Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> 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
>

Yep, in fact, it is exactly the same.