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> Have you ever bought a used car? A cashiers check costs what? 10, 20 euros? And we’re talking about how it can impact real people here, not the 0.1% who gam

• sgjohnson 4y ago
  > A cashiers check costs what? 10, 20 euros? Virtually nobody in Europe uses checks (in my country they are explicitly banned as a tender). It’s either cash or a bank transfer, and for such purchases, most people really prefer cash. > And we’re talking about how it can impact real people here, not the 0.1% who gamble 10 years’ minimum wage at the casino in one evening Most professional poker players are staked. They aren’t gambling with their money. It’s a job. A high risk, high reward job, but still a job. And it was just an example, and a perfectly valid at that.
  • namdnay 4y ago
    Cashiers cheques, not personal ones. And for pro poker players, they can just wire the money to the casino Honestly I don’t see any moment in my life in a developed economy where I or anyone around me has needed more than a few hundred in cash
    • sgjohnson 4y ago
      > Cashiers cheques, not personal ones. Yes. Virtually nobody uses them in Europe.