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Message:: [QUOTE="Bob Evancho, post: 3458879, member: 84595"]Interesting subject.  My weekly budget is $100 cash to purchase coins and flea market items.  I get some great bargains with cash and I carry small bills which makes the vendor happier when they don't have to give change for a large bill.  I also purchase with dollar coins and half dollars and hope somebody becomes a coin collector.  I go to coin shows and carry my check book and again $100 cash.  All of the dealers at the small coin shows I go to know me well and take my check for large purchases without hesitation.  Any purchase I make for $15 or less is by cash.  Gas is by credit card with a 5% cash back feature.  Food is by credit card with a 5% cash back feature.  Online purchases are by PayPal.  When I go through my $100 weekly cash budget a flea markets, I have had vendors say "Bob, you're here every week, I'll put this coin on the side for you and you can pay me next week and a few of them will say, take the coin with you and pay me next week". A sensible person uses cash, check or credit card within reason.  I don't see a cashless society in the near future.  As the "hacking" industry increases, I see more people use cash for small purchases.  Even gas stations in many areas have two prices, one for cash and one for credit cards with the difference being about 10 cents.[/QUOTE]