cash or card

[snoogles]

what bank charges that?

HSBC, something to do with my account being a graduate one, I think? It was buried in the small print.

 

[electrogirl]

I hate people who pay with cards, particularly if they haven't had the foresighht to get it out of their wallet/purse before being told the total cost of their purchases. I admit some cash users are bad here too.

But it is chequebook users I despise the most.

Who uses a chequebook still in shops?

No it's youuuuu we chequebook users despise! What the hell is wrong with using a chequebook? And does it really take that long that it chips away into your precious time?! I often use cheques because I won't have money for a while until I get paid, and also they are fun to write, so there!

 

[Dr. Furface]

With a decent Chip & PIN facility, the process hardly takes any time at all. I mean, it's not like writing out a cheque... you just tap four numbers in.

The key word there is decent. Yes, the good ones are fine, but there are lots that aren't - surely it can't just be me who has occasionally had to wait ages for c+p payments to go through? Many times when I've bought things with c+p it would have been much quicker using the old signature method.

Anyway, I usually use my card for any item(s) over a tenner - cash is for buying beer, fags and newspapers with these days, and little else.

 

[skunkboy69]

Always cash.I never use a card for anything other than withdrawing

 

[lights.out.london]

Cash unless it's client entertainment or business travel.

 

[subversplat]

I'd quite like a single "cash only, no fucking loyalty cards" lane in all the supermarkets, so I can get the fuck out of there as quickly as possible I hate all you slow, plastic-wielding, bastards

 

[Skim]

But it is chequebook users I despise the most.

They are the worst, but you see less and less of them these days... in fact, I can't remember the last time I saw someone pay by cheque.

I used to go spare in the supermarket as the person in front of me wrote out a cheque. Even when they introduced the cheque-printing facility, it was still unbearably slow.

 

[electrogirl]

They are the worst, but you see less and less of them these days... in fact, I can't remember the last time I saw someone pay by cheque.

I used to go spare in the supermarket as the person in front of me wrote out a cheque. Even when they introduced the cheque-printing facility, it was still unbearably slow.

grrrrr

see above ^^^^

 

[soulman]

To a certain extent, I think that is already true - obviously not in a pub, corner shop etc, but elsewhere it is often a sign of either a) people trying to manage a budget by giving themselves a cash limit or b) their banks not allowing them a debit card.

Not necessarily but agree that's how cards and electronic money are being marketed.

 

[*Miss Daisy*]

I'd quite like a single "cash only, no fucking loyalty cards" lane in all the supermarkets, so I can get the fuck out of there as quickly as possible I hate all you slow, plastic-wielding, bastards

they got a cash only lane in my local sainsburys,,

Tho you still get some git, unloads their shopping, then realizes they only have plastic, then puppy dog gazes at the lady and goes through anyway, so I'm still there for ages,,

I try to use cash most of the time, I dont have credit cards thank fuck, tho I do use my debit card for my main food shop, That way i can account for everything, I live on what i've got,

I have no debts, well, a £300 to a catalogue, which isnt a debt really,,

I hate the thought of when i get a mortgage,, it seems a really scary business indeed.,.

 

[xenon]

I only use gold bullian and melt off the requisit amount in accordance to the current market value. People don't like queueing behind me.

 

[Xanadu]

Card. I hate getting tenners out cos I end up spending all my loose change on crap like hubba bubba or something.

I love hubba bubba

 

[blossie33]

Cash most of the time. I might use my debit card for paying for something expensive like my monthly travelcard or train tickets.
I still write a cheque twice a month for my rent and the council tax.