I paid cash at a place. “Cassssh?”

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jojotherider@reddit

We’re all old enough to remember asking if places took debit. Now we’re asking if they take cash. Wild world.

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ONROSREPUS@reddit

Yes 90% of the time. Generally if the business doesn't take cash I will go else where.

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mhopkins1420@reddit

I avoid Jersey Mikes after they wouldn’t take my cash.

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New_Needleworker_473@reddit

Lol! I pay cash for my son's piano lessons but his teacher is like 70+.

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Where o live cash is king. You often get a discount for using cash. For reference I live in a coastal town that mom n pop business outnumber chains 10 to 1 at least. Cash benefits small businesses a lot so I have no problem. Plus it’s nice not having every purchase tracked by something

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Caftancatfan@reddit

Where I live, a nineteen year old will look at you like you gave him calculus homework if you try to pay cash in some places.

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edasto42@reddit

That happened even when we were teenagers. I personally knew some people that I had no idea how they got that far at 19, that I’m curious to know where they’re at now.

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PunkDoubt@reddit

Give them exact change and watch the chaos ha.

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callsignmario@reddit

Give them more so you don't get change - and even $1, 5, or 10 bill back...

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aksnowraven@reddit

Are you my neighbor?

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ashores@reddit

Moved to the Chicago suburbs a couple years ago and besides brick & mortar retail sort of businesses, everyone just charges extra for not cash. Same end result, but different psychology, and it bothers me more than just not getting a cash discount that's offered. Like I'm being punished by paying more than the baseline rather than just missing out on a deal.

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edasto42@reddit

I grew up in the Chicago burbs and got out as soon as I could. But your issue I’ve found to be something I encounter in most suburbs I go to. Part of the reason comes down to the dominance of chain stores, franchises and restaurants. Those are inherently more likely to be card only. There’s also more of suburbia to follow the lifescript to having stable and regular bank accounts.

More urban areas have more economic diversity by nature. There tends to be more service workers in cash tip heavy environments, more recent immigrants that can’t set up a bank account yet, stuff like that. And there’s actually laws set up for places like San Francisco and New York City to enforce businesses to accept cash to not disenfranchise lower income people.

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Simple_Priority7125@reddit

cash has that old school vibe but lowkey annoying sometimes, fr

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IAm5toned@reddit

Cash is never annoying.

If you think cash is annoying, it's because you've never had enough of it for it to actually become problematic. 🤣

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Azuras_Star8@reddit

What are you talking about? I got so many 1s in my wallet I look like the leaning tower of buttcheeks

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relikter@reddit

I can't stress enough how much better I felt after switching to a front pocket wallet. It took a month or so to get used to, but it's worth it IMO.

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Azuras_Star8@reddit

I got a minimal wallet 3 years ago because of hearing about back pain and butt pain. I dont carry cash so that was never a big problem, but still.

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relikter@reddit

I got so many 1s in my wallet I look like the leaning tower of buttcheeks

and then

I dont carry cash

I'm so confused.

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Azuras_Star8@reddit

I was being silly!

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IAm5toned@reddit

Upgrade that shit to Jacksons and Benjamins 🤷🏻‍♂️ guaranteed that little store down the street will buy as many ones as you can give them

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Azuras_Star8@reddit

I love little stores, and little diners.

When we vacation and travel, I try to only eat at the local mom and pops joints. Local food, and it's always so damn good.

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IAm5toned@reddit

Yes! I travel quite a bit regionally for work and we always know where the good food is by finding the little mom and pop diner with the full parking lot lol

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Azuras_Star8@reddit

Yes!! The full parking lot!!

And I get their store mug as a memory of our trip. And we k kw where to go back.

And the local places have food you cant get back home. Like in Oklahoma, lamb fries!

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tettoffensive@reddit

In a thread reminiscing about how things used to be and then I see the terms “vibe” and “lowkey”

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facesnorth@reddit

I hate lowkey but have been saying vibe since at least the 90s

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tettoffensive@reddit

Agreed. It’s just had a resurgence recently and being used a lot.

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IAm5toned@reddit

Yeah and it's low-key an annoying vibe, for everything to have a vibe. 😎

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TheDevil-YouKnow@reddit

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HomerSectual@reddit

Throw in some pronouns and self diagnoses while we’re at it.

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Sad_Egg_5176@reddit

>Cash benefits small businesses a lot so I have no problem. Plus it’s nice not having every purchase tracked by something

I don’t know if it was intentional, but these two points are very relevant to each other. A lot businesses love not having a paper trail either

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relikter@reddit

Interestingly, paying with paper is the best way to avoid creating a paper trail.

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yayoffbalance@reddit

Lol! So true..im tempted to start doing the same. Ive just been lazy about it.

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Just-Try-2533@reddit

I was going to ask if you were in Maine and then I saw the coastal part. Up until probably Covid where I’m at in Maine, it was still such a cash-first economy. That’s been changing a lot though and I don’t think I’ve been to an atm in the last two years.

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trailrun1980@reddit

A lot of places in Hawaii like this, you get a 3% cash discount (offsetting the credit card fees otherwise included in everything) Haircut, restaurants, shops

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BrokeAssZillionaire@reddit

I understand, small business owner here, insurance is cheaper as I don’t hold cash. We don’t need to go to the bank, worry about running out of change, less employee theft or wrong calculations. Overall a massive money saver being cash free.

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Sick_Astronaut@reddit

Nope, I use my card (phone) whenever I can. I only pay in cash to my hairdresser and massage therapist.

I guess it also depends on where you live, in a city or small village and also in which country.

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xanmoth@reddit

North Jersey, always. Cards are frowned on.

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remoteworker9@reddit

Never unless the place is cash only.,

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Dickrubin14094@reddit

I’ve had the same $20 bill in my wallet for a few years. You know, just in case I need it

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denotsmai83@reddit

In which case I avoid going.

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datbackup@reddit

We just need to wait a few more years and “paying in cash ironically” will be the cool new trend

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Appropriate-Neck-585@reddit

I pay cash whenever possible. I track my spending better when I see the money in my pocket decreasing.

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denotsmai83@reddit

I’m the absolute opposite. Once it’s out of the bank account, it’s already been spent in my mind. It’s pretend money that people actually let me use to buy things.

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Appropriate-Neck-585@reddit

That's interesting. When I'm swiping and or tapping my card, it doesn't feel like "real money" to me until I'm looking at my account overview online.

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PokerbushPA@reddit

I despise any place that doesn't take cash but does take Apple Pay.

That's some corporate bullshit right there.

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TheGillos@reddit

I've hated cash my whole life. Both as a customer and as someone dealing with it.

IMO, the Chinese (and others) are ahead by having everything on their phones.

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snewchybewchies@reddit

Only if they charge a service fee. Evening else goes on my airline miles card and gets paid off at the end of the month

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MetalEnthusiast83@reddit

I don’t carry cash. I haven’t for decades at this point. Cash is for buying drugs.

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TrustAffectionate966@reddit

My barber is cash-only. Been goin’ to him for almost 20 years.

🧐💸🤔

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idio242@reddit

No cash ever. Gimme them points.

Cash is for questionable, grey market transactions.

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And_go@reddit

I pay cash for everything I can. For one, I don’t need them watching my every purchase so they can push ads on me to buy shit I don’t need. I have enough trouble with impulse spending as is. Also, cards make that worse too! At least when I’m paying cash I’m watching the money leave my hand but with cards it’s just so easy to drop bigger amounts and not be conscious of how much you’re actually losing. Also I don’t trust the government now and I don’t need them watching my purchases either. Until they do away with cash completely, I will keep using it.

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L_wanderlust@reddit

Never cash. If I ever need it I’m like oh, cash?! Uhhh let me see if I have any….

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Masters_of_Sleep@reddit

I was just reminding myself earlier today I need to get cash before heading to local wetland rangers office to get cash since theu don't take credit there for state fishing license and realized how few places are like that now.

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fermentedradical@reddit

I pay cash for most things. The overreliance on card boggles my mind.

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B4SSF4C3@reddit

Yeah, the 3-5% rewards, the built in travel and purchase protections, the fact that you can’t really ever get robbed, and the ability to chargeback are truly head scratchers.

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fermentedradical@reddit

Better security and privacy, inherently limited budget so it's harder to overspend, often cheaper.

I don't think cards are bad, I use them, but as I've gotten older I see why, in our surveillance society, cash is a good thing too.

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jaywinner@reddit

Why? I don't have to deal with change, going to the ATM for more cash and my credit card gives me points.

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YourGuyK@reddit

Yep, using a card is just easier.

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Evan_802Vines@reddit

https://i.redd.it/b622sxnp7gvg1.gif

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OldPatroo@reddit

There is a local brewery by me that has a bunch of pinball machines that take dollar bills, so paying for beers in cash to get singles should be the norm. But some of the Gen Z bartenders don't understand the concept. I recently ordered a beer, handed the guy a 20, and he was so confused. Gave me the Gen Z stare for a while, then stared at the terminal, and finally asked if I was going to tap my card and then tip him in cash. Had to slowly explain I was using cash to pay for my beer, that he would then give me my change in cash, and his tip would be some of the cash he returned to me.

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HylanderUS@reddit

I've probably carried the same $20 in my wallet for a year

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Allureme@reddit

Only to your mom!

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Neither-Mycologist77@reddit

I use cash more often than not. I need to hit the ATM tomorrow because I bought some stuff today and only have a few bucks in my wallet.

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59apache01@reddit

You really want to have some fun with them? Use a $2 bill.

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Illustrious_Act_3953@reddit

I only pay cash at the dispensary. Gotta keep the old days alive

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DiaDeLosMuebles@reddit

They should open a dispensary that just sells out the back door in brown bags that come pre wrinkled.

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Illustrious_Act_3953@reddit

This would be hilarious. Make the front look like a back alleyway. Yea id definitely check it out

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Gravy_Sommelier@reddit

And you have to hang out with the cashier watching music videos for half an hour before you're allowed to leave.

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BalrogRuthenburg11@reddit

Or watch them play Golden Eye on 64 for 30-40 minutes so their parents or neighbors don’t get suspicious.

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Appropriate-Food1757@reddit

lol exactly you beat me to it.

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FungiStudent@reddit

Lol!!!!

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Appropriate-Food1757@reddit

And you have to smoke a bowl and hang out with drug dealer for a bit

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Lehk@reddit

not wrinkled but NY dispos do love their brown paper bags

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xXxjayceexXx@reddit

Like a speakeasy themed bar. Make the front look like a 7/11 and meet the guy out back.

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dzuunmod@reddit

I did when it was first legalized here in Canada, because there were news reports at the time saying that credit/debit companies might be obligated to report transactions to the US government, who might then put it on a file somewhere that could lead me to be refused entry to the US at the border.

Now, I don't think I'll ever return to the US again, so it doesn't matter anymore!

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Appropriate-Food1757@reddit

George Bush fucked it all up, used to be like going to another state

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Appropriate-Food1757@reddit

O don’t even do that, mine has a loophole where the POS works in 5 dollar increments

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ineffable_my_dear@reddit

My dispensary is cash only despite recreational being legal here.

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Lehk@reddit

banks hate weed

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RobotBearArms@reddit

Man I went to a dispensary in Clearwater Florida during spring break that took credit cards.... Also recreational isn't legal there I don't think so I'm confused how they were operating

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Kellzy1212@reddit

It’s fake. We have “dispensaries” here in Vegas on the strip. They swindle tourists with Delta 8 and other smoke shop specialties. Real dispensaries would never take the risk of accepting credit. They will usually have ATMs in the store though. Florida is only medical and they make you pay regularly to maintain the card. My parents live there and have theirs and so does my brother in law.

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Lehk@reddit

probably THCA flower

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RobotBearArms@reddit

What I got was definitely labeled as THC and it felt like THC. Obviously delta 8 can have a similar effects... But unless the labels were 100% made up then I dunno.

They told me they have "very good lawyers"

They sold flower too but I didn't buy any to have a look.

I'm wondering if they are set up as a religious organization like the places that sell mushrooms online as a "sacrament"

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Kellzy1212@reddit

Yea, these kind of shops skirt the law by selling technically legal products. I’d be extremely weary shopping at those. Who actually knows what’s in that stuff. Spice? Hemp? Delta 8? Kratom? Bath salts?

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heyitscory@reddit

Feels weird getting a receipt with your week and your debit card on it. I take cash too.

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Moxie_Stardust@reddit

What makes me laugh is getting the military veteran discount on my weed.

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Kahnza@reddit

I get a discount for being on Disability. Makes sense I guess. 🤣🤷‍♂️

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Kahnza@reddit

Fuckin right, Duderino. Just did that today. 😆

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Exciting_Agent3901@reddit

Most of the dispensaries I go to you can do an ATM transaction at the register. No cash needed.

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RodneyBarringtonIII@reddit

If you pay an extra $20 they'll meet you on the bridge at 5:30 and covertly hand it to you.in a baggie. You have to bring exact change though because you're not getting anything back.

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Exciting-Argument-67@reddit

What a coincidence! The OP just came from a dispensary, too.

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alvinofdiaspar@reddit

Cash for small mom and pop type businesses - just to save them transaction fees.

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catsoncrack420@reddit

NYC never. Pay taxes. Many delis had to take it but you pay tax. And you can't barter in some places.most small businesses prefer cash and if you ever ran a small business and the books you know exactly why

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mjh8212@reddit

Most places to eat here have a charge for using a card so we do cash. It’s a tourist town and the locals aren’t the ones complaining. We also do local thrifts and summers some yard sales my husband keeps cash on him.

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Lehk@reddit

i'm going to pay by check 🕶️

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katet_of_19@reddit

I have cash in a couple of spots where I can get to it easily, but rarely do I keep cash on my person

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SlackerDS5@reddit

Haven’t carried cash “on purpose” unless I know it’s a cash only place or I’m traveling and want to make sure the right person gets the tip. Vid made me appreciate my wearable tech, and I carry less cards and stuff on me now.

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vulchiegoodness@reddit

Nah. I don't carry cash if I can help it.

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maggie320@reddit

When I went to Vegas I went with cash, obviously for gambling, but went and got something to eat and they were having issues with their card reader. I asked if they took cash and they did.

You never know when you’ll need cash. I always try to keep a small amount just in case.

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playfulwarning@reddit

I always try to keep some cash on me. It keeps me from spending mindlessly on frivolous things.

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red286@reddit

I stopped paying by cash because all the self-checkouts in my area stopped accepting cash, and cashiers all struggle to figure out how to make change (worse is if something is $21.25, and you hand them a $20, a $5, and a quarter, they look at you blankly before handing you back the quarter and saying "that's too much").

My bank also gives me free unlimited debit purchases so long as I maintain a $1000 balance.

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_shaftpunk@reddit

I keep cash on me, just in case, but I can go months without needing to use it.

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CaptPotter47@reddit

I never carry cash. There no point. Make my wallet to big.

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Spartan04@reddit

I almost never use cash except for if I go to the casino. Other than that I keep a few 20s in my wallet just in case but use credit for pretty much everything (and pay off the balance each month so no interest). I don’t use my debit card at all except for as an ATM card since the fraud protections on credit cards are better.

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RoxyLA95@reddit

It’s getting harder to use cash. Many places are becoming cashless.

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bjgrem01@reddit

I dont use cash. I have one quarter I keep in my car for Aldi trips. I've been cashless for a long time.

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txc13@reddit

I prefer cash.

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Aol_awaymessage@reddit

Cash is such a pain in the ass for me. I avoid it whenever possible.

I fully understand and appreciate its benefits- they just don’t really apply to me.

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MinusGovernment@reddit

I use cash as much as possible. Sadly the last non-prepay gas station in my city finally went prepay so I have to use card for that because I'm not standing in line twice to fill my car up.

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Tabord@reddit

I haven't carried cash on a regular basis for years.

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marshmallowest@reddit

No. only for tips and now everyone uses venmo for that.

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TheJokersWild53@reddit

I pay cash 95% of the time. It cuts out the ‘add tip’ section you get when you pay by card. But I have gotten dirty looks from the Gen Z cashiers that hate making change.

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MajesticEmergency@reddit

Yea, I paid cash recently at AM/PM for a couple lotto tickets (they're cash only), a drink, and a candy bar. So it was some dollars and some change. The Gen Z was struggling to much to make correct change that it made very uncomfortable to see it.

and as a side, I've also had the uncomfortable Gen Z stare recently. At the self checkout I scanned alcohol and it flagged to ID check. The employee just walked up, stopped, and stared at me. Not pressing "shopper is over 21" or asking for my ID or saying anything. Half these kids are very odd.

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kg51113@reddit

The Gen Z was struggling to much to make correct change

It's a shame there isn't a machine, like a giant calculator, that they could just type in the money they're handed and it would do the math....

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RobotBearArms@reddit

Watching genz use all their fingers and toes to count is funny though

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crazyk4952@reddit

I am carrying cash more often now due to credit card surcharging.

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facesnorth@reddit

thing is I just hate touching cash - both paper and coins. it just feels so dirty and I feel the need to immediately wash my hands after touching it. makes it especially hard to pay for anything I want to eat. however I also don't like touching public door handles or railings for the same reason.

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lookieherehere@reddit

I haven't carried/used cash for probably 15+ years at this point. Just way easier to use a card.

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OreoSoupIsBest@reddit

We quit accepting cash. Not worth the risk to employees or the risk of theft.

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myuserhasafirstname@reddit

You can count the amount of times I've used cash in the last 20 years on one hand and I'm pretty sure you won't need all the fingers.

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SeaSkimmer2@reddit

Paying with cash is leaving money on the table when there are countless cash-back or points programs with the use of certain plastic. No need to even accrue interest, just pay off the balance every month and reap the benefits.

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New_Stats@reddit

Credit card surcharges makes this a bad equation

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YourGuyK@reddit

Surcharges are such a small percentage of my purchases that I'm still coming out way ahead with rewards.

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New_Stats@reddit

It varies from state to state. My state allows up to 4% which is more than most credit cards offer

Cash is the best way to save money here

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YourGuyK@reddit

I meant that maybe 5-10% at most of my spending happens at a place with a surcharge. Getting 1-5% back 95% of the time more than offsets paying 1% more at the occasional restaurant.

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HippieHighNoon@reddit

Unless you can't deposit the cash into the bank without raising flags 🤷🏻

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SeaSkimmer2@reddit

Sorry, I’ve never routinely been paid in cash.

Kind of an odd concern.

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jaywinner@reddit

I like my credit card rewards but if I'm moving so much money that banks would take note, fine, I'll skip them.

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noronto@reddit

My drug dealer doesn’t even accept cash.

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Even_Competition_954@reddit

In my city it’s become more and more common for small establishments to not accept cash at all. Even when they do, it’s become a common sight for businesses to have those “we are out of dollar bills” or “we are out of pennies” no change given signs.

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RodneyBarringtonIII@reddit

That's interesting; where are you? I had a (quick) glance at your profile and it looks like you're in California (or at least, you used to be), and CA state law prohibits business establishments.from refusing cash payments.

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YourGuyK@reddit

What is the starute? Because a Google search is showing that state law doesnt require it, but there are some cities with laws requiring cash acceptance.

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RodneyBarringtonIII@reddit

I don't know the statute; I also did a Google search. Perhaps the AI summary is lying to one of us?

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YourGuyK@reddit

I got it from a Sacramento Bee article, but there are cities in CA that require taking cash, which fits with what the AI says (while being unclear).

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Trashbagok@reddit

CA has no such law. LA, SF, and a few other cities do, but so far all attempts at making it a state law have failed.

https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article311266445.html

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RodneyBarringtonIII@reddit

Mean culpa. Google said there was, and I didn't look any further than the AI summary.

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Trashbagok@reddit

There is no CA state law. Just Los Angeles, San Francisco, and sometimes New Port Beach and Berkley have passed their own regulations, but nothing state wide.

They've tried, but failed to pass anything.

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Even_Competition_954@reddit

Pretty sure the law on cash payments is like the law on jaywalking. Sure it’s on the books but in 50 years I’ve never seen it enforced.

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RodneyBarringtonIII@reddit

It probably only gets enforced if people bring law enforcement into it. I'd believe you if you told me that nobody cares that much.

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Even_Competition_954@reddit

Yeah I think in places like the TL or South of market or the mission people just shrug and pay with their phone. Probably in more touristy or wealthy areas it wouldn’t fly. But if I ran a mobile food business near some place like civic center or fisherman’s wharf I’d probably only take card if I could get away with it. SF is not a violent city but it is a city with sticky fingers.

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Even_Competition_954@reddit

San Francisco. In parts of the city with higher crime rates, cash has just become too big of a liability. And I know the us mint cut in penny production is part of it, but it seems like small vendors are just not able to keep adequate petty cash on hand to make change.

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YourGuyK@reddit

They're going to be out of pennies permanently soon.

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Moxie_Stardust@reddit

I use cash pretty regularly. I never pay for anything with a debit card, because fraud protection is superior on a credit card (plus the rewards), debit card is strictly for ATM withdrawal.

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dzuunmod@reddit

I pay cash sometimes on principle. I think it's bad for society to go completely cashless. I live in a part of the world where cell/debit/credit outages are an occasional part of life (northern Canada, not far from southeast Alaska), and when that happens it is so nice to still be able to exchange money for goods and services.

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minnesnowta@reddit

I only use cash back credit cards unless I have to pay cash. Get 2% back at minimum and have never carried a balance. Easier to stop fraud and have disputes resolved when using a credit card. Sure they have horrible interest - but if you pay the balance in full, you never have to worry about the interest.

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DDark_Devon@reddit

Recently went to a coffee shop and sandwich shop and BOTH told me they did not accept cash - 100% cashless business. So weird. Paid cash at the bar and my friends looked at me like I was crazy. What the hell... It's going to continue to get worse because that's how the banks want it... Recently heard a story about elementary students having to use card payment to go to a basketball game...so elementary students need debit cards now? The banks want this.

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gooch_norris_@reddit

Reminds me of Stan inventing art-a

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ManufacturerWild430@reddit

I use to bartend PT and regularly kept my tips as spending money. That was 4 years ago. I honestly can't remember the last time I used cash.

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redditidothat@reddit

Saw a reverse ATM at a movie theater the other day. Concessions didn’t take cash but you could deposit it into a nearby machine and it kicks out a type of debit card.

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Pecan_Artist@reddit

I use cash to avoid tip creep at places that you shouldn't tip at.

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dbzmah@reddit

A local Italian restaurant and beer store I go to give cash discounts for not having to pay the card fee. It's not a ton, but worth saving the 3%

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aspect-of-the-badger@reddit

I pay cash all the time. If I don't my wife will know I'm cheating on my diet.

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PeterPunksNip@reddit

Always.

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UptownJunk802@reddit

I paid my copay in cash at the eye doctors. The receptionist picked it up like it was diseased, like barely touching it. It came from my purse not my bra by the way.

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LiGuangMing1981@reddit

Cash? What's that?

I pay for everything with my phone, like pretty much everyone else in China.

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giraffemoo@reddit

I usually save my cash for dispensaries. Where I live, most of them only accept cash (but they have atms on site)

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Li-RM35M4419@reddit

I only use cash

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Electronic-Spinach43@reddit

Was that Jack Palance voice?

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Large_Relation_3650@reddit (OP)

I can’t edit the typo for it to say cassssh, sorry. But yeah I, can see it lol Cassssssh and Tangooooo lol!

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andronicus_14@reddit

If I can’t tap my card, I’m not paying for it.

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New_Stats@reddit

Credit card surcharges are legal in my state and I'll be damned if I'm paying more for anything in this economy

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herseyhawkins33@reddit

I live in NYC so I actually carry more cash than I used to. Tons of local businesses charge a CC fee now.

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SlapHappyDude@reddit

Lots of small businesses near me LOVE cash.

They don't pay the card transaction fee and also can... Um... Never deposit it in the bank nor report it.

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Specialist_Action_85@reddit

A lot of places near me never went back to cash after covid. Honestly it's safer especially for small businesses. No cash to try and rob

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NighthawkCP@reddit

This. My favorite bar is cashless. Makes it so much easier to keep people from skimming and you can't walk off without paying if you start a tab with a card that is left open. Also the homeless people in the area know they can't hit them or the patrons up for a dollar as most of us don't carry any.

I almost never carry cash these days. Hell I have tap to pay on my watch, so I don't even have to get my phone out to pay. So nice! I still do my budgeting with Quicken Simplifi so I can stay on top of my transactions.

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jinsaku@reddit

I literally haven’t carried cash on me (except small amounts in foreign countries) in probably 15 years

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Sharp_Progress_5693@reddit

it’s illegal in New York City to not accept cash. Lots of places are cash only. I started carrying cash a lot more often since moving here.

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RodneyBarringtonIII@reddit

I rarely use cash but somehow I always amass it anyway. Theoretically it's good for vending machines, many of which are still cash only (theoretically because I very rarely purchase anything out of a machine). Usually I wait until I have a few hundred and then deposit it all into my checking account.

I know seriously tinfoil-hatted people who make all their purchases with cash because they don't want their absolutely mundane lives to be tracked.

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folksongcat@reddit

I usually only have cash after holidays. Right now I still have some left over from my birthday in February. And a little that I got in Easter eggs lol.

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pisachas1@reddit

I never use cash. It’s even more convenient that i can just use my phone now. I’ve always hated change. Might be a tall problem but sitting down in a car and the change rolling back out of my pockets drives me nuts. Going digital, you don’t need to keep track of change. It just stays in the bank.

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18randomcharacters@reddit

I have several hundred dollars in cash in a drawer, from selling things on facebook market place or neighborhood swap groups. I keep forgetting it's actual money that I can use.

I basically just keep cash in my wallet in small bills for handing out to people in need.

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jaywinner@reddit

I carry cash just in case but chances are I won't use it outside of a casino.

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Diseman81@reddit

I’ve been carrying more cash the last few years than any point over the last 25 years. I bought a few things with cash today. I go to flea markets a lot so cash is necessary there.

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Ishvale@reddit

I haven't even carried cash in years

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poop-money@reddit

I pay with a card. Tip in cash.

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FajitaTits@reddit

I constantly pay with cash. It helps me budget myself.

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lifeat24fps@reddit

My tattoo artist and my barber love cash.

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dominator5k@reddit

I despise people that pay cash.

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aroundincircles@reddit

We do a cash based budget in my home, it is amazing how much we save that way.

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ACoinGuy@reddit

I use both. But I always have cash.

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sshanafelt@reddit

I haven't carried cash in a decade

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CMarlowe@reddit

I can't even remember the last time I used cash. A few places we go are outright cashless. And a few places I've seen charge a fee to use credit cards. This is their right but I do not use these businesses no matter how good they are. If you're going to charge me a fee for using my preferred payment method, we're done.

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arcxjo@reddit

Only place I carry cash is the bar, and that's only because all the gambling stuff there needs it.

Cash is too easy to steal or lose.

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HillBillyMadman@reddit

Always cash.

I have a debit card, but rarely use it, except for making cash withdraws from the bank/ATM

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FoppyRETURNS@reddit

I've been pretty much exclusively plastic since 2003.