That there's not a regulated option... To use BitCoins you have to go into the underbelly where you're quite likely to be stolen from and have no recourse. While it's great you enjoy the ability to be mercilessly preyed upon, it's not great that there is no safe option.
This one was just (apparently) incompetence. Wait until the real crooks get going.
The safe option is to use an established government backed currency, I want bitcoin to succeed, but I can't honestly tell people about it without describing it as an incredibly risky investment (right now).
Bitcoin has unique properties in terms of exchanging wealth. If you don't actually need those properties though you probably shouldn't be using bitcoin for anything other than playing with it.
This one was just (apparently) incompetence. Wait until the real crooks get going.