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Re:Sweden's cashless society is no longer a utopia by gammateam on Saturday November 10, 2018 @04:40PM (#18423666)
> Most of the cashless festivals return your unused "credits" pretty quickly after the festival.

for a $5 processing fee

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Re:Sweden's cashless society is no longer a utopia by metildaa on Saturday November 10, 2018 @06:25PM (#18424071)
With a delay of their choosing, and a conversion factor for those of us that aren't locals. Cash has frictionless instant settlement, which is very hard to compete with as a centralized payment processor.
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Re:Sweden's cashless society is no longer a utopia by icebraining on Saturday November 10, 2018 @10:14PM (#18424809)
> frictionless

Except when they have no change (forcing you to find someone willing to change it or wait for them to do so) or refuse to accept a large bill. I often choose to use cash, but it's really not frictionless.

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