On 1/3/2016 11:29 PM, Ophelia wrote:
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> "dsi1" > wrote in message
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>> On Sunday, January 3, 2016 at 11:29:56 AM UTC-10, Nancy Young wrote:
>>> On 1/3/2016 2:51 PM, graham wrote:
>>> > On 03/01/2016 12:47 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>>> >> On 1/1/2016 11:50 AM, Gregory Morrow wrote:
>>> >>> Nancy Young wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>>> You too, Leo, best wishes for 2016.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Got to start practicing writing the new year on checks, not that
>>> >>>> I write many any more thanks to online banking.
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Was in the grocery line the other day, and someone was actually
>>> >>> writing a *check*!
>>> >> > They were middle - aged, not "old" ;-) Something I hadn't seen
>>> for
>>> >> ages,
>>> >>
>>> >> Just once in a while, you see that check come out. For some reason
>>> >> it's
>>> >> usually when there's been some other holdup that makes you even
>>> >> take note how someone's paying.
>>> >>
>>> > I've noticed that a large % of the elderly now pay by card.
>>>
>>> I generally don't notice, so odds are they're paying by card here,
>>> too. It took me a while, but I finally convinced my mother to
>>> carry a credit card in case she gets into a jam. She still doesn't
>>> use it. I haven't asked her how she pays for groceries.
>>>
>>> nancy
>>
>> I was surprised to see a small notice on the door of a local market chain
>> saying they would no longer accept checks in 2016. OTOH, I don't see any
>> horse and buggy's in their parking lot either so I guess it shouldn't be
>> too surprising.
>>
>> Personally, I like payments in check because I don't have to pay the
>> processing fees. Then again, I don't have lines of people in a hurry to
>> fork over some dough and get the hell out.
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> The supermarkets I use don't take checks either. I can't remember the last
> one I wrote out. I always use my debit card.
>

What I'd rather do is they give me the total and I blink my eyeball
twice and the amount get credited to their account in .005 microseconds.
That would be cool. In fact, I'd rather just fill my cart and walk out
the door without interacting with any humans at all. This can be done
with carts with built-in RFID scanners and NFC capabilities. Hopefully,
we'll get that before I die.