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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Detecto92, post: 1821823, member: 75105&quot;]I think all retailers, fast food places, and other business should be cash free in 10 years or less. I do not wish to see cash eliminated, because you will still need it for places like flea markets, older vending machines, car washes, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is <b>no</b> positive to spending cash at a retailer.</p><p><br /></p><p>1. When you spend cash, you receive change. You have to eventually have to do something with that change and the change takes up space.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Spending cash makes the line slower, as the cashier must count your money being given, and then count your change. This holds true especially when the elderly have to count out change.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. Spending cash transmits colds and flus, as God knows where the money passing hands has been. Many older people lick their fingers before handing people money, which can transmit potentially deadly virus and bacteria into the hands of the cashier. Believe it or not, if someone with HIV licks their fingers before handing you money, and then you pick at your teeth , itch your nose,or rub your eye, you can contract it.</p><p><br /></p><p>4. Cash takes up space. Armored vehicles have to transport it bank to business, and then back again. A debit card is small and can replace the space tens of thousands of dollars take up.</p><p><br /></p><p>5. Cash means people have to be hired to count the cash, making for higher expenses on the business end for cash office employees.</p><p><br /></p><p>6. Cash can be stolen, if a thief steals your wallet full of $1,000, you can pretty much kiss it goodbye. If a thief steals your credit or debit card, you can report it lost and the card ceases to function.</p><p><br /></p><p>7. Cash was necessary before the days of electricity and computers. Cash is a obsolete payment method, quite frankly.</p><p><br /></p><p>8. You can carry a debit or credit card with $50,000 on it, and no one will ever notice. It&#039;s a little hard to carry $50,000 in cash without it being evident. </p><p><br /></p><p>9. It&#039;s possible for a cashier to give you back the wrong amount of change, resulting in you being short. Computer error is much smaller than human error.</p><p><br /></p><p>10. Con artists can &quot;quick change&quot; a cashier, or rob them at gunpoint. When people quit using cash, at a retailer, the retailer won&#039;t be robbed for money, and could even put up a sign that reads &quot;Business does not use cash, robbery is pointless&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Again, I&#039;m not saying cash should be eliminated, but in 10 years, I would like to see major retailers stop accepting cash.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, I have this posted on another site, so no, I&#039;m not copy-writing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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