Totally agree. I sell at a couple of rural farmers markets. I have yet to get a sale in btc in 5 years. Its mostly due to the older demographics. They still laugh when I mention bitcoin. I hate laughing back at them as my eyes start glowing and my face turns orange
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Lmao, same. No users in my 3 years at the market. However, I think my conviction and knowledge is starting to meet well with their dollar devaluation. It’ll be an interesting year ahead of us
I’ve been asking farmers at my local farmers markets for 2 & haven’t met a btc farmer yet…
Also no one at any of the local farmers/grey markets seems to take btc… not even at my local flea market…
It’s unfortunate & disappointing. Same with my experience. They’re folks with good ethics though, drives me to stack harder - for them
Agreed
Interesting discussion! I have also yet to find anyone (at all) who takes Bitcoin. I generally ask farmers and small business owners like coffee shops. To be fair, I don't have any yet to spend (I'm trying) but I keep hoping to find people in my local community to connect and maybe trade with (if they'd even want to give up any of their Bitcoin, which I would understand not wanting to!). At the very least, I hope they see potential (and real) customers who want to move in that direction.
I wonder what worked for the folks in the #beefinitiative 🤔
They don’t have to accept btc tho right?
I thought the Beef initiative is more about bringing local beef slaughter houses back to the farmers & not the big 4 & btc was kinda a side thing?
Hmm I was misinformed. I thought they all were into bitcoin.
I could very well be wrong as well…
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Does the beef initiative farmers have to accept btc?
Tell them if you spend your bitcoin, just go buy the bitcoin right back with the fiat money you were going to use anyways. It equals it out
As a former market garden/restaurant seller, my recomendation is to focus on what your customer values most. Clean, beautiful, delicious fresh produce. You will be able to charge a premium by growing unique items to meticulous quality. Be clean, polite and friendly. It is hard for the state to know how many pounds of tomatoes you grew for cash. Take it and buy no kyc corn. If you and your farm flourish your customers will be curious. That is the time for bigger conversations.
Yeah that’s pretty much what I do. I never actually bring it up I just have a little sticker that says I accept btc. It’s usually they that bring it up, 80% of the time its a ‘that’s cute, but you’re naive’ sorta attitude