I'm all for private businesses being able to operate independent of overly aggressive gov't intrusion.....
........There should be a law which says cash must be accepted/honored to settle any debt.
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I'm all for private businesses being able to operate independent of overly aggressive gov't intrusion.....
........There should be a law which says cash must be accepted/honored to settle any debt.
I buy everything on Amazon. I do not think there should be a law requiring that they accept cash. You do. That's ok.
Mick is big government? Could have fooled me..
Just curious, how would you feel about just getting a chip implanted somewhere under your skin?
And what if your phone gets hacked?.
So long as you understand the terms of trade of any particular establishment before dealing with them, I don't see what the big deal is.
As an ex-small-business-owner (pizza delivery - multiple shops in a chain), long before all these other payment options became available, cash is a fucking nightmare - leaves you open to robbery at a store level, you have to count it, store it overnight in a safe, you have to take it to the bank or arrange for it to be taken away for you - another risk - so I can completely see why business owners may say "no cash!" and so long as you understand that before you engage, what's the problem?
If you don't like it, then there are other places that will still take cash, I'm sure.
These days I work for a bank that offers this tech, so I have the phone app and I have the wearable band / watch attachment so I can buy my groceries or whatever by dinking my watch on the credit card machine like a wanker if I want to - if there was a serious risk of your phone being "hacked" then the banks would be really worried - but they're not, because it doesn't happen that much - the phone has to be unlocked. So far anyway, there's less risk of fraud with this payments tech than a standard credit card.
I can go to the beach and buy stuff on the way home because I no longer need a wallet, a card or cash, so I don't have to worry about things being nicked, etc. etc. etc. It's great stuff.
The US, incidentally, from what I read, is way, way, way behind many other places with the adoption of this technology too, so if you don't like what's happening now, fast forward 5 years and you're really going to be getting into a twist about it. What's called the new payments platform is coming soon too - peer to peer payments instantaneously via your device. No effing around with "What's your Pay Pal address? Oh, you don't have Pay Pal? Sorry, I don't have cash..." any more.
I still carry cash everywhere but I won't use it unless I have to because of credit card points. I know many people who don't bother with cash AT ALL any more - it's quite possible over here. They have their phone and they have their transport card and a backup credit card in a holder on the back of their phone and that's it. No wallet. No cash.
So I am not sure if I follow the 'This is how they control you" narrative.
You're not the only one.
They "control" you with a driver's license and a tax payer ID. Mick thinks the government is out to get him.
BTW, I fucking LOVE Bob Seger,
Man, for a loooong time I was done with Bob Seger, was over it, didn't want to hear it. About 2 years ago for whatever reason I pulled one up on the yootoobs. What're you gonna do, the voice, the song writing, the spirit, the dude had it. There is also a certain amount of Americana attached to and expressed through it. I like it.
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Just between you and me (wink wink), I'm 55, just turned.
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