Quote from: Ahoyhoy on July 11, 2012, 09:18 pmJust paid 8.90 per BTC. WTF! I remember when they were a third of that price.........it's making SR prices unviable all of a sudden....vendors need to bring down pricesDid you mean 4.90 that sounds a bit more like it? The vendors set their prices in USD which in turn is pegged to the USD/BTC rate as per MtGox. As such it doesn't really matter if it's 4 or 8 to the Bitcoin - $100 of Bitcoins is still worth $100.The only time that problems arise is when people buy Bitcoins, fail to spend them and the Bitcoin dips in value. The simple solution is only to buy as many BTC as you need and know in advance what you're going to order.V.