I mean, since the last time I’ve visited: it seems like no one ever carries it. I prefer it because CC charge additional fees (which end up making the item cost more) I have a small rant about that: STOP RIPPING OFF PEOPLE WITH THOSE SURCHARGES?! (It should be 0 rather than 1%) as it may seem trivial, they add up overtime. Are stores allowed to refuse cash payments outright despite them being legal tender?

  • blind3rdeye@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    1 day ago

    I use cash very often; almost always at cafes and restaurants, and often in other places too.

    I have several reasons for using cash:

    • Avoid surcharges.
    • Avoid entrenching dependency on payment-processing companies.
    • Avoid easy tracking by banks and payment processors.
    • Maintaining a sense of deliberate decision-making with purchases. (Using cash means I physically and necessarily think about how much money I’m handing over, whereas with a phone or card it takes no thought at all.)
    • (and other reasons along similar lines and values as those I’ve listed.)

    Really, I think it would be a disaster if cash was no longer widely accepted. Having all transactions funneled through a handful of private companies, with no way of avoiding them, … that would be very bad for a heap of different reasons. So continuing to use cash simply so that cash continues to be an option is good enough reason on its own.