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Dollar Coins vs VISA
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For me it's Keys & Change in one pocket, cell phone in the other
Always use Visa - job deposits check directly into bank so I never have time to get $$$ from the bank. The few time I've used cash I have had to either ask for the correct amount back or find out when I get home that I was supposed to get more back. (Yeah, math is not a strong point here). So Visa solves that problem. Now to stop spending what I don't have...
Haha I never knew this would be so popular!! I'm happy to hear I'm not alone on the VISA thing, the dirty $1 thing, the paper toweling the door handles thing (Im a biologist, I know better), and many other things you guys mentioned.
I guess we would need to kill the greenback. However tht would save money. IIRC the $1 bill has to be remade every 2-3 years, but coins can last 10-20 years easily in circulation. As a result it would cost less money to manufacture the money! I think that in and of itself would be worth it.
I'm all for $1 and $5 coins and starting the bills at $10. Pennies will eventually need to go, but I don't see it happening anytime soon with all the penny taxes the gov't likes to tack on.
Here's my proposal
Coins:
5c, 10c, 25c, 50c, $1, $5
Bills:
$10, $20, $50, $100
I think that would cover most spending
And for the crack about EZPass - I don't travel the turnpike enough to justify getting one and hooking it up to my checking account, but I will consider it!
I guess we would need to kill the greenback. However tht would save money. IIRC the $1 bill has to be remade every 2-3 years, but coins can last 10-20 years easily in circulation. As a result it would cost less money to manufacture the money! I think that in and of itself would be worth it.
I'm all for $1 and $5 coins and starting the bills at $10. Pennies will eventually need to go, but I don't see it happening anytime soon with all the penny taxes the gov't likes to tack on.
Here's my proposal
Coins:
5c, 10c, 25c, 50c, $1, $5
Bills:
$10, $20, $50, $100
I think that would cover most spending
And for the crack about EZPass - I don't travel the turnpike enough to justify getting one and hooking it up to my checking account, but I will consider it!
Order of preference, regardless of item cost (I've bought plenty of things like sodas and candy bars which cost less than $1, at least, they did at QuikTrip, not so much up here in the northeast with my credit card):
American Express cash back card, MasterCard cash back card, Visa, Cash, Check.
I've never given the credit card companies a dime of interest, and for virtually everything I buy, I get cash back. 5% on gas! Why use cash?
American Express cash back card, MasterCard cash back card, Visa, Cash, Check.
I've never given the credit card companies a dime of interest, and for virtually everything I buy, I get cash back. 5% on gas! Why use cash?
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I don't hang around in bars and I don't touch any food that's been who knows where. I would be unable to eat any food at a party.
I'd have to burn the shirt. I use either a karate kick (if nobody is looking), or I wait for somebody else to open the door and slip through. Restroom doors should always be swing doors. If there's a handle and I can't avoid touching it, I use a napkin, paper towel, or a receipt from my wallet.
All faucets should be motion or IR-activated.
They have trash bins outside or restroom here often. They got tired of all the paper towels that people drop after exiting the contamination zone.
Most of all, not much sticks to metal. I think the germ count was 1/10 on a coin compared to paper money.
Gotta love paying with plastic. Tap and go.
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I hope that's not one of those roo scrotum wallets...
One of the things that needs to change is our cash registers. When I worked at a service station (back in the '70s) they introduced a two dollar bill (I seem to remember a dollar coin too). The trouble with the two dollar bills was that there was no place for them. They ended up under the singles and you never handed them back in change, it was easier to just use the singles. At the end of the night (mostly on Fridays after the bank handed them out) we sent the twos back to the bank with the night's deposit. I suspect it's a simmilar situation with the one dollar coins, if its not convienient (plus it's fighting force-of-habit) they just get distributed by the bank, collected by the merchants and returned to the bank in the same day.
I've been trying to keep new "gold" dollars in cash register to be given out when customer gets less than $4 change back. Employees won't hardly pass then out, some customers grumble about being too close in size and they'll "spend this for a quarter", other customers cast their beady little eyes around hoping no one realizes what they've got before they get it home to put up in a jar.
Would LOVE to see pennies and paper dollars gone.
If you guys think money's dirty, try fixing couple dozen car,pickup,atv and farm tractor flats daily. I'll assure you firehydrants aren't nearly a dogs favorite aiming point!
Would LOVE to see pennies and paper dollars gone.
If you guys think money's dirty, try fixing couple dozen car,pickup,atv and farm tractor flats daily. I'll assure you firehydrants aren't nearly a dogs favorite aiming point!
Scratched cell phones? Loose change? Am I the only one with a wallet that has a zippered coin holder? Just stuff 'em in there.
We've had $1 and $2 coins here in Canada for years now. I don't miss the bills. I use paper cash for day to day stuff, plastic only for big ticket items. I scratch my head at the large numbers of people paying for small purchases with debit cards. Your $5 meal just cost $5.50 or $6 from bank charges. Not much but it adds up. Your bank thanks you, though.
We've had $1 and $2 coins here in Canada for years now. I don't miss the bills. I use paper cash for day to day stuff, plastic only for big ticket items. I scratch my head at the large numbers of people paying for small purchases with debit cards. Your $5 meal just cost $5.50 or $6 from bank charges. Not much but it adds up. Your bank thanks you, though.
If you are the politically correct type you will like the new Dollar coins... No "In G0D We Trust" anymore. What a surprise.
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I must counter the incessant misinformation campaign.
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Coins can survive a washing machine much better than a paper bill. A few times I left a a dollar bill in the back pocket.
I was in line at the post office the other day and noticed the led sign on top. It went something like it will give out change in Susan B Anthony dollar coins or something. I had a couple of Susan B Anthony and the Sacagawea dollar which I put back in circulation. I liked the Sacagawea dollar better, although it looks sort of like a quarter in gold color. I also had a half dollar coin that I used too, haven't seen too many of those.
I was in line at the post office the other day and noticed the led sign on top. It went something like it will give out change in Susan B Anthony dollar coins or something. I had a couple of Susan B Anthony and the Sacagawea dollar which I put back in circulation. I liked the Sacagawea dollar better, although it looks sort of like a quarter in gold color. I also had a half dollar coin that I used too, haven't seen too many of those.
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I must counter the incessant misinformation campaign.
I stand corrected. Thanks.
I'm with you 100%, the best situation is slipping out when someone else is coming in. When that fails, i either use paper towel, or another method. The other method i use on door handles is putting my car key under my index finger, and letting the metal on my key make contact with the door handle. The only problem is that some doors are very heavy, and my finger will slip off the key or the pressure will cause my skin to still make contact with the handle over the key. man i sound like a freak, but hey i had really really bad ocd for a good 4 years so i know all sorts of tricks. im just happy that i got over barely leaving my room for so many years
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