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Re:Valve confirms credit card companies pressured it to deli... by Tainnor on Saturday July 19, 2025 @06:37AM (#44614287)
> Germany is infamously almost cash-only.

Let's not exaggerate. While I am often enough exasperated at how often certain restaurants or bars will still only accept cash (or sometimes EC card), I'm still able to do about 90% of my transactions by card.

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Re:Valve confirms credit card companies pressured it to deli... by ChrisMarshallNY on Saturday July 19, 2025 @07:06AM (#44614443)
In the US, cash-only businesses usually attract auditors from the IRS (or did, until they gutted the agency).
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Re:Valve confirms credit card companies pressured it to deli... by williamdclt on Saturday July 19, 2025 @10:05AM (#44615571)
Interesting! As a tourist, almost all my transactions had to be cash: but ofc a tourist and a resident don't have the same spending patterns (mostly bars and restaurant for me)
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Re:Valve confirms credit card companies pressured it to deli... by Tainnor on Saturday July 19, 2025 @10:40AM (#44615839)
Supermarkets and most stores where you'd buy everyday stuff (clothes, electronics, books, ...), especially if they're chains, will take card. It's really mostly independently owned kiosks, bars and restaurants that are holdouts, and even there the card acceptance rate is increasing.
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