blake murphy > wrote in
:

>> A debit card is cash. And you rarely need to carry much cash with a
>> debit card.
>
> i still like to have some cash in my pocket. there are no
> 'acceptability' issues with cash.

Depending on the denomination of the bills, merchants may refuse them.
Although it is illegal to refuse legal tender (which is why it is called
legal tender), merchants fear counterfeit currency and often claim they
"cannot make change". In those cases a debit card is protection for both.

> also, on the rare occasions i pay a restaurant tab with a card, i will
> leave the tip in cash. i think servers prefer this.

I try to do that as well, but sometimes must resort to figuring out a
percentage, than doing the addition.

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