Comments on: I hate cash http://www.punchdebtintheface.com/2009/12/i-hate-cash.html A fun personal finance blog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:03:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Poster http://www.punchdebtintheface.com/2009/12/i-hate-cash.html#comment-3820 Poster Sat, 30 Jan 2010 01:19:31 +0000 http://www.punchdebtintheface.com/?p=523#comment-3820 Card-only is fantastic for suburb-dwellers who shop exclusively at franchises and care neither about local businesses (whose failures they expedited) nor product diversity. In the real world, cash is a useful way to not be a boring asshole. Card-only is fantastic for suburb-dwellers who shop exclusively at franchises and care neither about local businesses (whose failures they expedited) nor product diversity. In the real world, cash is a useful way to not be a boring asshole.

]]> By: TXMarko http://www.punchdebtintheface.com/2009/12/i-hate-cash.html#comment-2311 TXMarko Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:16:54 +0000 http://www.punchdebtintheface.com/?p=523#comment-2311 There is nothing "magic" about using only cash any more than there is magic associated with card use (debit or credit). Following a job layoff and personal bankruptcy, we currently enjoy having only cash and checks to make our purchases. Fewer things infuriate me more than seeing the silly ads on TV where the credit card folks just whiz right through checkouts while the bumbling cash users are holding everyone else up. 99% of the time this situation is completely reversed, with a bunch of folks that have their cash ready in their hand to check out but everyone is waiting on the credit or debit card to process. Not to mention those who don't even know what product (credit or debit) they have and how to use it.... There is nothing "magic" about using only cash any more than there is magic associated with card use (debit or credit).

Following a job layoff and personal bankruptcy, we currently enjoy having only cash and checks to make our purchases.

Fewer things infuriate me more than seeing the silly ads on TV where the credit card folks just whiz right through checkouts while the bumbling cash users are holding everyone else up. 99% of the time this situation is completely reversed, with a bunch of folks that have their cash ready in their hand to check out but everyone is waiting on the credit or debit card to process.

Not to mention those who don't even know what product (credit or debit) they have and how to use it….

]]> By: livinglargevegas http://www.punchdebtintheface.com/2009/12/i-hate-cash.html#comment-2291 livinglargevegas Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:33:42 +0000 http://www.punchdebtintheface.com/?p=523#comment-2291 well I agree 102% with you. Dave Ramsey is an idiot and people who think there is something magic about only using cash need to educate themselves. Moreover, by using a credit card I get three things cash does not provide 1) the ability to track expenses easily 2) protection from nefarious businesses and 3) rewards. what happens if you lose cash? you're SOL. lose a credit card and you are protected. in short, CASH IS SUBPRIME well I agree 102% with you. Dave Ramsey is an idiot and people who think there is something magic about only using cash need to educate themselves. Moreover, by using a credit card I get three things cash does not provide 1) the ability to track expenses easily 2) protection from nefarious businesses and 3) rewards. what happens if you lose cash? you're SOL. lose a credit card and you are protected. in short, CASH IS SUBPRIME

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