Re: Anyone still using cash
[Re: snowy]
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Cash or Barter here.I do use a debit card once in a while. Banks are always trying to push the credit cards ad nauseum.I just tell them to quit that stupidity,as credit is responsible for all the chaos in the economy by people constantly refusing to pay.They just run them up,several at a time,then walk. The poor suckers that pay theirs off all the time are being charged hidden fees intrest etc to cover all the losses from the deadbeats using the "system".The banks and credit card companys know that these losses are rampant,so they get it back from the honest suckers. Soon everything will be bitcoin,and then it will be total control by big brother.
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Re: Anyone still using cash
[Re: snowy]
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03/09/19 11:46 AM
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danny clifton
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privacy, anonymity, are not to be taken lightly. there is to much government oversight now. corporations and other business don't need to be able to spy on you either. there is no way that intrusion benefits those being intruded on. can't stop it but you don't have to participate willingly either.
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Re: Anyone still using cash
[Re: snowy]
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03/09/19 12:06 PM
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bitcoin is the opposite of big brother.
"Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon". Milton Friedman.
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Re: Anyone still using cash
[Re: snowy]
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03/09/19 12:09 PM
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danny clifton
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bit coin can not be carried in your wallet or locked in your gun safe
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: Anyone still using cash
[Re: white17]
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03/09/19 12:10 PM
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[quote=white17]I always carry cash but I honestly can't remember the last time I used it. Has to be a couple years at least. Oh wait. I think I used cash at the skeet range a couple years ago./quote]
Current bills or are they Colonial Currency? lol
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Re: Anyone still using cash
[Re: snowy]
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Yes, I use cash 90% of the time. I don't carry the checkbook or a bank card if I need either one of those my wife is usually close by.
"I've reached nearly fifty four years of age with my system."
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Re: Anyone still using cash
[Re: snowy]
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03/09/19 12:24 PM
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Yep. My card is free. I pay it off every month. Borrowing money on a credit card is a bad idea. If you need a loan get it at the bank. I think people get in trouble with cards because of impulse spending.
Using your card for all purchases to get points is somehow benefiting the card company. I'm sure a lot of it people spend to much and cant pay the balance. The company makes money off the interest. Rest of the story though those incentives are offered to people with good credit histories so you would think only a handful go in debt far enough to pay any interest. I am nervous about offers to save money by handing over personal information like where and on what I spend discretionary money.
I use mine to buy stuff online or get gas someplace where there are not a lot of good options. Its a good tool but IMO its silly to tell a card company 100% of what your buying and where.
If the cc company knows why would anyone think its not information traded and sold?
How does that benefit the person who is being tracked?
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: Anyone still using cash
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I went to send a package last week, at UPS. I opened up my beavertail wallet to remove the cash for payment....the clerk says “We don’t take cash”..... I said....we have a problem.
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Re: Anyone still using cash
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Bartering is good for a lot of small or medium transactions.Not everyone can take advantage of bartering however as it requires goods,services,in other words skills that are in demand.The more skills one has the more bartering can be done.In colder climates fur articles are a great medium for barter.
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Re: Anyone still using cash
[Re: white17]
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Cash or Barter here.I do use a debit card once in a while. Banks are always trying to push the credit cards ad nauseum.I just tell them to quit that stupidity,as credit is responsible for all the chaos in the economy by people constantly refusing to pay.They just run them up,several at a time,then walk. The poor suckers that pay theirs off all the time are being charged hidden fees intrest etc to cover all the losses from the deadbeats using the "system".The banks and credit card companys know that these losses are rampant,so they get it back from the honest suckers. Soon everything will be bitcoin,and then it will be total control by big brother.
I'd sure like to understand how people are charged " hidden fees and interest" if they pay their bill in full each time?? Boco the Loco
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Re: Anyone still using cash
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Your loco if you think you are using their services for free.Retailers even add on percentages to the price of goods to cover their costs of doing credit card business.Same as insurance companys,you,the honest sucker pay for the scammers abusing the system. Life insurance-another suckers game.Your betting that you will die,and they are betting you will live-what a stupid bet for anyone to take. Hired purchase(credit) is what ruined the economy a few years back.
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