• perviouslyiner@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Not sure where you are (lots of places use $), but it’s been many many years since I used cash for anything, and it’s probably the same for anyone below retirement age in UK/Europe?

    Paying for something in a shop typically means touching your bank card against the payment terminal.

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      1 year ago

      I live in Ireland and was fairly slow to adapt to this cashless mularkey but my mind was blown when visiting Germany how many places were cash only.

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        1 year ago

        In Canada, many people pay with their phones and smart watches.

        Wallets are essentially buy-x-items-get-one-free punch card holders these days.

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      1 year ago

      I’d say that’s probably true for most younger people in the US as well.

      There are obviously exceptions though. I like to golf and it’s (unsurprisingly) normal to tip the bag guy at the end of a round that wipes down your clubs and cleans out your cart, so I keep cash on me that I handle somewhat regularly for that. But really that’s the only thing I can think of that I use cash for these days.

      I’d assume some people also prefer to use cash when traveling to other countries since (in the US at least), using your debit/credit card in a foreign country can accrue significant fees.

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      1 year ago

      Only place I use cash for is the Fish and Chip shop. They did have contactless during covid, but the transaction fees from the bank are a big % if most of your custom is small orders, so they bite those for online orders and it’s cash only in the shop.

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      1 year ago

      Cash in the U.S. is the only way to pay for a certain plant which is legal in some states but still illegal federally for some stupid reason.