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43. Don't know.

Sun Feb 17, 2019, 02:23 PM

Feb 2019

Nor do I know what's currently required for planes, trains, and automobiles, much less hotels.

But I've paid for all of them with cash. The only hitch I've run into with car rentals was the need to have a credit card on file, not for payment but as surety in case I run with the car or crash it.

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Amazon warns Philly about proposed cashless store ban [View all] Judi Lynn Feb 2019 OP

Fuck em. MicaelS Feb 2019 #1

Yup Sherman A1 Feb 2019 #6

It does not metalbot Feb 2019 #47

You must have some other currency Sherman A1 Feb 2019 #48

And that is correct metalbot Feb 2019 #49

Agree Totally RobinA Feb 2019 #7

An excellent observation. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #55

+1 dalton99a Feb 2019 #21

Absolutely agree n/t Vermijelli Feb 2019 #25

Agreed. n/t LuvNewcastle Feb 2019 #27

Fuck Amazon. tazkcmo Feb 2019 #2

Hey Amazon, how much did you make last year 11 billion..................in profits............... turbinetree Feb 2019 #3

Just get a cash register or two what's the big deal Blues Heron Feb 2019 #4

Come on, how can Amazon track every aspect of your life and sell it to others if you use cash? :-D TheBlackAdder Feb 2019 #5

robberies. Mosby Feb 2019 #34

They will just open up a store in the suburbs Jose Garcia Feb 2019 #8

PA Sales tax goes directly to the state Freddie Feb 2019 #28

I prefer card. christx30 Feb 2019 #32

I do the same. Mr. Frost Feb 2019 #45

too big to fail monopolies are too big to turn down. nt yaesu Feb 2019 #9

Amazon is hardly a monopoly as there are 1,000's of websites selling products online. nt EX500rider Feb 2019 #39

Amazon's plan is to take all the jobs in the country KayF Feb 2019 #10

nonsense onetexan Feb 2019 #62

Give Amazon your first born or else they will re-locate somewhere else Yavin4 Feb 2019 #11

What is wrong with these people??? EllieBC Feb 2019 #12

What about using a debit card instead of a credit card? Wouldnt that help you avoid cstanleytech Feb 2019 #14

Most banks require a minimum balance for a checking account. SunSeeker Feb 2019 #16

There must be a credit union close by. potone Feb 2019 #20

There's not. Check out the banking opportunities in poor neighborhoods some day. nt SunSeeker Feb 2019 #23

That is too bad. potone Feb 2019 #60

I already said what is wrong with that. EllieBC Feb 2019 #17

The problem with using debit cards stopwastingmymoney Feb 2019 #19

What about I don't want people always knowing what I purchase? Jake Stern Feb 2019 #56

Bye, Felicia. We're done being pushed around. (n/t) FreepFryer Feb 2019 #13

Parking meters and vending machines take cash, why can't Amazon? SunSeeker Feb 2019 #15

Really, yeah DeminPennswoods Feb 2019 #18

. dalton99a Feb 2019 #22

Fortunately, people are pushing back against Amazon. NYC Liberal Feb 2019 #24

Every automated self checkout I've seen accepts cash. truthisfreedom Feb 2019 #26

Why not kick low-income workers and their families while their already down? allgood33 Feb 2019 #29

Cashless Dorian Gray Feb 2019 #30

you can get reloadable debit cards at walmart Mosby Feb 2019 #33

What does that have to do with Amazon? Blues Heron Feb 2019 #35

Reloadable cards can be used anywhere Mosby Feb 2019 #36

Cash is going away at every class level. Codeine Feb 2019 #44

That link is worthless,guess they want money too. Bengus81 Feb 2019 #31

Will the law apply to airplane tickets, hotels and rental cars? MichMan Feb 2019 #37

Don't know. Igel Feb 2019 #43

This is some mafia level shit right here! Initech Feb 2019 #38

You will obey Amazon! Yavin4 Feb 2019 #40

I prefer to use cash because why would I want to pay interest? Akacia Feb 2019 #41

The two aren't related for the most part metalbot Feb 2019 #57

This message was self-deleted by its author Akacia Feb 2019 #59

Amazon to Philly: Nice little city you got there, would be a shame if anything happened to it workinclasszero Feb 2019 #42

Cashless doesn't bother me. "Self-serve" people-less checkouts bother me more. NurseJackie Feb 2019 #46

Cashless should bother everyone, imagine a cashless JCMach1 Feb 2019 #50

Oh dear. NurseJackie Feb 2019 #58

Sometimes people who have privileges others do not sincerely do not know any better. Kurt V. Feb 2019 #54

I prefer self-service checkout. christx30 Feb 2019 #61

Economic blackmail from an economic predator. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #51

I cant wait to try the one in Seattle samnsara Feb 2019 #52

they DO take tender..just not at the purchase time... samnsara Feb 2019 #53