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Re:Not Paying with Cash by CapricornNoble on Wednesday September 03, 2025 @10:46PM (#45122939)
>Carrying 20,000 yen in cash is easy when it's 2x 10,000 notes, but when it's a mix including coins, it's a pain.

Carry a coinpurse. I use an old faux-suede Samsung camera pouch.[1] Plus it's fun when someone is running an errand for you, like getting you a snack from the konbini across the street, and you plop your coinpurse on the desk with a thud, then pour out a handful of 500-yen coins and say "this should cover it", like a feudal lord.

[1] kinda like this: https://www.amazon.ie/DFVmobile-Samsung-Galaxy-Camera-Closur...

Re:Not Paying with Cash by charcircuit on Thursday September 04, 2025 @12:42AM (#45123649)
Why have a whole purse when it is already built into your phone which you already are carrying around anyways.
Re:Not Paying with Cash by account42 on Thursday September 04, 2025 @06:29AM (#45125658)
Because my coin purse isn't going to randomly decide that it doesn't like the transaction.
Re:Not Paying with Cash by CapricornNoble on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @10:54PM (#45192612)
You would give someone your PHONE to go buy a snack for you across the street? And tell them your screen unlock combo?

Dumping some coins out of my coinpurse is far superior analog, low-tech Access Control to my money.

Re:Not Paying with Cash by Shank on Thursday September 04, 2025 @02:02AM (#45124055)
I do carry a coin purse, and I have no use for 1 yen coins. Sure, 10 yen, 50 yen, and 100 yen coins are easily spent, but 1 yen is not. Same issue with pennies in the US.