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"Padraic Brown" wrote in message ... On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 19:38:08 -0500, Bruce Remick wrote: Using cash is fine, as long as they're careful where they flash those wallets with the hundreds packed in there. Sensible advice regardless of one's payment method. Flashing an ATM card is practically advertising "force me to go with you to the ATM and withdraw wads of cash!" Most ATMs have a limit to the cash you can withdraw in one day, or one weekend...usually about $500. So, there really isn't much difference. |
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"Padraic Brown" wrote in message ... On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 18:38:45 -0600, "A.E. Gelat" wrote: I still don't see what this has to do with their preference not to have a credit card or checking account. Cultural differences. You try placing your money in a bank in a country that revaluates its currency every couple years. Such a mindset takes some time to get over. There are other reasons, such as not qualifying for a credit card, not wanting to pay a $12 monthly fee for a small average blance account, etc. Of course. I suspect an illegal immigrant wouldn't want to bother. I did not have illegals on my mind. There are many WASPS, blacks, Hispanics that cannot qualify Tony Culture has nothing to with it. It has more to do with it than you might think. Padraic. la cieurgeourea provoer mal trasfu ast meiyoer ke 'l andrext ben trasfu. |
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Padraic Brown wrote in
: On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 19:38:08 -0500, Bruce Remick wrote: Using cash is fine, as long as they're careful where they flash those wallets with the hundreds packed in there. Sensible advice regardless of one's payment method. Flashing an ATM card is practically advertising "force me to go with you to the ATM and withdraw wads of cash!" Padraic. la cieurgeourea provoer mal trasfu ast meiyoer ke 'l andrext ben trasfu. 1) You can't tell by looking at the ATM card how much money is in the account. Besides the daily withdrawl limit, which may already have been hit, you might pick somebody like me who spent all their money on diapers and has about $40 in the account until payday (or another diaper run drops it lower). 2) ATM machines have cameras in them. Also, they are often in areas with additional security or cameras. 3) It means traveling with the victim to another location to retrieve the money. I'm sure there are many more, but these jumped right out at me when I read your post. - Andrew W Applegarth |
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"A.E. Gelat" wrote in message ... "Padraic Brown" wrote in message ... On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 21:53:17 -0500, Bruce Remick wrote: Sure. They get jobs, though... Well, let's hope so! And they better be good ones if they're gonna be able to afford to carry all those hundred dollar bills to Best Buy for that washing machine. Some are, some aren't. Construction, handyman services, plant management (janitorial services), landscaping, child care, housekeeping, take your pick! I still don't see what this has to do with their preference not to have a credit card or checking account. Cultural differences. You try placing your money in a bank in a country that revaluates its currency every couple years. Such a mindset takes some time to get over. There are other reasons, such as not qualifying for a credit card, not wanting to pay a $12 monthly fee for a small average blance account, etc. Culture has nothing to with it. $12 a month? Who is stupid enough to pay that much for a checking account, even with no balance? Note that I'm not saying they nèver have credit cards or checking accounts. Padraic. la cieurgeourea provoer mal trasfu ast meiyoer ke 'l andrext ben trasfu. |
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"Padraic Brown" wrote in message ... On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 19:46:44 -0500, Bruce Remick wrote: Padraic Brown wrote: On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 14:29:12 -0500, Bruce Remick wrote: But each decade has brought new ways to make this spending more convenient, safe, and efficient. Different certainly. Not much safer and certainly no more efficient! Credit cards, checks, and electronic transfers are not much safer or more efficient than using cash???? Way too susceptible to hackers. I know. My oh so safe ATM linked checking account was hacked to the tune of several hundred dollars. I don't know the results of the bank's investigation, though they made good on my loss. I bet no one makes good when you lose a brass buck. Can't hack a Jackson (and unless the counterfiet is really good, most collector types can pick out a fake). I guess there's no point discussing this further with you. Could be. There's never much point in these silly cash v. credit card discussions anyway! Same goes for penny v. cent and cash v. credit card in the grocery store queue. Some interesting points of view, mind! But nothing substantive is said or done. You can always get a paper certificate. Try it. I know they don't like giving them up, but it can certainly be done. Paid your phone and electric bill at the corner drug store? Can be done at the bank, and quite a few shops I've seen. Ever try using a check or paying online? The former, yes. The latter, no. I have bought things online, however. Not a preferred method. Even received an actual salary check (although this hasn't disappeared yet, more and more employers aren't paying that way) I could change from direct deposit to a regular check if I wanted to. I chose DD so I wouldn't have to schlep down to the cashier's office to pick up a check on a day off. Hey! You're starting to see my point. See where the trend is heading? I already understand your point, and I disagree with it. Direct deposit checking has nothing to do with our becomming a cashless society. All it means is I now have to go to the ATM or write a check to "Cash" if I want to get some money. Padraic. la cieurgeourea provoer mal trasfu ast meiyoer ke 'l andrext ben trasfu. |
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bob peterson wrote:
no one is going to use halves in normal commerce no matter what so you might as well drop the coin and make a few bux off selling a new half dollar coin to collectors every year. Clearly everyone would again use 50 cent pieces if we could just convince a modern music star, say a rapper, to name himself after it... |
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I bet no one makes good when you lose a brass buck. Oh no! A dollar! I'm ruined! You can lose FRNs too, the wind took one of mine today as I was putting away my change from a food stand purchase. |
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Bob Flaminio wrote:
Ami . wrote: What are your ideas on getting the public to widely use half dollar and dollar coins in everyday transactions? We would then have MLK Halves and Kennedy Golden Dollars. Not a chance. The only way to get the public to use dollar coins is to discontinue the rag buck. SNIP My idea for the half is to discontinue JFK, and make the half a circulating commemorative, with the design changing every year. SNIP -- Bob That has to be one of the best ideas that I have heard yet. As far as the dollar coin goes, I try to keep some with me and use them every day. ================================================== ============= Roscoe. Email: Ebay- 1Wheeler, ICQ- 876749, Yahoo Messenger: Wheeler72512 |
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Chris S wrote:
SNIP I'm with you. I'd eliminate $1 bills, $2 bills, halves, nickels, and cents. We could probably do without $50 bills also, but I'd keep dimes for now. If the Mint and BEP found it profitable to sell the eliminated denominations as collector-only issues, fine. But America would be better off not circulating unnecessary denominations. --Chris Chris I do not think that you really meant what you just posted. If you got rid of the bills and coins that you just mentioned, we would have the dime, quarter and one dollar coin. Bills would start at $5.00 Now I could do with getting rid of the rag dollar. but with what you want to stop producing, you would have to round off to the nearest dime..... Have you been watching the post about getting rid of the one cent and rounding to the nickel? You will be getting hate mail if those people talking about rounding to the nickel sees this post ;-) ================================================== ============= Roscoe. Email: Ebay- 1Wheeler, ICQ- 876749, Yahoo Messenger: Wheeler72512 *** All Email, Incoming, Outgoing and their attachments, scanned for viruses by Norton Antivirus *** |
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