The closest I've ever gotten was getting someone who was an eth investor to send some eth to a swap address so I could get paid in XMR for something I was selling on FB Marketplace.

I think probably more people would be willing to pay me in XMR but only if there was a dead simple and fast way of acquiring it and using it, which there isn't.

And then on top of that, it would probably have to be at a discount to offset the trouble for them.

Cake wallet's buy feature is not fast and simple and you have to KYC up the ass just to find out it doesn't even work.

The simplest way I thought of was to ask a buyer to meet me at a Bitcoin ATM so they could put their cash in the ATM and I make them send to my address.

Let's hear some success stories or failure stories, have you ever convinced regular people to use XMR? Whether buying or selling, I'd like to hear it.

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[–] edisondotme@monero.town 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

how do I swap it to fiat This is funny because if someone paid me in XMR I would be ecstatic and would never even consider swapping to fiat because of how valuable the XMR is!

The other issue I've encountered is that the moment I mention crypto, people are immediately thinking "How does this scam work?"

Just recently I was trying to sell something on Facebook Marketplace and the guy wanted me to deliver. I agreed but I was going to use Uber Courier to deliver and thus I'd require payment up front. I told him he could pay with Zelle, but he said he didn't have any of that. So I offered him the option to deposit cash into his local Bitcoin ATM to send to me. I told him I understand if he wouldn't want to since this is exactly how some scams on there work since there's no guarantee I'd even send the thing to him. He never replied.

The price of anonymity with XMR is trust.

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 2 points 1 day ago

anonymity with XMR is trust.

Trust and anonymity don't go together