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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
I'm also grateful that increasingly, credit or debit cards are used for payment.
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That's something I admit I don't understand. I do have both but never use them in meatworld shopping. Recurring payments go directly from my account, credit card is for web based purchases. For everything else cash is just fine. Why should I:
a) leave my pin/name/signature/whatever at every place I decide to get my bread, butter or the new pack of socks from?
b) having the hassle of feeding all that data in, where handing over a/some bill(s) or a handful of coins would suffice.
c) same goes for my shopping lists ending up in my bank account and dunno where else.
Unless one's going to buy something worth several thousands or tens of thousands (Those who really have that much money around there is no risk money would become too cumbersome to to carry. There are enough bills with higher denominations both in american and european countries.
I've noticed this attitude being presented in several US located movies:
When you pay cash, there's something wrong with you. Your are suspicious.
Do. Not. Understand. Really, no US bashing behind it or something like that. I just don't understand this aversion
So c'mon folks enlighten me - what's wrong with cash?