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There is a move to eliminate cash.
When there is no cash-- all transactions can be traced.
I refuse to deal with anyone who will not accept cash!

What a novel concept! A computer chip in the hand or forehead. Never mind, I believe that was referred to as the “mark of the beast”! memtb

I bank with Wells Fargo. The few issue's I've had were taken care of within 2 days and never cost me a dime. Same with Schwab.

Once or twice they've sent me a new card for reasons related to attempted fraud, but every time they've intercepted it before I've ever seen a charge.

The last time was with Capital One card. Great people to deal with. Taken care of promptly and with the customer in mind. First couple of times was with small bank card. They did what they could, just didn't have the horses the bigger Card people did.

Just as electronic money has created a whole new industry
of illegal activities screwing people out of their money.
And if you think the b bank letting you off the hook keeps you
from being a victim, think it through.


Cash for me.

Cash isn't necessary. Hunting isn't necessary. Guns aren't necessary. Heck, push up bras aren't necessary.

Since when is this about needs?

I use quite a bit of cash. Matter of fact, almost all my discretionary local spending is done in cash. I spend more wisely when I pat ole Benjamin on the head as I lay him on the counter and bid him farewell...... Somehow, $280 at Costco on a card is not as big a deal as it is when counting out the bills on the counter.

Color me strange, but I don't want anyone to know I spent $300 at the titty bar, or $200 at the liquor store, or $75 at the nail salon..... How long after that before the 'Fire starts serving me ads for more titties, liquor and nail polish? Not that that wouldn't be an improvement.

I had to go to the bank the other day to reset the pins on my debit card. I'd forgotten it. Then again, hasn't been hacked either.....

And I bet you would just love for the government and whatever swingin dick bureaucrats to know your every move and exactly what you have and don't have?? So when the types like Warren come to power, they can "show up on your doorstep", figuratively, to take what they deem they need to do the public good.

F that.

Your "green envy" slip is showing.

When I was married, I liked to keep cash around. That way it never knew how much I spent on a gun.

I'm in your camp Dutch.


My wife is forced to get direct deposit, I'm not (go union, I get choices).
Our only bills are utility type, and all get charged to one rewards card.
She writes one check per month to pay the bills.

I cash my check, and we pay cash for everything else.
Other than the big brother tracking by the grocery stores through
their loyalty cards, nobody can find where we spend our money.
And nobody is given access to our bank account.


Cameras, scanners, skimmers....
You "safe" plastic money new age heterosexuals can deal
with all of that. If my bill is $20, I pay $20. Close my wallet and done.
Pretty easy.

Another thing that bites those who run accounts low, using
bank cards. Gas stations have no idea how much you will
Pump when you scan that card. So, they typically take $100
out of your account when you swipe. If you get $20, they still
hold the $80 until midnight when the systems allow the refund.
So, you suddenly have $80 less in your account.
So write a check, and it bounces. Come midnight, you get your money
back, but you are in for bounced check fees.
Your bank may wave them, the other one won't.

My wife sees this happen frequently in the c-store business.
Both from the bad checks she gets, and the card users that
come in mad because they bounced somewhere else.

True dat... Even THEN I ain't gettin' one....

My son worked for an outfit that puts "cards" into airports that don't allow any cash transactions. You have to go to a computerized kiosk and buy a "card" and put cash on it. It's for any payment inside the airport property. Bars, fast food joints, gift shops, etc. You literally can't use cash, except for to buy the card.