On Fri, 8 Jan 2016 20:27:44 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 1/8/2016 12:54 PM, wrote:
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>> But you will pay $5 for the item, cash or debit.
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>And the bank gets a piece of it. How does that happen when no one pays
>for it?

My point is, if I pay cash I am paying for it, if I use my debit I am
paying for it, there is no winning so one might as well go for
convenience, less hassle.

sf is claiming debit transactions incur a fee, not so.

On balance, thinking back to the days when we would take turns at the
end of the month to be the one who gave up a lunch hour to stand in
line to deposit our cheques and withdraw enough cash for running the
household for the next week, I'd rather have todays system.