Cash is still king!!
I have to laugh at the VISA check card commercial that shows a circus of people going through a toy store juggling toys, paying for their purchases with one swipe, and leaving with smiling faces and bulging shopping bags. The woman that gets out the checkbook slows the process down so much that everyone drops the toys they’ve been juggling. What’s the message: if you’re not using your debit or credit card, you’re a bane to shoppers everywhere?!
Give me a big fat break, purveyors of plastic. I get the whole suspended disbelief notion, but seriously, half of the retail clerks I encountered over the Black Friday weekend would rather have been sipping Hee Haw and gnoshing on Doritos. They couldn’t care less what I use to buy gifts for my friends and family. For that matter, neither do any of the other shoppers out there. They were more concerned about why the $7 CD player sold out so fast. And why half of the things in the ad weren’t even available.
We get it. It’s easy to use your plastic devil-inspired device to mindlessly spend money. Stop beating us over the head with it.
I still like CASH. I like cold hard cash. I like cash machines and trees that grow cash. I like Johnny Cash.
Cash is indeed still king. Long live the king.
Hey Money Game Guru!!
How facinating this commercial is. If you use cash, you’re a has been…old school…yesterday…a loser. They even portray the cash users us losers. Unbelieveable.
So, this may be a silly question, but do you EVER use a credit or debit card? Under what circumstances? And, what are your cash habits? Do you take cash out at the beginning of the week? Do you tend to spend less when using cash?
I also love Johnny Cash!!
Cory
Hey Cory — I love the ease of using plastic. In fact, I have a system (imagine that!). I have two credit cards that I use for business and one for personal use. The two business cards generally take care of everything (cell phone bill, gas, some dining, etc.).
I do like carrying cash though — because just about everything I do can be considered a business expense, I usually pull a couple hundred dollars out at the beginning of the month. I use that as petty cash for meals, office necessities, alcohol… I kid. However, I still keep those receipts and track them as business expenses.
One of my favorite things is to finish a speaking engagement somewhere, sell a few dozen books and have a massive wad of cash in my pocket as I’m flying home. That really makes me feel prosperous. I usually tip extra generous then too!
–Adam
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