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Re:Twitter Inventor About To Launch His Next Project, Code-n... by vaksel on Saturday May 09, 2009 @02:03AM (#600763)
why wouldn't your buddy just pay you in cash next time he saw you?
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Re:Twitter Inventor About To Launch His Next Project, Code-n... by GeneralMaximus on Saturday May 09, 2009 @02:34AM (#600782)
Your question can be answered by another question: why do we use credit cards? Why not use cash for everything?
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Re:Twitter Inventor About To Launch His Next Project, Code-n... by pj on Saturday May 09, 2009 @10:29AM (#600970)
Answer: Credit cards enable the user to live beyond his or her means and cash does not.
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Re:Twitter Inventor About To Launch His Next Project, Code-n... by FooBarWidget on Saturday May 09, 2009 @10:36AM (#600975)
I only use my credit card as a payment method. Most online shops don't accept anything but credit card, and sometimes I just don't have enough cash with me and don't want to bother walking to the closest ATM.

Credit cards allow you to loan money but I think that's ridiculous. I don't want to have a debt every time I buy something, I just want to pay immediately, with the money I already have, not with money that I don't have.

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Re:Twitter Inventor About To Launch His Next Project, Code-n... by jackchristopher on Saturday May 09, 2009 @02:09PM (#601196)
A benefit (of cash) is that it allows anonymity -- excluding the cashier of course.
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