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I was in Greece a few weeks ago. ATMs did not worked, shops would not accept credit cards. Good luck without cash.
by jkot 11y ago
I was in Greece a few weeks ago. ATMs did not worked, shops would not accept credit cards. Good luck without cash.
- StavrosK 11y agoYou must have been to a different Greece, because I haven't seen an ATM that didn't work, or a shop that wouldn't accept credit cards. Then again, we do everything with cash, and cards are used for a very small minority of transactions. Your "good luck without cash" is self-defeating, because you're effectively saying "I was in a cash-only society the other day, good luck without cash". All this proves is that cash is not only alive and well, but king, at least in certain parts of the world.
- jkot 11y agoI counted dozens ATMs out of cash in Athens. And technically ATMs are still not working, since there are strict withdrawal limits. And card did not worked, otherwise Greeks would just raided shops, buy stuff, and empty their bank accounts. And I see no problem in my comment. If cards would stop working in society which does not use cash at all, it would be even worse.