purse.io's UI emphasizes the discounts you can get, by having a slider from 0% - 50% when you put in your wishlist. They claim they're just matchmaking with a buyer really interested in Bitcoin, but really, there's no way that 50% discounts on Amazon would ever happen, unless it's money laundering or CC fraud. And even then, 20% is really skeptical.
FoldApp seems to just be subsidizing purchases with VC money for adoption. It doesn't seem to be going well.
FoldApp seems to just be subsidizing purchases with VC money for adoption. It doesn't seem to be going well.
See also: Flooz, of which 20% of their transactions were fraudulent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flooz.com