Buy Canadian
A community dedicated to buying Canadian products.
Une communauté dédiée à l'achat de produits Canadiens.
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My personal opinion is that the convenience isn't worth the unspoken costs, much less the overt ones. Credit card processors already charge merchant fees on top of the interest charged by the banks that issue those cards, but they also get all your personal data associated with that card. It's more than enough to be worth selling to advertisers, so anyone who cares to spend a few bucks can buy your purchase history and build a profile. Name, address, contact info, the coffee shop you visit regularly and when you can be found there, the daycare you send your kids to, etc. It's very not-safe, especially when the government decides your type of person is now unpersoned.
More fundamentally though, I think the problem comes down to money itself. The use of any form of currency as both a store of value and a medium of exchange creates a multitude of perverse incentives to the detriment of society. Families work best when money isn't coming between them, and I think that principle is generalizable to our species as a whole.
The Guardian published a story today about how Sweden's move to a cashless society is backfiring on them.
Well, when on business trips, I can't just have a bunch of cash with me, so I could pay for hotels and every eventuality
Is there any way around that?
Best I can think of is taking a traveler's check to a local bank or currency exchange.
Hm...ok, thanks
I'll evaluate my alternatives
Also, sometimes buying something online, because I quickly need the hardware, only really works with credit cards.
All though real time money transfers at least start to speed up the traditional way ...