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Originally Posted by 79CamaroDiva
I think its great that some stations are finally charging more for credit, or giving the cash paying customers a break, whichever way you look at it. The credit card companies charge RIDICULOUS fees, and I'd just as soon pay cash. With all the reliance that we have on banks, (the ease of using debit cards, online payments, credit cards, etc) is what I think is part of the weak dollar problem. How often do you SEE your money anymore? A lot of people, probably never. You get a pay check that gets direct deposited, and swipe the debit card wherever you go, make payments with online payments, and all of a sudden, your bank account is just like monopoly money. Some people might argue with me, but all this ease of use, lazy american bs can't be good for the economy.
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I see your point and I partially agree. But in MY OPINION (that's so no one get but hurt later on) CC's are way more secure than cash. If you remember a while back my CC was stolen by a Valet attendant and he treated himself to a nice sum of 2k of expenses for his gf, baby and himself. Well, if I had cash who would return it to me? NO ONE!
I pay for everything with my AMEX,
everything. If I need gas I buy gas, If I want a piece of gum I buy it with my CC too, If the drives side cat in my fbody goes bad I pay with AMEX too. However unlike most people I pay the card off at the end of the month, so I do not have to pay the APR. As far as the gas station go, I skip the ones that charge more for the CC, I would rather go to the station that charges me MORE but has one set price. It's the principal not the 10 cents that I care about.
I used to carry cash all the time, and my bank account was at <100; however when you wallet gets stolen the cash rarely comes back... I have reversed the trend, I only carry a few dollars of cash now, and my CC. Cash is for tolls to visit my gf, because parkway doesn't take CC's.