My new reason to hate the Post Office

[Gotmadskillzson]

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Wow even when I worked at Walmart many years ago we couldn't accept cards that wasn't signed, it was in our training from day 1. If you didn't check the signature on the back of the card you were fired.

And that policy at the post office been there for a very long time, at least in Chicago it has been for the past 20 years. I remember as a kid everytime we went to the post office the clerk looked for the signature.

Some towns and cities are just more laxed then others. I mean hell even out here if your order Dominos Pizza online, the driver will ask for your credit card and verify the signature with your ID signature and thats with PIZZA. Even has it written on their website when you check out.

Plus I am like 55, I always got to have at least $100 or $200 in cash on me at all times. Mainly because I travel a lot and not every gas station has a credit card or debit card reader. Then sometimes those readers break down too, so therefore cash always comes in handy.

Perfect example this spring, driving from Chicago to Vermont, me and the wife came across 4 Rest stops that either didn't have a debit card reader or the machine was broken. But being we had cash, we were able to get gas and keep on going.

But you had a good 30 cars that didn't have cash on them so their dumb arses were stuck there for a couple of days waiting for the guy to come out and fix their machine.

Also the DMV out here in my town and most towns in this state take CASH ONLY. They don't have a credit card or debit card reader.

[Pared]

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I think the bigger concern is that an adult is walking around with less than $23 in cash on his person. Maybe it's just me, but I always carry a decent amount of cash on me just in case the circumstance calls for it and in your case, it turned out that it did.

Ha, all the adults I know rarely carry cash. You carry less as you get older.

[jeremym480]

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Other than gambling at work (football boards, bowl mania's, etc.) I can't think of a single reason why I would ever carry cash.

[55]

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Ha, all the adults I know rarely carry cash. You carry less as you get older.

They don't mind me always paying in cash at the Apple store.

[Pared]

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Dude, the Apple store would take your first born just to sell you a Mac/iPhone/iPad.

[snepp]

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Wow even when I worked at Walmart many years ago we couldn't accept cards that wasn't signed, it was in our training from day 1. If you didn't check the signature on the back of the card you were fired.

This is something I will never understand. Why force employees to check for signatures on cards, but not require the photo ID to go with it?

It's an utterly meaningless exercise if they're not going to bother matching it.

[jfsolo]

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I just don't like carrying cash. It annoys me to have to deal with it. I don't use a credit card, but yea, my debit card gets a lot of use.

Essentially, we're doing the same thing: allotting an amount of cash to spend for the day and having some extra just in case.

I think, however, that places of business that do not accept cards are just losing customers at this point.

Seriously, if a place doesn't let me use my debit card, I won't go there, or if I go their and find out that they don't take them, I just bounce.

I'm at the grocery store swiping for amounts like $1.23 or 89 cents because most of the time I really literally carry no cash.

Good think that I'm like a Jedi master at swiping, I can do it in like 6 seconds, so folks don't get pissed at me in the express lane.

[youvalss]

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Wow even when I worked at Walmart many years ago we couldn't accept cards that wasn't signed, it was in our training from day 1. If you didn't check the signature on the back of the card you were fired.

And that policy at the post office been there for a very long time, at least in Chicago it has been for the past 20 years. I remember as a kid everytime we went to the post office the clerk looked for the signature.

Some towns and cities are just more laxed then others. I mean hell even out here if your order Dominos Pizza online, the driver will ask for your credit card and verify the signature with your ID signature and thats with PIZZA. Even has it written on their website when you check out.

Plus I am like 55, I always got to have at least $100 or $200 in cash on me at all times. Mainly because I travel a lot and not every gas station has a credit card or debit card reader. Then sometimes those readers break down too, so therefore cash always comes in handy.

Perfect example this spring, driving from Chicago to Vermont, me and the wife came across 4 Rest stops that either didn't have a debit card reader or the machine was broken. But being we had cash, we were able to get gas and keep on going.

But you had a good 30 cars that didn't have cash on them so their dumb arses were stuck there for a couple of days waiting for the guy to come out and fix their machine.

Also the DMV out here in my town and most towns in this state take CASH ONLY. They don't have a credit card or debit card reader.

Yeah, I like to have some cash on me too. And I never pay for gas other than cash, because: 1) I just prefer paying cash rather than swipe cards. 2) I've heard some bad experiences from people here who used cards at gas stations. It lead to their cards being scanned and all that. It can probably happen anywhere, but some people I know say it's typical to some gas stations.

[Gotmadskillzson]

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Well it is not only gas stations it happens at, it also happens at outdoor ATM machines as well.

[youvalss]

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Well it is not only gas stations it happens at, it also happens at outdoor ATM machines as well.

Yeah, I know and I only use my bank's indoor ATM machine. Still, I always cover with my other hand when I'm typing my PIN number.

As for credit cards...I usually use my credit card for the sake of my credit history, or for more expensive things. But I prefer using my debit card. I always prefer the money to go out of my account right away. And my rule is, if I can't pay for it NOW, I don't see a reason to pay by credit - better not buy it at all. On the other hand, I haven't experienced any overdraft situations (and hopefully never will), so it's easier for me to think this way than someone who's really struggling to make it every month.

[PVarck31]

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I hate carrying cash. Its probably a good idea to carry some, but there are pretty much ATM's all over anyway.

I use my debit card multiple times a day and I can't remember the last time they checked the sig, or asked for an ID. Nine times out of ten its one of those swipe the card yourself machines. Seems like most places are like that now. I have never had someone ask to see the card when using one of them.

[Pared]

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Yeah, I like to have some cash on me too. And I never pay for gas other than cash, because: 1) I just prefer paying cash rather than swipe cards. 2) I've heard some bad experiences from people here who used cards at gas stations. It lead to their cards being scanned and all that. It can probably happen anywhere, but some people I know say it's typical to some gas stations.

A benefit to that is there are different prices for cash and credit when buying gas, at least here in NYC (at some stations).

Gas can be purchased for around 10 cents/gal cheaper with cash.

[FlyingFinn]

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Seriously, if a place doesn't let me use my debit card, I won't go there, or if I go their and find out that they don't take them, I just bounce.

I'm at the grocery store swiping for amounts like $1.23 or 89 cents because most of the time I really literally carry no cash.

Good think that I'm like a Jedi master at swiping, I can do it in like 6 seconds, so folks don't get pissed at me in the express lane.

It is actually faster to use your debit card to buy something then to pay with cash. You don't have to count money nor the cashier have to give change.

[CMH]

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Seriously, if a place doesn't let me use my debit card, I won't go there, or if I go their and find out that they don't take them, I just bounce.

I'm at the grocery store swiping for amounts like $1.23 or 89 cents because most of the time I really literally carry no cash.

Good think that I'm like a Jedi master at swiping, I can do it in like 6 seconds, so folks don't get pissed at me in the express lane.

And in another segment of things that irk me: people that do not know how to use express lanes, ATMs, vending machines, etc.

What is so hard about this? The directions are right in front of your face.

[Pared]

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There is nothing wrong with using the 8 items or less lane to buy 43 items if no one is there.