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> I remember having to take wallet, keys, extra cash and coins for things you couldn't pay with card or with the phone Today you take your extra cash and coins

by Stiju 7y ago

> I remember having to take wallet, keys, extra cash and coins for things you couldn't pay with card or with the phone Today you take your extra cash and coins and throw it away because nobody accepts it anymore. Digital payments only. That’s how it works in Sweden.

liability 7y ago
Sweden is atypical in that regard, most places are not nearly so cash-hostile. I never stopped carrying and using cash. I'm even a bit perplexed that carrying cash is seen as a a hassle... it goes into my wallet, which I carry around anyway for my ID,etc. It's just a bit of paper, it takes up virtually no space and weighs virtually nothing.
- IggleSniggle 7y ago
  My ideal wallet would be no wallet. Cash makes my wallet too thick. I keep some non-daily cards in there (like debit card, Rx card) because I’m too forgetful to manage continually adding and removing cards. There are phone based solutions but I don’t want to be reliant on a charged battery for absolute essentials. Cash is funny because I am super hesitant to break a large bill, and then very eager to get rid of the smaller ones, and where I live, it’s generally a good idea to carry one larger bill as a fallback.
  - Stiju 7y ago
    That’s exactly how I do it. Small plastic sleeve as a wallet for grouping cards together and a single larger bill as a fallback.
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jhoechtl 7y ago
Is this gokd or bad, I mean what is your stand? In Austria pocket money is ubiquitous and everywhere acdepted. I would detaste living in a digicash only world
- Stiju 7y ago
  I like it. My wallet today is a plastic sleeve for a few cards, visa, ID etc. weighs like 25g in total. It also fits a single folded high value banknote. Never to be used but is there in case of emergency.
whynaut 7y ago
In some cities here in the U.S., it's common practice to keep cash on-hand so that in the event of a robbery, you can avoid giving your phone/other valuables or having to say "I don't have anything" and getting shaken down further or shot

by Stiju 7y ago

liability 7y ago

Sweden is atypical in that regard, most places are not nearly so cash-hostile. I never stopped carrying and using cash. I'm even a bit perplexed that carrying cash is seen as a a hassle... it goes into my wallet, which I carry around anyway for my ID,etc. It's just a bit of paper, it takes up virtually no space and weighs virtually nothing.

IggleSniggle 7y ago
My ideal wallet would be no wallet. Cash makes my wallet too thick. I keep some non-daily cards in there (like debit card, Rx card) because I’m too forgetful to manage continually adding and removing cards. There are phone based solutions but I don’t want to be reliant on a charged battery for absolute essentials. Cash is funny because I am super hesitant to break a large bill, and then very eager to get rid of the smaller ones, and where I live, it’s generally a good idea to carry one larger bill as a fallback.
- Stiju 7y ago
  That’s exactly how I do it. Small plastic sleeve as a wallet for grouping cards together and a single larger bill as a fallback.
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jhoechtl 7y ago

Is this gokd or bad, I mean what is your stand? In Austria pocket money is ubiquitous and everywhere acdepted. I would detaste living in a digicash only world

Stiju 7y ago
I like it. My wallet today is a plastic sleeve for a few cards, visa, ID etc. weighs like 25g in total. It also fits a single folded high value banknote. Never to be used but is there in case of emergency.

whynaut 7y ago

In some cities here in the U.S., it's common practice to keep cash on-hand so that in the event of a robbery, you can avoid giving your phone/other valuables or having to say "I don't have anything" and getting shaken down further or shot