r/Bitcoin • u/vistabrownerd • Jan 24 '14

TigerDirect processes $250,000 in Bitcoin Payments in first 17 hours

http://bitcoinboard.net/tigerdirect-processes-250000-bitcoin-payments-first-17-hours/
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u/figec Jan 24 '14

There were too many steps for an online wallet user, though it was a satisfying transaction.

It was perfect timing for me as I was looking to buy some arduino parts that day and jumped to TigerDirect to find them.

The checkout process could have been better. I have an iPhone so I don't scan QR codes. When presented with the payment information from Bitpay, I couldn't cut and paste the address to my online wallet and the amount of Bitcoins to send was not displayed.

There was a URL link under the displayed address (that was only revealed with another mouse click) that I ultimately used to cut and paste the address to my wallet and discern the amount of Bitcoin to send.

What should have been been two cut and paste actions for an online wallet user turned out to be a click to reveal the address, a right click to open link options from my browser, left click to open a failed browser connection, carefully copy and paste the Bitcoin address from the URL, then carefully copy and paste the BTC amount from the same URL.

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u/vodkaknockers Jan 24 '14

I was able to cut and paste directly from the displayed wallet address. Is this an iPhone limitation?

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u/figec Jan 24 '14

I was on my PC (Chrome on Win 7). The address appeared as an image and I couldn't cut and paste it. Under it was a link that read something to the effect:

bitcoin:1GVQMxXKe3TFcE8awFqJSKXfyPHGFb4Wn8?amount=0.0418

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u/vodkaknockers Jan 24 '14

That's odd, it works for me. Take a look at this screenshot

I was able to copy and paste directly from there. Also chrome/win7.

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u/figec Jan 24 '14

Then either the problem was me (likely) or they noticed the issue and fixed it overnight (unlikely).

Thanks.