"Michel Boucher" > wrote in message
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> blake murphy > wrote in
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>>> 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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You'd be surprised how many folks refuse the $1 coin as currency. Maybe
because there are Susan B Anthony coins-which are silver colored and the
newer gold colored coin. Many think they are fake. I think the Kennedy half
dollar is extinct. I'd bet kids wouldn't take them at all.