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i guess this is partly why NYC/new yorkers have the reputation they have.
And the people in the hinterlands have the reputation they do.
i guess this is partly why NYC/new yorkers have the reputation they have.
They've invented this thing called self checkout at most places I shop. Not Costco though.
The Paradise of the City & County of Denver takes credit cards with no surcharge. A quick 4000 Avios for us. This year it cemented the 50000 Avios bonus on the new Chase card.As for checks, I write two every year, because that's the only way to pay our property tax to the county and the city.
Costco had them for a while, and they were great. We used them every time. Shorter lines. Then Costco decided they were too difficult to maintain.
Costco had them for a while, and they were great. We used them every time. Shorter lines. Then Costco decided they were too difficult to maintain.
Not completely. We live in Puget Sound area, and Costco stores in heavy tech neighborhoods still seem to have. Think Redmond and Kirkland and, of course, Costco corp backyard store, Issaquah. OTOH, in So Sound Tacoma and Olympia stores not so much
I assume cash will continue to decline as a payment option, but it won’t go away entirely in my lifetime, and I don’t really care. We rarely use cash for larger transactions, say $15 and up, but we rarely use a CC for anything under about $15 even though we usually could - which evidently (to my surprise) makes us relatively forward thinking according to the chart below.
Cashless might reduce petty robberies, there’s already evidence of it. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/04/cashless-society/477411/
If cash goes away I can live with it, but I know the “get off my lawn” generation will resist out of habit as much as anything...
But they can eliminate $#&@* pennies anytime and I’d be happy.
All for dropping the penny. From what I have heard, it costs more to make them, then there value.
As for the rest of our currency going away, probably not in our lifetimes
Ditto Europa.I don't think the cost of making them is an issue...it's not like they're used once then thrown away.
We (Canada) got rid of the penny years ago and it worked out fine. We also got rid of paper $1 and $2 bills and replaced them with coins.
Retired early at 56 and use cash for almost every transaction we do. We go to the bank at the beginning of the month and withdraw our monthly allocation for food, entertainment and general living expenses. It's much easier for me to budget that way.
Not completely. We live in Puget Sound area, and Costco stores in heavy tech neighborhoods still seem to have. Think Redmond and Kirkland and, of course, Costco corp backyard store, Issaquah. OTOH, in So Sound Tacoma and Olympia stores not so much
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Go into a Walmart on payday, the check gets cashed, pockets are full and people go a shopping. It makes no sense for a poor person to put money in a bank just to be charged to have it there as you are under the minimum and then be charged more because you overdraft.
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Costco added them in the Salem Oregon store two weeks ago. The march to self serve continues. I generally avoid them. I consider them a job killer. I know that efficiencies can result in lower prices but I prefer a little more human interaction. In a warehouse store the clerks are almost always faster because they know where the bar codes are. Boxing is usually faster and some people just fumble with the items because of physical limitations. If there is a line for the self serve how is that better than waiting in line to check out?
Costco added them in the Salem Oregon store two weeks ago. The march to self serve continues. I generally avoid them. I consider them a job killer. I know that efficiencies can result in lower prices but I prefer a little more human interaction. In a warehouse store the clerks are almost always faster because they know where the bar codes are. Boxing is usually faster and some people just fumble with the items because of physical limitations. If there is a line for the self serve how is that better than waiting in line to check out?
Costco i don’t appreciate the presumption that we’re thieves after leaving the checkout lane and having to show our receipt while the employee matches purchases to the receipt.