On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:50:41 -0400, Kswck wrote:

> "Michel Boucher" > wrote in message
> ...
>> 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.
>>
>> --
>
> 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.

my father likes two-dollar bills for some odd reason. he once had a
panhandler refuse to take one.

your pal,
blake