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To me, it's not snobbery...just extraordinarily convenient to use card. It's extremely rare that I have cash on me. I play a cash poker game with a group of friends every month. When I win, the money just goes in my safe.
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Not to be snobby. But when you can’t spend the cash bc corporations won’t allow it…. Everyone remembers the coin shortage due to viruses and federal reserve not sending them out.
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if you can't pay with cash, how are you supposed to launder money?
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You think you're annoyed now?
Wait till cash is illegal.
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I pay cash as much as possible. But I also use my two Discover cards every month, for stuff I can't pay cash for, which is a lot!
I shop at WM all the time and always use the self-checkout. Always on the grocery end and never had that problem, you mentioned, Rick. I'll have to see if the other self-checkout has any cash machines. Will report back. I need some more dryer sheets and canned beets, so will stop there tomorrow. ![]()
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I kept wondering if the OP wanted cheese and crackers with all that WHINE.
Life is SO hard! I had to walk a few extra steps to pay a certain way for my items that would be considered a luxury if I lived in a third world country. I hate a store that has fresh food and millions of items at my disposal nearly 24/7. Life is SO hard.
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Not snobbery at all. Just makes sense to use the cards and get cash back. Also it is usually quicker getting checked out than cash.
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[QUOTE=JackDidley;12345560]Not snobbery at all. Just makes sense to use the cards [b]and get cash back[/u]. [/QUOTE=JackDidley;12345560]
Credit cards charge 2-5% off the local merchant overhead. Sometimes that can put them out of business. And then you don't have somewhere to go to. You think that doesn't affect you? Next year? Next decade? That is a lot of 3%. +3%. +3%.+3%.+3%.+3%.+3%.+3%.+3%.+3%. All I want is to skim a single dollar from every resident in the USA. $400M worth. Daily is fine.
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Honestly I don't pay any attention when hitting the self checkout. I'm always using a card. Just bought a pumpkin roll, I think it's my fifth one so far... TO THE SELF CHECKOUT.
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It is odd that this policy seems to be store specific . We have two Walmarts near us . The one we shopped yesterday is in the same town as our bank . The other is in the town we live in and that Walmart takes cash at the self checkouts at either end .
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If a person has a Walmart credit card....the self check-outs can be used as ATM's. I had one and did that a lot after purchasing something. Just click on the amount you want and it spits it out. I pay the full balance each month...so why not?
A few years back, I walked up to a self serve machine and noticed cash laying in the return slot. I picked it up and it was a stack of twenty dollar bills...at least 15 or more. I was fanning them out and was trying to get the attention of the Walmart worker for that area, when a woman came running into the area straight toward me. She said "Oh thank God, it's still here" She took it and left the store. She was using it as an ATM also....but somehow forgot to pick up the cash.
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My pet peeve is I usually, have a cart load of groceries while scanning the self checkout stops and says see cashier. I put my groceries back in the cart and move to a checkout with a checker.
Read about a woman who was busted because an item didn’t scan .Walmart called the cops. At Smiths I scanned my card and requested cash, walked to the car with my cart of groceries and realized I forgot my cash. When I walked back in the store an employee told me I needed to pay for my groceries. I forgot to hit pay after inn putting my PIN. Last edited by gduke2010; 10-25-2024 at 04:58 AM.. |
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I was at a gas station in Hawaii filling up a Rental Car before returning it at the airport. Go inside and it's pandemonium. Their Debit Machine is down and can't take cards. People are FREAKING OUT SCREAMING that they can't buy a $1.50 pack of gum with their piece of plastic. I paid my cash and RAN.
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The current system of credit card rebates is bad and regressive. The card lets me get cash back on everything I buy, but only because there’s other people subsidizing my rebates by paying interest every month. And the fees to pay for my card use falls on everyone because store needs to make up the fees somehow.
Folks paying cash are subsidizing my flights to Europe, extended warranties, etc. As for Walmart: I really only go there to buy motor oil but I find that the other customers are courteous and human, it’s a pretty relaxing place for me. I’ve found this to be true of every Walmart I’ve been to in several states. Most stores I visit these days the customers are rude and only have time for themselves - not a lot of empathy going around. Problem I have at Walmart is their food is often expired but wow their oil is cheap. |
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Since changing jobs 12 years ago, I go to Walmart several times a week at lunch time. It is about the only place to shop in the town I work in. I used to avoid the self checkouts but now there is typically only maybe two cashier lanes staffed so I use the self checkout. We always pay our discover bill off monthly so I typically use it for most purchases for the cash back we get for using it. It is "free money". It would be stupid not to use it.
That said, I still carry cash and use it for making small purchases at convenient stores or occasional fast food at a drive thru. I just can't get my head around using my credit card to buy a candy bar or cup of coffee at a gas station.... showing my age I guess as most youngsters I work with don't carry any cash at all and pay for "everything" with a card or phone. Still have not ventured into the paying with my phone deal.... Crazy how times have changed in regard to paying for stuff these days compared to when I was in highschool and college in the 80's.
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