Quote from: criptix on December 10, 2014, 10:48:00 PM

Quote from: NotLambchop on December 10, 2014, 10:19:38 PM

Quote from: criptix on December 10, 2014, 10:17:43 PM

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@dell:
i think the clue was about where you would buy from. i think it was like a discount of 20-30% if you bought dell products via btc from china or similiar.

Link pl0x. I could find nothing.
For Overstock too, if possible. "My uncle's friend heard it on IRC" doesn't cut it.

@overstock

http://www.coindesk.com/overstock-ceo-patrick-byrne-1-6m-bitcoin-sales/

Thanks, I followed the 10% link in the article, which landed me here, but couldn't find a ref. to him holding 10%. Then I realized I misunderstood the intended meaning, which is: At the time the article was written, "CEO Patrick Byrne ... now holds "several million dollars" in bitcoin, having recently invested in the currency."

TL:DR: As I understand it, he is not keeping a percentage of the sales, he holds (owns) several mil$ worth of BTC, which constituted 10% of Overstock's BTC sales to date. If this is unclear (my fault), I can try to explain it beterer.

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@dell

they had an up to 15% discount promotion of alienware stuff.

and if you bought from china with bitcoins you would have saved around 45% because of their foreign exchange controls.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=701178.0

i have a favor good now, took me like 2030 minutes to dig that out --"

Thanks for taking the time (no sarcasm). Maybe it did take place, but this: "Andy, a Chinese, shared his experience on Weibo (Chinese Twitter). ... He saved 46%" is exactly what I meant by "my uncle's friend from IRC"-- unverifiable, anecdotal evidence. This fora are full of stuff like this.

Regardless, thanks again for taking the time to find it.