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The show was written in eary 2000s - I seriously doubt many people pay cash anymore

by dilyevsky 3y ago

jjulius 3y ago
Late 2000s and early 2010s*.
- dilyevsky 3y ago
  Er you’re right it was during gfc when vince gilligan lost his job. The point still stands though
mewpmewp2 3y ago
But people don't have to pay cash, the "pretend people" pay cash.
- pxeboot 3y ago
  I won't claim this isn't happening somewhere, but the newer automated car washes near me are card only. They don't accept cash at all.
- pillusmany 3y ago
  If you pay with card there will be an electronic trace.
  - darby_eight 3y ago
    A lot of money laundering involves traceable transactions, no? The point isn't to hide the transaction but rather have a plausible explanation for it that's difficult or impossible to verify. I'd think a larger issue would be that you can't plausibly charge very much per swipe. I'm betting there's much easier ways to launder cash these days with so many digital goods and services with basically arbitrary profit margins than brick-and-mortar storefronts can provide. Granted, there are benefits to laundering money with literal cash, but you still want some legitimate money trail even if you don't actually hand over the claimed goods or services—enough at least to cover the actual expenses of the business, i'd presume.
- dilyevsky 3y ago
  If you do too many cash transactions compared to legit carwashes in the area i can imagine it will attract attention
  - mewpmewp2 3y ago
    So buy all the other carwashes in the area, offer them some money in a nice way, or if this doesn't work, guess you just have to do it the hard way.
    - dilyevsky 3y ago
      Probably way easier and more scalable to setup something offshore than doing a scheme that can literally be thwarted by a guy with a clipboard standing outside
      - mewpmewp2 3y ago
        You would need to get all of the cash offshore then first, right.
phillc73 3y ago
Interesting observation. I do use a car wash, not frequently enough as my car is more often dirty than clean, but I have only ever paid cash! For context, I currently live in Austria.
mmh0000 3y ago
John Mulaney | Venmo Is For Drug Deals[1] [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBpDvCu8yYI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBpDvCu8yYI
andix 3y ago
I don't think a car wash is a very good place to wash money, but it's a great joke for a tv show.

The show was written in eary 2000s - I seriously doubt many people pay cash anymore

jjulius 3y ago

Late 2000s and early 2010s*.

dilyevsky 3y ago
Er you’re right it was during gfc when vince gilligan lost his job. The point still stands though

mewpmewp2 3y ago

But people don't have to pay cash, the "pretend people" pay cash.

pxeboot 3y ago
I won't claim this isn't happening somewhere, but the newer automated car washes near me are card only. They don't accept cash at all.
pillusmany 3y ago
If you pay with card there will be an electronic trace.
- darby_eight 3y ago
  A lot of money laundering involves traceable transactions, no? The point isn't to hide the transaction but rather have a plausible explanation for it that's difficult or impossible to verify. I'd think a larger issue would be that you can't plausibly charge very much per swipe. I'm betting there's much easier ways to launder cash these days with so many digital goods and services with basically arbitrary profit margins than brick-and-mortar storefronts can provide. Granted, there are benefits to laundering money with literal cash, but you still want some legitimate money trail even if you don't actually hand over the claimed goods or services—enough at least to cover the actual expenses of the business, i'd presume.
dilyevsky 3y ago
If you do too many cash transactions compared to legit carwashes in the area i can imagine it will attract attention
- mewpmewp2 3y ago
  So buy all the other carwashes in the area, offer them some money in a nice way, or if this doesn't work, guess you just have to do it the hard way.
  - dilyevsky 3y ago
    Probably way easier and more scalable to setup something offshore than doing a scheme that can literally be thwarted by a guy with a clipboard standing outside
    - mewpmewp2 3y ago
      You would need to get all of the cash offshore then first, right.

phillc73 3y ago

Interesting observation. I do use a car wash, not frequently enough as my car is more often dirty than clean, but I have only ever paid cash! For context, I currently live in Austria.

mmh0000 3y ago

John Mulaney | Venmo Is For Drug Deals[1] [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBpDvCu8yYI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBpDvCu8yYI

andix 3y ago

I don't think a car wash is a very good place to wash money, but it's a great joke for a tv show.