Paying cash? That'll cost extra!

[Massorite]

Massorite, re. your tattooed SS number:

A tattoo of your SSN must be voluntary.

For now. There will come a time when it won't be.

That is correct kat. I often ask people a series of questions. I ask them the get the paycheck via direct deposit and most of the time the answer is yes. I also ask them if they pay their bills on line and do they ever carry cash and the answers are almost always yes and no. Then I tell them that they have already been programed to accept a cashless society when it arrives.

[Scarletprayers]

And my answer is............SO WHAT? We know these things are going to happen, the Bible says so, BIG BUSINESS now runs the world, do any of you really thing we can stop this, I don't.

[buckthesystem]

And my answer is............SO WHAT? We know these things are going to happen, the Bible says so, BIG BUSINESS now runs the world, do any of you really thing we can stop this, I don't.

Sure we can stop it. Here a lot of shops still don't have EFTPOS machines and can't afford to deal in credit cards, so I still use mostly cash. In my job we get paid by direct credit, in my case the money goes into our joint account, but I can always withdraw it and just use cash - it wouldn't really cost me anything to do that.

I know quite a few people round here who get paid in cash, and there are no shops as yet here that have done away with checkout people or cash registers. There was going to be a supermarket in Wellington that was to go almost exclusively "unmanned" but "due to demand" they assurred everyone that they would still have checkouts for people who couldn't or didn't want to, use this system. I don't know how it turned out but I suspect that it didn't even get off the ground.

Sure, in "the main centres" of the world, but when you look at it relatively few people live in "main centres".

[Guest LadyC]

Siegel denied that AT&T was targeting cash customers and said his company offers pay-as-you-go pre-paid phones that are better suited for consumers who want to pay in cash.

yeah, and the rates for those prepaid phones are more than double what you get with any cellular plan. so much for "not targeting the cash paying customers". what a crock!

[MorningGlory]

All the stores around here are going to teller-less check-outs. It's hard enough for me to adjust to this system. I can't imagine the difficulty it will create for the elderly. Perhaps another reason to justify euthanasia?

Here, too. But there are so many problems with them that they still have to have someone to help with them.

At my local Kroger they opened the 'self check out' line but almost NO ONE goes through it. The assistant manager walks up and down trying to direct people there but mostly just gets dirty looks, hisses, or flat out "That's your job, not mine" from shoppers. It really hasn't been very successful. Why should we check ourselves out when the stores are charging more and more all the time?

[MorningGlory]

Siegel denied that AT&T was targeting cash customers and said his company offers pay-as-you-go pre-paid phones that are better suited for consumers who want to pay in cash.

yeah, and the rates for those prepaid phones are more than double what you get with any cellular plan. so much for "not targeting the cash paying customers". what a crock!

This is true; before I put my son and his wife on my family plan, they were spending twenty dollars a DAY on one basic phone (no camera or anything)! With their current plan it works out to $2.10 a day for both of them to have state of the art phones with all the bells and whistles. This will tell you that they would have to pay close to 40 times as much for what they have now through the 'pay as you go' plans.

[Merin]

I've been paying my car payment over the phone free for years. Last month I was told there would be a $10 charge for this. I was given an address to write to complain, and hopefully my letter didn't burn up before it got there. I never heard back from them.

My alternative is do it online, and I don't want my banking info online. They won't take my debit card (in person) without calling it a cash advance, and we know what that would eventually cost! My other alternative is to go to my bank 7 miles away, draw the money, go back to Wells Fargo, and pay in cash.

I could pay by check in the mail, but I'm trying to pay less interest by getting it paid immediately every month.

I will never do business with a Wells Fargo bank again, and I told them so.

how old are you cat? just wondering because of your concern about online payment...

[Merin]

Siegel denied that AT&T was targeting cash customers and said his company offers pay-as-you-go pre-paid phones that are better suited for consumers who want to pay in cash.

yeah, and the rates for those prepaid phones are more than double what you get with any cellular plan. so much for "not targeting the cash paying customers". what a crock!

i think this is what busniesss is...cost them more because they are nocommited...u pay less because u have a plan...right? not a conspiracy against cash people... what u think?

[Merin]

All the stores around here are going to teller-less check-outs. It's hard enough for me to adjust to this system. I can't imagine the difficulty it will create for the elderly. Perhaps another reason to justify euthanasia?

Here, too. But there are so many problems with them that they still have to have someone to help with them.

At my local Kroger they opened the 'self check out' line but almost NO ONE goes through it. The assistant manager walks up and down trying to direct people there but mostly just gets dirty looks, hisses, or flat out "That's your job, not mine" from shoppers. It really hasn't been very successful. Why should we check ourselves out when the stores are charging more and more all the time?

it's business... they wouldnt charge as much if we used self checkout becuaues their labor wouldnt be so much... capitalism is good good for all. they are trying to benifet you not make you mad or pull one over on you..

[MorningGlory]

All the stores around here are going to teller-less check-outs. It's hard enough for me to adjust to this system. I can't imagine the difficulty it will create for the elderly. Perhaps another reason to justify euthanasia?

Here, too. But there are so many problems with them that they still have to have someone to help with them.

At my local Kroger they opened the 'self check out' line but almost NO ONE goes through it. The assistant manager walks up and down trying to direct people there but mostly just gets dirty looks, hisses, or flat out "That's your job, not mine" from shoppers. It really hasn't been very successful. Why should we check ourselves out when the stores are charging more and more all the time?

it's business... they wouldnt charge as much if we used self checkout becuaues their labor wouldnt be so much... capitalism is good good for all. they are trying to benifet you not make you mad or pull one over on you..

I have yet to see any business charge less when they institute cost saving measures. Think of all the services that provide only an automated menu to conduct business on the phone. Did any of your bills decrease as a result? Or am I missing something?