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Ignoring the convenience aspect one problem with this is that you are now paying an ~2% "tax" as most stores include credit card fees in their prices. If you us

Ignoring the convenience aspect one problem with this is that you are now paying an ~2% "tax" as most stores include credit card fees in their prices. If you use a credit card you get ~2% back in "rewards" but if you don't you are still paying the same prices (in most businesses). It's a pretty clever scheme by the card companies where the have raised the price for people not using their services.

wkat4242 3y ago
This whole rewards thing we don't really have in Europe. At all.
- sofixa 3y ago
  Yep, because we're not getting scammed on transactions fees (capped by the ECB to 0.2% for debit and 0.3% for credit card transactions). I have an Amex card that has some cashback, but it's not a lot.