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Re: Does Bitcoin work for online shopping?
by
BlackRacerX
on 12/02/2018, 23:49:26 UTC
When you buy something on eBay or Amazon, you pay the seller, he ships the product and upload a tracking number.
If you haven't received the item, you can call eBay or Amazon and, basically, what happens is that if they have a tracking number that shows that the item has been delivered, then it is ok, otherwise eBay or Amazon reverses the transaction and you get your money back.
Is that possible with bitcoin? What if I buy a boat online for 2 bitcoins and I never receive it? Is bitcoin able to solve this problem?

Thanks

If you're dealing with an online seller, I highly discourage anyone to use bitcoins as a means to trade for physical goods specially if don't know personally who you're dealing with. Just buy at trusted stores or big tech groups with their products instead of buying from ebay. It's a hard pickle to find people who have anonymous addresses.