Paper Money Diehards Refuse to Fold

Re:Paper Money Diehards Refuse to Fold by danpalmer on Monday May 29, 2023 @03:24PM (#36117084)

I've been using cards nearly exclusively my entire adult life, and I can only think of one time that my card had an issue, and it turned out my whole bank was down for ~1 hour. Inconvenient, but I can think of more times I've forgotten to have enough cash with me, and I barely use cash at all now.

In the UK and Australia where I normally am, card infrastructure is just so entirely universal and reliable that it's not even worth considering.

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Re:Paper Money Diehards Refuse to Fold by red-iron-pine on Monday May 29, 2023 @04:38PM (#36117833)

I'm in Canada and the US, but same story. Still carry $40 on me just in case I need the cash but 99% of my transactions in-person are card.

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Re:Paper Money Diehards Refuse to Fold by danpalmer on Monday May 29, 2023 @05:41PM (#36118439)

Yeah when I first moved to London after uni I used to carry ~£20, but about 6 years ago I naturally stopped using or replenishing it and ended up never having cash in my wallet. Now I rarely even have a wallet on me, even when abroad.

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Re:Paper Money Diehards Refuse to Fold by TrueSlacker0 on Monday May 29, 2023 @07:16PM (#36119255)

Im in the us and have had at least 3 times in the last year that I needed cash due to credit card systems "being down" be it from internet outage or actual issues. Twice while trying to get gas for the vehicle.

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