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Today I stimulate the economy

July 03, 2011, 08:34:36 PM

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Today I will be buying stuff with bitcoins. The first thing I'm going to buy are some of those neat tangible bitcoins. Then I'm going to buy some t-shirts. Probably I will also buy a USB stick if I can find one, some food, and anything else I want. I will post my status here.

Economy, prepare to be stimulated.

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Re: Today I stimulate the economy

July 03, 2011, 08:59:03 PM

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Quote from: Peter Lambert on July 03, 2011, 08:37:25 PM

I bought some stock today. Does that count as stimulating the economy too?

Only if the people you bought stock from use the money to buy bitcoins and then use the bitcoins to buy stuff.

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Re: Today I stimulate the economy

July 03, 2011, 09:00:07 PM

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Methink it is not that people with bitcoin should buy goods and services but that merchants should make goods and services that's very tempting to spend bitcoin on.

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Re: Today I stimulate the economy

July 03, 2011, 09:00:47 PM

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There's some BTC porn site around, maybe you can stimulate more than just the economy today.

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Re: Today I stimulate the economy

July 03, 2011, 09:01:47 PM

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You should buy some meat. I've always liked the idea of being able to buy meat from the internet, even before bitcoin was around.

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Re: Today I stimulate the economy

July 03, 2011, 09:14:57 PM

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*shameless promotion* There's always BTCDeals.com Wink

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Re: Today I stimulate the economy

July 03, 2011, 09:15:30 PM

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Quote from: Peter Lambert on July 03, 2011, 09:12:52 PM

Quote from: Astrohacker on July 03, 2011, 08:59:03 PM

Quote from: Peter Lambert on July 03, 2011, 08:37:25 PM

I bought some stock today. Does that count as stimulating the economy too?

Only if the people you bought stock from use the money to buy bitcoins and then use the bitcoins to buy stuff.

Ahem, perhaps I should have elaborated more. I used bitcoins to buy stock, on the GLBSE. (When I read your response I was very confused, how would they use the bitcoins I sent them to buy bitcoins?)

Oh, I see. Yes that counts!

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* http://babbletees.com/products/vintage-organs-t-shirt
* http://babbletees.com/products/bicycle-graphic-tshirt
* http://babbletees.com/products/jellyfish-t-shirt
* http://babbletees.com/products/dinosaur-evolution-t-shirt
* http://babbletees.com/products/dna-graphic-t-shirt

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Re: Today I stimulate the economy

July 03, 2011, 09:17:52 PM

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Quote from: sublimnl on July 03, 2011, 09:14:57 PM

*shameless promotion* There's always BTCDeals.com Wink

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Bookmarked. I don't need a USB extension cord, but I will check back occasionally to see if you have anything I need.

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Re: Today I stimulate the economy

July 03, 2011, 09:19:29 PM

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There's always coffee.

If you're a tea drinker, that's coming soon.

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Re: Today I stimulate the economy

July 03, 2011, 09:24:26 PM

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Quote from: edd on July 03, 2011, 09:19:29 PM

There's always coffee.

If you're a tea drinker, that's coming soon.

Any reason why the captcha on your site was half Chinese and half English? It was 100% English on refreshing, but not at first.

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Re: Today I stimulate the economy

July 03, 2011, 09:27:49 PM

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Buying from actual shops rather than private sellers will most likely stimulate the economy, as rather than giving BTC to someone who will hoard it, the shop will have to convert the coins to their native currency to get stock and pay staff etc, so they are more likely to go back into circulation.

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Re: Today I stimulate the economy

July 03, 2011, 09:29:53 PM

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Quote from: dinzy on July 03, 2011, 09:24:26 PM

Quote from: edd on July 03, 2011, 09:19:29 PM

There's always coffee.

If you're a tea drinker, that's coming soon.

Any reason why the captcha on your site was half Chinese and half English? It was 100% English on refreshing, but not at first.

It's a captcha based on text scanned from books so I'm guessing it wasn't caught by whomever loaded it. More info here: http://www.google.com/recaptcha/learnmore

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Re: Today I stimulate the economy

July 03, 2011, 09:32:25 PM

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buying these today on Amazon by using spendbitcoins.com (just waiting for the amazon gift card in fact)

it's not the one-click ordering that Amazon is famous for but hey I figure it's a bit of extra hassle that's worth it to help the bitcoin economy to grow.

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July 03, 2011, 09:32:50 PM

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Just bought from bitmunchies.com:

* slim jims
* peanuts
* apple flavored condoms

total = 1.521 BTC, including shipping

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Re: Today I stimulate the economy

July 03, 2011, 09:33:11 PM

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I like this thread

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Re: Today I stimulate the economy

July 03, 2011, 09:33:18 PM

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I've been gambling BTC all afternoon. Maybe not economy stimulating, but is IS fun.

I just discovered the "gambling" sub forum today. Now I'm in trouble.

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Re: Today I stimulate the economy

July 03, 2011, 10:04:58 PM

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Quote from: edd on July 03, 2011, 09:19:29 PM

There's always coffee.

If you're a tea drinker, that's coming soon.

Just bought two bags of coffee from bitbrew.net.

* Karmic Sumatra
* Peruvian Pick Me Up

Total = 1.5 BTC

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Re: Today I stimulate the economy

July 03, 2011, 10:11:58 PM

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Quote from: Astrohacker on July 03, 2011, 10:04:58 PM

Quote from: edd on July 03, 2011, 09:19:29 PM

There's always coffee.

If you're a tea drinker, that's coming soon.

Just bought two bags of coffee from bitbrew.net.

* Karmic Sumatra
* Peruvian Pick Me Up

Total = 1.5 BTC

Yes, I see your order. Coffee will be roasted Tuesday due to the holiday and shipped out Wednesday.

Thanks for shopping at BitBrew!

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Re: Today I stimulate the economy

July 03, 2011, 10:14:47 PM

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Just bought two t-shirts from squarewear.biz:

* http://www.squarewear.biz/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=60
* http://www.squarewear.biz/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=63

Total = 2.11 BTC, including shipping

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Re: Today I stimulate the economy

July 03, 2011, 10:29:33 PM

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Up to over 12 btc in stimulation so far by my count. Thanks for the orders!

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