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Re:Home Depot Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Visa, MasterCard by __jal on Friday June 17, 2016 @06:01PM (#11925823)
Yep. Neither does cash. And when you pay cash, you're not also feeding marketing databases, unless you choose to. Nor are you required to ask permission of the issuer in order to buy something.

I really like cash.

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Re:Home Depot Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Visa, MasterCard by cortesoft on Friday June 17, 2016 @06:41PM (#11925990)
Cash is cool, but has a lot of downsides.

It can be stolen easily. You have to go somewhere to get more of it. You have to make change. It doesn't allow you to automatically track your purchases. You can't get it back from a seller if you are sold fraudulent goods.

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