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If you gave me this argument 10 years ago I'd be completely on board with you. Today? Not so much. > Parking meters. Lately I've been seeing updated parking m

If you gave me this argument 10 years ago I'd be completely on board with you. Today? Not so much. > Parking meters. Lately I've been seeing updated parking meters that take credit cards. Not sure how common it is but depends on your area. > Laundry. Last time I did laundry at a laundromat they had credit card machines on each washer and dryer. I just kinda assumed this was becoming more and more common. > Vending machines. I've never seen a vending machine in my life that didn't accept bills. Even better, I haven't seen a vending machine in the past 2 years that didn't accept credit cards. Granted I know they still exist I just hadn't run into one in a couple of years. > Public transit. All the public transit I take (train, sometimes bus) accept either specialized cards that can be refilled via vending machines or online (with credit, debit or cash). Vending machines for tickets typically take credit, debit or cash, too. I'm sure buses will allow coins but is its usage even common anymore? > It's also nice that with a single coin you can buy something. A bagel? A muffin? A coffee? If you shop at the right place you might even be able to swing a muffin and a coffee for a single coin. You really can't get much for $0.25 these days. Even a pack of gum is vastly more than that. It's "nice"? Personally I find it "nice" to be able to buy something with a single bill. Is your point necessarily better than my point?

astrodust 10y ago
Maybe the US will never get it and will skip from $1 bills to online payment but with the way the roll-out of the chip/pin thing is going that'll be decades away. Until then coins are the best way for people who don't have a credit card to pay for things like that. Services like Apple Pay are still in the early adoption phase and aren't as reliable. All your arguments, and I mean literally all of them, were what people were harping about before the $1 coin showed up here over thirty years ago. Nobody misses $1 bills. Literally nobody.

astrodust 10y ago

Maybe the US will never get it and will skip from $1 bills to online payment but with the way the roll-out of the chip/pin thing is going that'll be decades away. Until then coins are the best way for people who don't have a credit card to pay for things like that. Services like Apple Pay are still in the early adoption phase and aren't as reliable. All your arguments, and I mean literally all of them, were what people were harping about before the $1 coin showed up here over thirty years ago. Nobody misses $1 bills. Literally nobody.