12-14-2016, 07:11 AM
(12-13-2016, 08:30 PM)X_4AD_84 Wrote:(12-13-2016, 06:04 PM)David Horn Wrote:(12-13-2016, 01:53 PM)X_4AD_84 Wrote:(12-13-2016, 01:02 PM)David Horn Wrote: Perhaps off topic, but isn't cash in any form just so 20th century? I doubt we will be using any physical medium for much longer.
Been to a Chinatown lately?
Cash is king.
True for now, but for how long? I was in CT in NYC in October, and had no trouble using plastic. Prices may have been a bit cheaper with cash, but I bargained first so probably not. No one balked.
Here in the Bay Area there are many "ethnic" restaurants (Chinese and other types) that are cash only, or, cash only up to $20 or $30.
Many nightclubs here are cash only.
As the customer, I expect to have some control. If any business makes demands I find repugnant, I walk. That may not be the case here, but ...
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