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Originally Posted by murraypaul
It does feel like the whole of the US is years behind in electronic payments.
I found my cheque book recently, and I haven't written a check since 2010. Even our window cleaner accepts bank transfers! And with many car parks now taking contactless payments, the need for cash has pretty much vanished too, they were the last things I carried coins for.
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Not the whole country. Just utilities.
Bear in mind it is a big country with tens of thousands of communities scattered all over, too. Some places were first electrified in the nineteenth century while many newer communities were established in the 21st.
Lots of small businesses and different (often weird) tax regimes, too. Many small businesses don't support the newer digital payments because the added overhead isn't worth it. Cash and Credit/debit card are nearly universal. The rest varies by business.
Some of the "weird" practices have a valid rationale, some don't.
You just grin and shrug it off.
As for the delivery of ebooks via Flash, I doubt any legit business would do it.
DVDs are much cheaper than even the cheapest flash drive and, of course, digital is near-zero incremental cost.