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by unsupp0rted 1175 days ago
It's not banks that convinced me to avoid cash: it's the annoyance of carrying it around, making rounding concessions all the time, and getting change back.

How much is this drink? $1.65? Okay, lacking a dollar, I can pay $2.05 and get 4 dimes back (no help) or pay $2.15 and get 2 quarters back (that's better than getting 3 dimes and a nickel), or just pay with a $5 and get back (in Canada) a toonie ($2-coin), a loonie, 3 dimes and a nickel.

That's a lot of metal bits I have to carry around for the next 8 or 9 hours to justify a drink of something in the morning.

I'd rather just beep my card, and it's not banks that convinced me to do it.