I KNOW WE LIVE IN A WORLD OF PLASTIC AND ELECTRONICS, BUT - NO CASH??

[paplinker]

I carry a couple hundred on me for everyday expenses and in case the right yard sale pops up.

One morning while getting coffee before work at our local convenience store the card reading machine went down.Everyone started looking around not knowing what to do. Around twenty people in the store, Me and maybe three other guys had cash. Walked up and paid and went on with our day. It was odd seeing the look on some people being totally lost.

On another note some hotels are now charging 4 percent when paying for your room. Found it on my bill when I looked online. That can add up and its not on the initial quote for the room.

 

[WardenRoss]

Some thoughts...

"Son, don't carry any more than you can afford to loose." - My Dad

He carried his cash in a money belt. He served in many overseas posts in the military.

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[Doug M.]

I rarely carry cash unless I am leaving town, in which case try to make a decent guess of what we might need for emergencies, tips, and the like. I don't have much of a wallet, just an ID case that is in a side pocket (chiropractor told me years ago to avoid carrying a wallet in back pockets due to nerve damage risk, and I am in fact more comfortable). I have spent to much time in locales in which robbery was a real risk, so cash was not a good idea.

$100 bills are the most commonly counterfeited, and I have in fact found a couple on the street. The LE reports I have seen confirm that. A lot businesses are really uncomfortable with $100s for that reason. May avoid cash transactions as much as possible to avoid the robbery risk for their employees. Not as common here, but very common in Yakima, which was rough and is much worse now.

 

[fiasconva]

One of our favorite local mom and pop restaurants has a cash only sign on the door as you enter. They also have an ATM machine in the lobby. It's a treat watching how many of the customers have to go the that machine before they can order their meals. It seems to be a generational thing nowadays. My son, daughter, and grandkids almost never have any cash on them.

 

[quikdraw67]

I usually have 20-40 bucks on me. I use the debit card for gas, groceries, etc. Cash for lunch or coffee.

We got lunch today, paid cash. Then went to Wegmans, used the debit card.

Oh, we were charged 10 cents for 2 paper bags, since Wegmans went to a no plastic bag policy.

I did not, however, berate the high school aged kid who checked us out, or demand to see the manager

 

[Kinman]

For those of us that grew up knowing that "Cash is King" have had to go through some changes. I can remember buying a shirt off a manikin. It was the only shirt left in my size and I wanted that shirt, the salesgirl told me it wasn't for sale. I told her I had cash and got the shirt. Many times through my life I got stuff on discount because I had cash, no more. Used to be you could buy a car with cash and get a couple hundred off easy...not today, they make more money setting up a loan than selling one for cash. I still carry cash, it bugs my wife. Ever now and then someone at the club will have something they offer up for club donation, its nice to have the cash to make that possible and benefit me as well as the club. I've also picked a few firearms in the past while hanging out at a friend's shop. He would turn the guy down, I would catch the guy in the parking lot and buy his firearm...Those days are long gone. I'm sure it still goes on behind the scenes.

 

[Golddollar]

When I buy food to go at a bar downtown, I like to leave the girl cash for tip. . .

I tip in cash no matter what. I don't want the servers' tips diminished by credit card fees. I used to tend bar and that gave me a good insight into the lives of people who rely on tips for a living, so I tend to tip on the generous side. And if I'm in a place where I'm not known, I put the Golden Dollars in the server's hand and tell the server that these are dollars and not quarters. Hopefully a nice stack of Golden Dollars and/or $2 bills helps servers remember that I left them a good tip.

 

[arjay]

Old guys,panhandlers and strippers ;-)

 

[Golddollar]

I feel underdressed if I don't have at least 40 Golden Dollars in my Crown Royal bag.

 

[sigp220.45]

I never carry cash - not even a dollar. I have never had cause to regret it.

I usually keep some ones in the console of my rig for panhandlers that look like my dead brother.

I’ll get cash from the ATM if I know I’m going to tip somebody. Not waiters or waitresses, that goes on the card.

I’m always surprised that people routinely carry cash.

 

[NFrameFred]

I'm surprised they still do trip tics...you know...'cause of google maps and all that.

I know folks don’t want to believe it, but as an engineer/surveyor/cartographer I hold on to my belief in hard copy maps. Do I use the apps on my phone for gps/maps? All the time. Convenient and accurate.
But you’d better believe that the enemies of our country know that if push comes to shove one of the quickest ways to cripple our society and cause chaos is to strike the infrastructure system that we’ve come to rely on, re: satellites, internet, cell service. It’s not a fantasy Mad Max scenario - it’s a very real threat and possibility.

A country boy can survive but a lot of folks especially in urban environments will experience an apocalypse, literally, and many would not survive.

The same with a cashless existence. Too much dependency on an electronic world when a Stone Age existence is still a possibility.

 

[zeke]

Four or five $100 bills in my wallet and $100-300 in twenties, tens, fives and ones in my pocket at all times. Despite my wife’s fears I’ve never lost any cash or been robbed (once in college but they got my pizza delivery bank, not my cash). It may seem like Old Man behavior but that’s ok, I am an old man. Major drawback is being an ATM for unnamed relatives who never have cash.
I’ve never bought a gun in person with anything other than cash.
Regards,

ATM=here i am rob me machine. Granted they have gotten better over the years, but i never used one.

 

[zeke]

I know folks don’t want to believe it, but as an engineer/surveyor/cartographer I hold on to my belief in hard copy maps. Do I use the apps on my phone for gps/maps? All the time. Convenient and accurate.
But you’d better believe that the enemies of our country know that if push comes to shove one of the quickest ways to cripple our society and cause chaos is to strike the infrastructure system that we’ve come to rely on, re: satellites, internet, cell service. It’s not a fantasy Mad Max scenario - it’s a very real threat and possibility.

A country boy can survive but a lot of folks especially in urban environments will experience an apocalypse, literally, and many would not survive.

The same with a cashless existence. Too much dependency on an electronic world when a Stone Age existence is still a possibility.

Can still remember taping together topos to do drainage areas. You just can't see a big enough area on a computer screen to get the "big picture" And too many people depend on a program to calculate things without knowing how the program actually works.

 

[Xfuzz]

Because I occasionally set-up for local gun shows I near
always have 3-4K cash available.

Bet if I tumped over that suitcase my wife calls her purse
I could find a couple grand.

No ATM's for me.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Still like my Paper Maps.
Have a number of Mapsets on various devices, hate it when they lose detail.
And I usually have a good supply of money on me.

 

[Goldstar225]

I keep $200 in 20's tucked away in a pocket of my wallet strictly as emergency money. I have another $100-$200 in the bill area of my wallet that is mainly used for small purchases. I use my debit card for most transactions.

 

[Paul in Nevada]

I don't understand why she didn't just call for a tow or roadside tire repair. We have that included in our auto insurance.

As for cash, get ready for Central Bank Digital Currency. CBDC. You won't be carrying any cash at all in 15 years.

 

[375hh1973]

I typically don't use cash, but keep some on hand.

Have about $600 hid in the truck

 

[chief38]

In today's world, carrying $400 - $600 seems reasonable to me. I carry even more when I am on the road. At least you could pay for a tow or buy a new tire and wheel. Seems like an astronomical sum of cash - until you need to buy something in an emergency. Today's prices are insane!

 

[StrawHat]

…As for cash, get ready for Central Bank Digital Currency. CBDC. You won't be carrying any cash at all in 15 years…

But that does not work for all members of society. Many people are strictly cash and carry.

Kevin