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What is your standard of “operating”? Are you talking about just you not having a bank account, or are you trying to not even be bank-adjacent? For example, it
by braingenious 5y ago
What is your standard of “operating”? Are you talking about just you not having a bank account, or are you trying to not even be bank-adjacent?
For example, it is really hard to pay rent without a bank account in average circumstances, but if you have a roommate that will take your cash and has an account, that makes things easier.
I’d suggest trying it out. The answer has more to do with the requirements of your lifestyle than some arbitrary concept of “possible operation.”
Do you consider unbanked homeless people as “operating” people? If not, what do you call them?
- Marsymars 5y agoMy previous landlord that I had for nearly a decade was happy to take cash for renting out a suite, my bigger problem would have been that it’s difficult to get much software development work that pays in cash. (Would cheque be any more useful? Without an account, I’m not sure how’d you’d cash a cheque for non-trivial sums.)
- GauntletWizard 5y agoThere's an entire business of check-cashing places. They just take an obnoxiously large cut.
- Symbiote 5y agoAt least in Britain, you could pay the money into the landlord's account, with no fee. Ask for the account number (as if making an electronic transfer), take the cash to their bank, and deposit it into their account. Of course, there's the hassle of going to a bank during opening time. The same process can be used to pay bills, and bills used to come with a special deposit slip pre-filled.