:
Because Bitcoin transactions are widely anonymous there is a need for trustbuilding measures like our escrow system. Thereby Bitcoins are only transfered to the vendor if you have set the order as received or have given a positive rating. Thereby potential fraudsters have no chance of success.
Sadly it means the customer is always right. So if the customer says "nope I didn't get it", then they get their money and the product. Similar to how paypal works really.
Paypal provides a mechanism for the merchant to show proof of delivery. Generally, if you use UPS or Fedex, all you have to do is forward them delivery confirmation or the tracking number, and they free up your funds.
For intangible goods, you simply need to show proof that the item purchased is intangible.
Paypal isn't perfect, but if it really screwed over merchants the way you suggest they do, they would have gone out of business years ago.
> Paypal isn't perfect, but if it really screwed over merchants the way you suggest they do, they would have gone out of business years ago.
I don't think you can draw that inference unless there is a good non-Paypal option that doesn't screw over merchants. Getting a traditional merchant account and accepting credit cards online isn't such an alternative--that screws over merchants on charge backs and with the occasional massive and apparently arbitrary increase in reserve requirements.
As a merchant it feels like you're being screwed over, but the fact is you'll sell more and at higher values than if you don't accept paypal or credit cards.
There are plenty of studies showing that customers spend more if they pay by credit card. In fact just having a credit card logo visible will increase spending, even on cash puchases.
Someone is selling a copy of the OJ Simpson book.