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The best tip ever for saving to only spend cash. When you have the physical money leaving your hands it feels like a lot more than inserting a card and pressing

The best tip ever for saving to only spend cash. When you have the physical money leaving your hands it feels like a lot more than inserting a card and pressing a pin code. I am mostly using cash if I have the possibility to, which is kind of annoying sometimes since in Sweden (where I live) there are many "cashless" shops. Even in normal grocery stores checkouts it's like 50/50. I've never visited a country that has as strong opposition to cash as in Sweden. One time I walked into a boutique trying to purchase a cellphone and the salesmen there were happy to help. Unfortunately they told me that they didn't accept cash and then I just said "then there's no deal". The look on their faces was kind of fun, even if it sucked that I had to redo the whole process.

ersii 11y ago
Just wanted to tell you that you're not alone in Sweden with using and liking to use cash. There's at least one more - Hi! I haven't encountered a single grocery store that refuses cash and only accepts electronic/card payments yet. Was this a chain supermarket?
- kungtotte 11y ago
  Many stores run a 50/50 setup these days, if they're large enough. That is, half the registers are card only, the other half accept both. I've seen it in Willys, Coop, and ICA.
- staticelf 11y ago
  Not the grocery store, but many smaller shops sometimes only accept ccs.
sosuke 11y ago
I did the envelope savings plan. Single cash amount for the month, when the envelope was empty that was it!