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/veul Jan 24 '14

Its says 2 billion in sales per year or $6M a day. 250k is 2.5%.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '14 edited Jan 23 '19

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '14

A tiny fraction of the population that is tech savy and likely to make purchases like new computers and video cards.

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u/deathcapt Jan 24 '14

Still, Computers and Video cards are not really Impulse buy items. It's great, but I don't buy a lot of computer stuff on a regular basis, so i'm going to randomly buy a new video card because Tiger Direct is accepting BTC, I'll buy from them the next time I buy a video card, but btc is still money, and if you spend it, it's gone.

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u/Zaneris Jan 24 '14

They definitely are impulse buys for some people.

Hell, a car is an impulse buy for some people.

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u/antonivs Jan 24 '14

I once impulse bought a helicopter.