Many places in the world are paying for ETH and BTC as:
https://eth.remitano.com/vnIt's possible to pay with ether with escrow protection, governed by smart contracts:
http://escrowmyether.comThis service is useful for people to sell on /r/hardwareswap and is being integrated in several sites including a freelancer site and a classifieds site.
It just takes time for adoption. We can do our part by requesting to pay in eth for now.