Cash or ATM Debit ?

Does anyone here still use cash ? Going to the ATM to take out cash feels strange to me. It seems all is paid by debit or credit now adays. Do you guys still use cash or are you like me and just Debit and Credit ?

I'd rather not leave a paper trail of my purchases. I really don't trust banks or anyone else who deals with personal information.

mostly use credit/debit but i use cash for gas since they charge you a little bit more for credit/debit

Does anyone here still use cash ? Going to the ATM to take out cash feels strange to me. It seems all is paid by debit or credit now adays. Do you guys still use cash or are you like me and just Debit and Credit ?

LexLas

I mostly use cash, its easier and there is no worries when using cash at some place that may be less than reputable.

I pretty much never use cash unless I have to.

Almost everywhere I go they accept credit, so that's what I use. I'm not comfortable carrying around large quantities of cash and using a credit card is more reliable and easier to keep track of purchases. That and by the time a mugger can use your card, you'll have cancelled it. If they get cash, there is nothing you can do to get it back.

I only use cash when I can't use my credit card, which is seldom. The credit card pays reward points, cash doesn't. It's a no-brainer for me. But like any smart consumer, I never carry a balance on the credit card, as the rewards then become totally meaningless in the face of exorbitant interest rates.

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Does anyone here still use cash ? Going to the ATM to take out cash feels strange to me. It seems all is paid by debit or credit now adays. Do you guys still use cash or are you like me and just Debit and Credit ?

kemar7856

Most North Americans do.

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Does anyone here still use cash ? Going to the ATM to take out cash feels strange to me. It seems all is paid by debit or credit now adays. Do you guys still use cash or are you like me and just Debit and Credit ?

pianist

Most North Americans do.

each can be appropriate depending on the situation

I use cash because I have no choice, but in the future I will use debit for grocery shopping and stuff and use cash for small things.

I'll usually pay cash, unless I don't have (enough) money on me or while buying something online

I usually pay debit because I don't get charged service fees yet.

I still use cash, even though I'm kind of old.

I only use cash when I can't use my credit card, which is seldom. The credit card pays reward points, cash doesn't. It's a no-brainer for me. But like any smart consumer, I never carry a balance on the credit card, as the rewards then become totally meaningless in the face of exorbitant interest rates.

pianist

This says it all. Not meant to brag but so far by using cc we have gotten plane tickets, 2 GPS devises, gift cards, cash rebates, magazines etc... all for free. The trick is to never ever carry a balance on it.

This says it all. Not meant to brag but so far by using cc we have gotten plane tickets, 2 GPS devises, gift cards, cash rebates, magazines etc... all for free. The trick is to never ever carry a balance on it.

ariz3260

Sweet. For my part, I've been awarded about $900 of free food since I started using a credit card. Some programs pay a slightly higher percentage, but I'm not interested in what they offer. Air miles, for instance, would be useless to me.

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This says it all. Not meant to brag but so far by using cc we have gotten plane tickets, 2 GPS devises, gift cards, cash rebates, magazines etc... all for free. The trick is to never ever carry a balance on it.

pianist

Sweet. For my part, I've been awarded about $900 of free food since I started using a credit card. Some programs pay a slightly higher percentage, but I'm not interested in what they offer. Air miles, for instance, would be useless to me.

Haha that's my reaction at first, but as the rewards keep on coming we went with the "why don't we just go along with whatever we are getting?" mentality and have done things we probably wouldn't have done. Recently we use the airline tickets to go to San Francisco with the GPS and rented a car there.... we had so much fun driving around the place:D Without the GPS we would've gotten so hopeless lost in San Francisco

Mostly I use my card

Yes I use cash unless I'm buying a game off Steam. Other than that, cash everywhere I go.

Where I live cash is the main source of payment. I don't even have a credit or debit card here. I pay everything with cash. I use my American debit card to makes purchases online through Amazon or other sites, but that's about it.