War on cash

[BudT]

I suspect that the refusal to accept cash is due to the fear that paper bills are contaminated with COVID bacteria and not because of a plot to change the world's monetary system.

Covid has nothing to do with it except a excuse to advance things the one world government people wants. One of them is a cashless society which provides better control of what people do. It wont come easy but like stealing elections it will happen, when not if.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/paularm...h=52c6e1d45553

[Roadkingtrax]

You're far more likely to have your identity compromised.

Spend your cash, but not on that expensive (lol?) gas. That'll show 'em. Trapped at home with Fox news.

[Mark in Ottawa]

Covid has nothing to do with it except a excuse to advance things the one world government people wants. One of them is a cashless society which provides better control of what people do. It wont come easy but like stealing elections it will happen, when not if.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/paularm...h=52c6e1d45553

The cashless or near cashless society is pretty much here now. There are a number of reasons for this but one of them is convenience and another is safety.

In a few cases, it is because the government has responded to the desire of people not to use cash and has simply not printed as much. A few years ago, we spent a month in Argentina and found that the use of debit cards was so common that when I tried to pay for a basket of groceries in a large supermarket with the equivalent of a $20 bill, they had to send to the back office for enough cash to give me change. Also, there was a shortage of coins and everybody hoarded them for use on the bus and subway.

[togor]

When I had to go to Europe for work even 10 years ago, the cheapest way to do it was to get Euros at a cash machine and work off of those as much as possible. So a debit card. But more recently (just pre-Covid) just about everything is doable with an Amex card, decent exchange rate and no extra transaction fees. They get you on the annual fee but it makes it possible to travel in the UK, Eurozone, Switzerland, without a pile of cash on you.

[lyman]

did the same when we went to London,

got a small amount of cash exchanged before we left, and hit a few exchange places as needed
they were cheaper than using a CC,

[Art]

Sweden is virtually cashless now and in two years the use of cash will be banned altogether there. The thing that bothers me about this totally cashless business is it gives access to third parties to snoop into all of your transactions.

When my wife went to Vietnam she told me that cash, especially U.S. dollars was much preferred. I found the same the last time I was in Mexico though plastic works there just fine.

I doubt this country will ever be completely cashless simply because, while the people use plastic most of the time they like the cash option. Ethnic neighborhoods are especially cash friendly(, my Wife's Vietnamese friend gives a small discount for cash in her business) so are contractors. The authorities still suggest keeping several hundred dollars in cash on hand for emergencies such as hurricanes where electronic transfers may be unavailable for a week or more. I've seen that myself and not in the too distant past

[Vern Humphrey]

Turning the US cashless will be like the dollar coin -- no matter whose image they put on it, it never flew. People just didn't want it.

(Now real Silver dollars were another matter.)

[Johnny P]

The drug lords have too much cash on hand to let it become obsolete.

Years ago the wife and I went to Trinidad/Tobago with another couple, and at the hotel there was a bank where they encouraged you to trade American dollars for TT dollars. We then found out that the shops and restaurants didn't want the TT dollars, but wanted U.S. dollars.

[lyman]

Sweden is virtually cashless now and in two years the use of cash will be banned altogether there. The thing that bothers me about this totally cashless business is it gives access to third parties to snoop into all of your transactions.

When my wife went to Vietnam she told me that cash, especially U.S. dollars was much preferred. I found the same the last time I was in Mexico though plastic works there just fine.

I doubt this country will ever be completely cashless simply because, while the people use plastic most of the time they like the cash option. Ethnic neighborhoods are especially cash friendly(, my Wife's Vietnamese friend gives a small discount for cash in her business) so are contractors. The authorities still suggest keeping several hundred dollars on hand for emergencies such as hurricanes where electronic transfers may be unavailable for a week or more. I've seen that myself and not in the too distant past

Hispanic communities are also one that prefer cash,

there were at one time lots of robbery reports in some of the Hispanic neighborhoods due to large amounts of cash stashed in the house, vs a bank,

and when I was in the grocery biz, if you had the Hispanic community shopping with you, cash sales were higher than other areas (Cash vs Credit/debit sales ratio)

[jaie5070]

A cashless lets the goverment see exactly how much you spend. Here comes the IRS..... Last I heard it was still legal for municipalities to print their own currency, but not coinage. I recall seeing a news report on it years ago.

[BudT]

Confirmed it this morning, Walmart does not accept cash in any form now. Cards only according to one manager and two supervisors. End of the line for me and Walmart for everything except gas which I almost always use my CC for and that might end to. Areas/Regions might vary for a while but it is to be the Walmart world standard according to the 3 reps I talked with this morning.
I still need to piss on a WOKE person today.
Bud

[lyman]

I usually stop at the walmart near the gunshow I'll be at the weekend,
the expo hall, hotel, and walmart share a parking lot,

I'll see if they are card only,

[BudT]

I usually stop at the walmart near the gunshow I'll be at the weekend,
the expo hall, hotel, and walmart share a parking lot,

I'll see if they are card only,

Ya, check it out let us know what you run on to. I always question in my mind what these store employees actually know or think they know. Sometimes it's just wishful thinking on their part.

[Mark in Ottawa]

When I had to go to Europe for work even 10 years ago, the cheapest way to do it was to get Euros at a cash machine and work off of those as much as possible. So a debit card. But more recently (just pre-Covid) just about everything is doable with an Amex card, decent exchange rate and no extra transaction fees. They get you on the annual fee but it makes it possible to travel in the UK, Eurozone, Switzerland, without a pile of cash on you.

One problem with AMEX is that in some places, Ireland for example, they are not accepted at all. When we went there, our travel instructions told us not to bother bringing AMEX. Visa works better now

[Vern Humphrey]

Just stepped into my local Walmart. They know nothing at all about not accepting cash.