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Work Together 🔁<p>🌕 Cash is King (Sign) + Comments (Below / After)</p><p>MY COMMENT = Reminds us that each transaction costs!</p><p>🌕 CASH IS OUR PREFERRED METHOD OF PAYMENT</p><p>With CASH we return 100% of its value.</p><p>The Big Banks Receive 0% </p><p>The Card Processing Companies Receive 0% </p><p>Support Your Local Independent Business By </p><p>PAYING WITH CASH</p><p>Let's Keep CASH ALIVE!</p><p><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Local" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Local</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Independent</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Payment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Payment</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Transaction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transaction</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Community</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Tracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tracking</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Bank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bank</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/P2P" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>P2P</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Peer2Peer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Peer2Peer</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Future" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Future</span></a> (if using big <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/banks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>banks</span></a> 🏦 )</p><p>⬇️ IDEAS + COMMENTS FROM THREAD BELOW ⬇️ <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/@rose/113844858402063933" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">linuxrocks.online/@rose/113844</span><span class="invisible">858402063933</span></a> </p><p>🔴 💳 <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Anonymous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anonymous</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/payment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>payment</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/card" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>card</span></a><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://linuxrocks.online/@rose" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rose</span></a></span> <br>💬 Something like a <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/universal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>universal</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/gift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gift</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/card" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>card</span></a> </p><p>🔴 PRIVACY / BANK TRACKING <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@dangoodin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dangoodin</span></a></span><br>💬 The tracking of your hourly whereabouts, your purchases and your contacts seems like a high price to me. YMMV.</p><p>🔴 💸 RISK OF CASH <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@iagox86" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>iagox86</span></a></span><br>💬 ... I imagine the risk of robbery balances is higher than the transaction cost (at least in their mind).</p><p>🔴 💸 NO NEED PROTECTION FOR SMALL ITEMS<br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@femme_mal" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>femme_mal</span></a></span><br>💬 I don't need the protections a card offers on purchases of fresh vegetables at the local farm market but the purchase of hard goods like a new refrigerator certainly merits them.</p><p>🔴 💳 Card Convenience <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@jawnsy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jawnsy</span></a></span><br>💬 Convenience is why SCADA systems are accessible on the Internet 🫣</p><p>🔴 💳 + 💸 Cash and Card<br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@lxskllr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lxskllr</span></a></span><br>💬 I'm cash everywhere aside from online purchases.</p><p>🔴 Loyalty Card = Tracking<br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lauren</span></a></span> <br>💬 Given the widespread use of loyalty cards to get the best prices, even paying with cash doesn't stop tracking.</p><p>🔴 Marketing should be illegal?<br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://techhub.social/@kmstrube81" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kmstrube81</span></a></span> <br>💬 I wonder if computers were a mistake and if marketing should be illegal.</p><p>🔴 TRUST <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/BIGTECH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BIGTECH</span></a>? <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@lpar" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lpar</span></a></span><br>💬 I trust Apple more than I trust random merchants, though. I wouldn't trust Google, since they're an advertising company.</p><p>🔴 SMALL BUSINESS SAME AS BIG BUSINESS (just smaller scale?)<br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@aapis" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>aapis</span></a></span> / <a href="https://mastodon.world/@aapis/113844878648939499" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.world/@aapis/11384487</span><span class="invisible">8648939499</span></a><br>💬 uh yes, duh? This hypothetical woman is trying to profit, yes? She’s trying to make her <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> a success, yes? So are the Starbucks execs, the only difference is scale. If this woman had the power and <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/capital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capital</span></a> available to Starbucks, what would be different about her stores? <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> </p><p>🔴 CAN'T TRUST GOVERNMENT<br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@dangoodin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dangoodin</span></a></span><br>💬 ... the <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> in my country is 100% dysfunctional ... <br>Self remedies are the best sort of remedies. <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DIY</span></a><br>... Expecting <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/governments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>governments</span></a> to provide all the answers is also a losing battle. <a href="https://infosec.exchange/@dangoodin/113845620795365821" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">infosec.exchange/@dangoodin/11</span><span class="invisible">3845620795365821</span></a></p><p>🔴 GOVERNMENTS FOR THE LONG-TERM WAY<br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@wavefunction" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wavefunction</span></a></span><br>💬 Governments are the only means we have to actually "win" the battle. If it's you versus a corporation, you're already losing. They will always have more power and resources than an individual and will always spend more <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>money</span></a> than you to make it their way. </p><p>🔴 RISK AS AN EXCUSE? <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@dangoodin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dangoodin</span></a></span><br>💬 The people complaining about having cash stolen are usually the same ones carrying an $800 phone in their pocket.</p><p>🔴 <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/CASH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CASH</span></a> NEEDED <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/LEGAL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LEGAL</span></a> PROTECTION<br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://c.im/@shansterable" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>shansterable</span></a></span><br>💬 In 2023, the King County council in <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Washington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Washington</span></a> state voted to require <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/retail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retail</span></a> businesses to accept cash because it was becoming such an issue. </p><p>🔴 LESS TAXES<br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@tyn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tyn</span></a></span><br>💬 defund the <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>state</span></a>!</p><p>🔴 GIFT CERT / CARD <span class="h-card"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@epicdemiologist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>epicdemiologist</span></a></span><br>💬 large gift <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/certificate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>certificate</span></a> (via <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/check" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>check</span></a>) </p><p>🔴 CASH COST TIME / ACCOUNTING AFTER<br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@jarek" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jarek</span></a></span> <br>💬 Handling cash costs money too... Accounting... translates to employee <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/time" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>time</span></a>... I think your local <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/merchant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>merchant</span></a> is naive.<br>+ <br>💬 ...(costs of processing cash, costs of <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/bookkeeping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookkeeping</span></a>, ease with which cash can be skimmed off by employees, risk of robbery, etc). <span class="h-card"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@thomasareed" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thomasareed</span></a></span> <br> <br>🔴 SMALL CONSIDERATIONS HARD TO COUNT <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedia.io/u/bluGill" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bluGill</span></a></span><br>💬 It is hard to figure out what the real cost of cash is as so many of those things seem like little and so you don't count.</p><p>🔴 Tipping considerations...<br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@thomasareed" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thomasareed</span></a></span> <br>💬 <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/tipping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tipping</span></a> a lot more personal, private, and potentially more deliberate. </p><p>🔴 CASH FOR THOSE WITH NO BANK 🏦 <br>💬 ...businesses that don't accept cash are being <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/discriminatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discriminatory</span></a> against people who don't have access to banks accounts, such as homeless, extreme low income, or newcomers to our country. It's a way of "keeping the riffraff out" their businesses. <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://beige.party/@OhOkKay" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>OhOkKay</span></a></span></p><p>🔴 MONERO ALTERNATIVE :bitcoin: <br>💬 even <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Monero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monero</span></a> would be less expensive than <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/CreditCards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CreditCards</span></a>!<br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kkarhan</span></a></span></p><p>🔴 CASH RECEIPTS 📋 <br>💬 A lot of restaurants in <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> won’t produce a receipt if you pay in cash. <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@canleaf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>canleaf</span></a></span></p><p>⬆️ Above posts from thread: <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/@rose/113844858402063933" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">linuxrocks.online/@rose/113844</span><span class="invisible">858402063933</span></a></p>