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>> You payed by cash or check > You can still do this using a debit card. His point wasn't debit versus credit. It was that one had to have the actual paper ca
by mcculley 11y ago
>> You payed by cash or check
> You can still do this using a debit card.
His point wasn't debit versus credit. It was that one had to have the actual paper cash or a checkbook handy when stopping at the store. It's a lot more convenient now.
- macintux 11y agoI still remember my mother using a credit card (probably ~1980) and the cashier pulled out a phone-book-sized list of known stolen CC numbers. I told my mom "I hope she finds it in the book" (not knowing its purpose) and she replied "I hope she doesn't". Anyway, even credit cards were slower then.
- aidenn0 11y agoYeah, I remember the express lines in the 80s often were "cash only" since check and credit were so much slower than cash.