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Gas is already more than 3% cheaper with cash, rent tends to not accept credit, and for me at least the only significant other expense is dining out. If your go

Gas is already more than 3% cheaper with cash, rent tends to not accept credit, and for me at least the only significant other expense is dining out. If your goal with a tip is to put $X money in their hand, cash will do that more than 3% more efficiently, saving you the delta.

lxgr 2y ago
You can't pay with cash on the Internet, though.
- dumbo-octopus 2y ago
  The easy solution is to not buy things on the internet. I can’t think of the last thing I bought online.
  - dumbo-octopus 2y ago
    (which is a money saving trick in an of itself: if buying X thing requires you to get up and move your body to the store and look at it and pick it up and check out and haul it back, you’re going to buy a lot less things than if all you have to do is move your index finger 0.25mm once. This is why Amazon made with one click purchasing, to the extent people paid amzn for a license to implant “buying it now”)
  - lxgr 2y ago
    Not buying things on the Internet is not a great solution for when you want to buy things on the Internet.
    - dumbo-octopus 2y ago
      Doctor, it hurts when I put a gun to my foot and pull the trigger. Don’t… do… that…? But I want to!
      - AlexeyBelov 2y ago
        Are you lost? Why are you on this website?
- is_true 2y ago
  Where I'm from you can. There are services that give you a code and then you go to some store that offers the service and hand the cash. Similar to what you can do with Western Union
  - dumbo-octopus 2y ago
    Cash in the literal sense, sure. But not the practical sense, where it is more a euphemism for “no middleman”.
- marcosdumay 2y ago
  I pay for things from China using Brazilian Pix quite often.
_huayra_ 2y ago
Not to defend the system, but just FYI to you and whoever reads this: * the Bilt mastercard will let you pay your rent via ACH and get points for it (for my ~$2k/month rent, I probably get $150 a year) * There are several cards that will give you 5% cashback on gas

lxgr 2y ago

You can't pay with cash on the Internet, though.

dumbo-octopus 2y ago
The easy solution is to not buy things on the internet. I can’t think of the last thing I bought online.
- dumbo-octopus 2y ago
  (which is a money saving trick in an of itself: if buying X thing requires you to get up and move your body to the store and look at it and pick it up and check out and haul it back, you’re going to buy a lot less things than if all you have to do is move your index finger 0.25mm once. This is why Amazon made with one click purchasing, to the extent people paid amzn for a license to implant “buying it now”)
- lxgr 2y ago
  Not buying things on the Internet is not a great solution for when you want to buy things on the Internet.
  - dumbo-octopus 2y ago
    Doctor, it hurts when I put a gun to my foot and pull the trigger. Don’t… do… that…? But I want to!
    - AlexeyBelov 2y ago
      Are you lost? Why are you on this website?
is_true 2y ago
Where I'm from you can. There are services that give you a code and then you go to some store that offers the service and hand the cash. Similar to what you can do with Western Union
- dumbo-octopus 2y ago
  Cash in the literal sense, sure. But not the practical sense, where it is more a euphemism for “no middleman”.
marcosdumay 2y ago
I pay for things from China using Brazilian Pix quite often.

_huayra_ 2y ago

Not to defend the system, but just FYI to you and whoever reads this: * the Bilt mastercard will let you pay your rent via ACH and get points for it (for my ~$2k/month rent, I probably get $150 a year) * There are several cards that will give you 5% cashback on gas