Why do we have a coin shortage due to Covid?

[KFC911]

It starts with the coins, then the dollars I tells ya! It's a slippery slope to put strippers and pole dancers out of bidness....

Dang Mormans

[RANDY P]

Originally Posted by Starless

The local Job Lot has an offer every once in a while that if you buy a gift card, of any denomination, they'll add 40% if you pay in rolled up coins. I went to the bank and asked for $200 in quarters, bought a $200 gift card worth $280. Hell, we shop there anyway.

That's a good one...

rjp

[Ryan_Cunningham]

Originally Posted by look 171

Seriously. I try to pay for food at restaurant the other day, they demanded credit card only. Its not to keep civid at bay since they made me touch their pen for a sig. How un-american of them? Pissed me off actually

Fairly certain they have to accept cash... "This note is legal tender for all debts..."

[Sooner or later]

Originally Posted by Ryan_Cunningham

Fairly certain they have to accept cash... "This note is legal tender for all debts..."

Not required. Business can set their own payment requirements. Cash, check, or credit card.

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by Ryan_Cunningham

Fairly certain they have to accept cash... "This note is legal tender for all debts..."

^^^^ Yep. I use cash for small purchases and have never encountered that .... even at Panda Express .

OK.... I'm wrong. I get my food before I pay though .... either take cash or the loss .... doesn't matter to me...

Burp

[rusnak]

Start eating at the cash register, haha !

[pmax]

Occam's razor.

[gregpark]

Originally Posted by KC911

It starts with the coins, then the dollars I tells ya! It's a slippery slope to put strippers and pole dancers out of bidness....

Dang Mormans

Yep, it's all going to change. There's pictures on those bills of you know, slave owners

[look 171]

Originally Posted by gregpark

Yep, it's all going to change. There's pictures on those bills of you know, slave owners

hahahaha but true. All BS

[wdfifteen]

Our bank pays 3% interest on checking account balances up to $25000 IF we use our debit cards 12 times a month. Our card use has gone way up since they started that policy.

[DanielDudley]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

Our bank pays 3% interest on checking account balances up to $25000 IF we use our debit cards 12 times a month. Our card use has gone way up since they started that policy.

I need a bank like that. I would change banks for that.

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by DanielDudley

I need a bank like that. I would change banks for that.

That's a nice deal.... but.

For only 25K, I wouldn't chase a miniscule difference in actual $ by going out of my way to use a debit card.... YMMV.

We all piss away more than that without even blinking. Remove the cap .... and I'd go for it too... jmo.

[beepbeep]

Over here, less than 9% of retail transactions are cash. It is all either cards or contactless (Apple Pay etc.)

I stopped using cash before 2005. Basically, only old people are still using cash and it is gradually being squeezed out. Even beggars accept Swish.

[flatbutt]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

Our bank pays 3% interest on checking account balances up to $25000 IF we use our debit cards 12 times a month. Our card use has gone way up since they started that policy.

$25K in checking?

[Tobra]

We don't have a coin shortage

[look 171]

Originally Posted by beepbeep

Over here, less than 9% of retail transactions are cash. It is all either cards or contactless (Apple Pay etc.)

I stopped using cash before 2005. Basically, only old people are still using cash and it is gradually being squeezed out. Even beggars accept Swish.

I hear Germany still use cash and that's been the norm. I assume it depends on the country. When we were in China, even the street vendors in remote areas were using their system like Applepay called WeChat only that we need to have money in their bank to open an account. No thanks. Credit card was not wildly accepted by smaller merchants unless we were in the hotels. When we got to Bali, cash was normal.

[thor66]

Is cash still full of cocaine residue?