Re: How do I approach my currency revamp issues?

On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:46:40 -0400, "Bruce Remick" <remick@xxxxxxx>
wrote:

I just don't see the need to use a card for low priced items like a
sandwich or a large pop. Sure, some folks will -- but they're the ones
who go into the market and whip out the plastic just to buy a pack of
gum.

To me, a low priced item in a vending machine is something that costs less
than a dollar. Showing my age again. It scares me how many people DO use
their card to make an item like a pack of gum or a newspaper.

Quite. Vending machine prices have risen considerably the last several
years.

If some day the US outlaws actual money altogether and forces everyone
to use the Uncle Sam Card, that'll be the day to head for the hills
cos the jack booted thugs won't be too far behind. In the mean time,
it is much easier and much more convenient to use coins or paper notes
for such purchases, whether at the market or in a machine.

Aw, it ain't that bad. I just took a giant step and signed up for an oil
company credit card that will give me a 5% rebate on my fuel charges--
that's a discount of over 15¢ a gallon!

Not bad. I've never paid cash for gas, unless it can't be helped.
Getting a rebate like that is a good idea -- especially with prices as
high as they are!

My first experience using a credit
card in a "gas station machine" in my 65+ years, and I'm almost getting the
hang of it after three tries. And hey, it didn't HURT! Convenience? I
don't have to walk inside and wait in a line to pay full price anymore.

Yeah. Having to go in, wait, give the cashier your money, forget which
pump you're at, go out to figure out where the number sticker is, go
back in, wait, tell the cashier the number, go back out and pump gas,
go back inside, wait, get your change, go back out is all rather
inconvenient.

But I'll admit I'm still not ready to try that ATM stuff yet.

You're better off budgeting a certain amount of money for daily needs
and sticking with that budget, rather than relying on ATM cards.

The US will ever "outlaw" cash,

I would *never* assume the US government will never outlaw something.
They will eventually come to realise that they can keep better track
of all us comrades and our spending habits through the use of
electronic means.

but like the public pay phone, one day we
will realize there aren't many occasions when we need it anymore.

There will always be a need for it. I see no real need to use plastic
at all, really, except for occasional online activity or the purchase
of expensive items (though a check would do just as well in that
instance). Well, until they invent a means of matter manipulation, and
we won't *have* to buy things any more.

No
jack-booted thugs required. It'll just happen. All you'll notice are those
two tiny marks behind your ear.

Yeah.

Padraic

Bruce

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