On Friday, August 2, 2019 at 3:53:20 PM UTC-4, Hank Rogers wrote:
> Boron Elgar wrote:
> > On Fri, 2 Aug 2019 11:38:53 -0600, graham > wrote:
> >
> >> On 2019-08-02 7:10 a.m., Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> I'm amazed at how many people have no cash and will pay for a $1.29
> >>> coffee with plastic.
> >>>
> >>> I pass my bank a few times a week so not a big deal to stop and take the
> >>> $400 limit from the ATM. Paying with debit card, Publix will give you
> >>> $50, WalMart will give you $100.
> >>>
> >>> Many small businesses like it when you pay cash and save them bank fees.
> >>> Â*I just had a clock repaired for $120 at a small shop.Â* The owner
> >>> smiles when I peeled off some twentys.
> >>
> >> I used to be a cash-paying customer for nearly everything. Then I got a
> >> cash-back Visa and now use it for most things. But for trivial purchases
> >> and those from small businesses, I still use cash.
> >> OK, so the cost of these cards is hidden in the price, but it's there
> >> anyway. Then there are those legions of loyalty cards that just swell
> >> the wallet - if you bother with them.
> >
> > There are costs incurred for store use of cash or checks, too, of
> > course. They are not as easily calculated as a per sale/percentage
> > fee, but they do exist.
> >
>
> Yep, often if yoose pay with pure gold, there are hidden charges.
>
> There's the gold transaction fee
> Then the gold assessment fee.
> The gold usage fee.
>
> No matter what money you use ... there's a fee somewhere. Our
> society is like a bunch of rich Ferengies.

Since the Ferengi are fictional alien beings, I think you'll find that
their society is modeled after ours.

Cindy Hamilton