Dell accepting bitcoin could be MUCH bigger than you think
http://ww4.sinaimg.cn/bmiddle/6d9e93aajw1eii0tf52tgj20hs0h6ac5.jpgAndy, a Chinese, shared his experience on Weibo (Chinese Twitter). With the 10% discount, he bought an Alienware 14 (
http://www.dell.com/us/p/alienware-14/pd.aspx) for 6442CNY in bitcoin
The same item is selling at 11999CNY in China:
http://item.jd.com/1107676.html . He saved 46%
You may wonder why he couldn't buy it from dell.com directly before. Due to strict foreign exchange control, Chinese people could hardly have a "foreign currency credit card", and usual credit cards could not pay bills in USD or other foreign currency. As Dell now accepts bitcoin, Chinese people could order from dell.com directly, asking them to deliver to the US address of Haitao (
http://www.haitao.com/ ), who will then ship the item to China.
This is only the beginning.
Only the beggining , yes, but keep in mind that gouvernment can just as easily simply make deposits to exchanges impossible.
It is a good start, allowing average person to gain little bit aditional discount, but i seriously doubt this will affect the price.
