People under 50 rarely pay with cash.@panama18 wrote:
Count your change.
This really is true. I managed a Target front end (register area) and cash came from older people and recent immigrants. 20 somethings would literally charge or use debit for a pack of gum all day long.@SoCalMama wrote:
People under 50 rarely pay with cash.@panama18 wrote:
Count your change.
Just a tad off-subject here, but I, too, won't let my CC go out of my sight. Had dinner with a friend at a restaurant a few months ago, just prior to the CV, and the server wanted me to put my CC or DC in the bill folio and he walk away with it to the register area. I just flat out said I was not comfortable with that, and then he had me walk with him to the register area and conduct the transaction from there, in my plain sight. I was OK with that. That was one of the rare times I used a card instead of cash, as I did not have the cash on me. Otherwise I would have paid by cash, as my friend did, with whom I ate lunch.@ceasesmith wrote:
One of the reasons I pay with cash -- I never NEVER let any employee at any business take my credit card someplace out of my sight! A lesson learned the hard way, several years ago!
It doesn't totally prevent mis-use of your card, but it does cut down the opportunity.
I'd rather get 5% back on restaurant purchases on my credit card. The odds of misuse are very slim. Plus I don't have to deal with carrying a lot of cash or change.@ceasesmith wrote:
One of the reasons I pay with cash -- I never NEVER let any employee at any business take my credit card someplace out of my sight! A lesson learned the hard way, several years ago!
It doesn't totally prevent mis-use of your card, but it does cut down the opportunity.
@guysmom wrote:
Just a tad off-subject here, but I, too, won't let my CC go out of my sight. Had dinner with a friend at a restaurant a few months ago, just prior to the CV, and the server wanted me to put my CC or DC in the bill folio and he walk away with it to the register area. I just flat out said I was not comfortable with that, and then he had me walk with him to the register area and conduct the transaction from there, in my plain sight. I was OK with that. That was one of the rare times I used a card instead of cash, as I did not have the cash on me. Otherwise I would have paid by cash, as my friend did, with whom I ate lunch.@ceasesmith wrote:
One of the reasons I pay with cash -- I never NEVER let any employee at any business take my credit card someplace out of my sight! A lesson learned the hard way, several years ago!
It doesn't totally prevent mis-use of your card, but it does cut down the opportunity.
@rothers27 wrote:
I wouldn't worry about a credit card at a fast food restaurant. They swipe it and get it right back to you. Where a lot of fraud used to happen was a gas stations where you pay outside-- criminals would put what are called skimmers in and no one would be the wiser. it would steal all your cc information, which they would duplicate into a card which they would use until it was cancelled. Same with people at restaurants. However, the chip card removes the risk of skimming. As long as you have a chip card, and the business takes chips, you should be fine. I use my chip card everywhere all the time and I've never had a problem. I did have non chip card skimmed in 2011 and someone spent about 400 at grocery stores-- 100 a day until I caught on and cancelled the card.
My husband is more careful than me, and he has text alerts for all his credit cards. So anytime a charge is made, he gets a text. He loves this.
@MisterBill wrote:
I'd rather get 5% back on restaurant purchases on my credit card. The odds of misuse are very slim. Plus I don't have to deal with carrying a lot of cash or change.@ceasesmith wrote:
One of the reasons I pay with cash -- I never NEVER let any employee at any business take my credit card someplace out of my sight! A lesson learned the hard way, several years ago!
It doesn't totally prevent mis-use of your card, but it does cut down the opportunity.