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| tom66:
I only ever use cash for the local takeaway that doesn't take card. Other than that, I use my phone to pay for virtually everything. It fingerprint authenticates my payment, so even if my phone was stolen, I know the chance of fraud is low. In theory, I can pay up to £10,000 with a fingerprint or other cardholder verification on a mobile device, at least in the UK, although most stores are limited to £250 or £500. Bring on the death of cash, I am more than happy to see it go. |
| jpanhalt:
--- Quote from: BrokenYugo on March 08, 2021, 09:37:00 pm ---My problem with this move away from cash isn't some disaster scenario. It's that cash is more or less anonymous and straightforward to use, it throws a wrench in the efforts made by corporations and government to easily track everybody and control what gets bought and sold to a degree that would have made the Stasi, KGB, etc. faint with joy, and they don't like that. --- End quote --- I agree. In the US, there is still incentive and advantage to using cash. I live in an area with a lot of Amish. They are a cash economy. Why pay a credit card company 3% to 5% (or more) for every transaction? |
| sleemanj:
--- Quote from: themadhippy on March 08, 2021, 08:42:28 pm ---In a cashless society one failure and your screwed,for example the supermarkets cant take cards, --- End quote --- I don't know about in the UK, but here in NZ if an EFTPOS terminal loses connection it will still work in offline mode, where in the merchant can process transactions with certain limits and those will be batched up and transferred when the network comes back online again. If there's no power, find a merchant with a generator (or a zip-zap) :-) |
| themadhippy:
--- Quote ---so one payment processor went down. Go to a different store. Or wait a bit until the issue is resolved --- End quote --- . And if the affected store is the only one in your village,you dont drive and the next bus to the nearest town is 2 or 3 days away? --- Quote ---And even in this case is looks like cashiers could still accept card, just the self service broke --- End quote --- No it was ALL card payments at any till --- Quote ---Is is an option for a cash payment at self service anyway? --- End quote --- yep,at least im my local supermarket |
| sleemanj:
--- Quote from: themadhippy on March 08, 2021, 09:54:20 pm ---And if the affected store is the only one in your village,you dont drive and the next bus to the nearest town is 2 or 3 days away? --- End quote --- What if the store closed down? What if the store burned down? What if the owner died? What if... There are plenty of ways in which your only-store-in-the-village could become unavailable. If you are in that situation, you should have a backup plan for getting to another one, or at least have sufficient provisions until you can sort something out. |
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