For some reason our pickup has started making terrible shrieking noises behind the glovebox somewhere.
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@NorcalGma2 it’s truly awful.
I’ve noticed a lot of places switching over to “cash only” which is perplexing as we don’t have an actual bank in town anymore. The last one closed a couple months ago, and even they didn’t have cash on hand, just an ATM (with limits on withdrawals)
other places are slipping in a surcharge for credit transactions without saying anything, and of course now there are “convenience fees” everywhere too.
I hope the repair solves the problem!
@grammasaurus @NorcalGma2 My last car repair I got a large discount by paying cash. They offered me the discount.
If they are charging fees for credit cards (probably not for debit with PIN?) then I'd make eye contact and asked pointedly, "ok what is the CASH PRICE for this repair?"
Is the USA going to "over the table/under the table" economy like a lot of countries have? That would explain it.
My dad's truck has a little bit of blower noise with the A/C on. Hopefully doesn't get that bad.
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For some reason our pickup has started making terrible shrieking noises behind the glovebox somewhere. It happens if the fans are running.
I scheduled the earliest appointment available and got up at the crack of dawn.
I waited while they found the problem.
The motor that runs the air systems is broken.
Because the noise is intolerable for all of us except my husband who's hearing is too impaired to hear it we will spring for the repair.
Summer gave me this look when I told her that this, probably the largest car dealership in these parts, wouldn't take a personal check, will not give change if you pay cash and will charge a 4% surcharge if you use a card.
I swear paying for anything is getting dicey.
I made them take a check because we have bought all of our cars there since 1968 and had a personal account until they stopped doing that too.
I am starting to feel like customers are an inconvenience for businesses anymore.
Summer has the best eye roll.
Good morning, Mastodon.
IANAL, but this seems like one teeny tiny area where being in America might be a good thing - Australia, UK, and others have strict (and low) limits on the amount you can pay in coins, but …
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@NorcalGma2 I’ve been gettin irritated at the number of businesses going cashless. Latest were big signs at a hospital clinic and fast food drive-through I saw yesterday. I think I’m going to hoard my coins scattered around the house and in jars. And I totally know I will collect and hoard “old” paper currency of the US. For reasons.
It's gettin' to the point where it hardly pays to Do Crimes anymore huh? Anonymous Purchases now require bitcoin
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For some reason our pickup has started making terrible shrieking noises behind the glovebox somewhere. It happens if the fans are running.
I scheduled the earliest appointment available and got up at the crack of dawn.
I waited while they found the problem.
The motor that runs the air systems is broken.
Because the noise is intolerable for all of us except my husband who's hearing is too impaired to hear it we will spring for the repair.
Summer gave me this look when I told her that this, probably the largest car dealership in these parts, wouldn't take a personal check, will not give change if you pay cash and will charge a 4% surcharge if you use a card.
I swear paying for anything is getting dicey.
I made them take a check because we have bought all of our cars there since 1968 and had a personal account until they stopped doing that too.
I am starting to feel like customers are an inconvenience for businesses anymore.
Summer has the best eye roll.
Good morning, Mastodon.That is ridiculous! I have had the "5% surcharge for credit card use" from a couple of businesses lately, but they have offered other methods to pay. I have a feeling that that isn't going away, and will just get worse. Having cash to pay is a good idea for next time.
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For some reason our pickup has started making terrible shrieking noises behind the glovebox somewhere. It happens if the fans are running.
I scheduled the earliest appointment available and got up at the crack of dawn.
I waited while they found the problem.
The motor that runs the air systems is broken.
Because the noise is intolerable for all of us except my husband who's hearing is too impaired to hear it we will spring for the repair.
Summer gave me this look when I told her that this, probably the largest car dealership in these parts, wouldn't take a personal check, will not give change if you pay cash and will charge a 4% surcharge if you use a card.
I swear paying for anything is getting dicey.
I made them take a check because we have bought all of our cars there since 1968 and had a personal account until they stopped doing that too.
I am starting to feel like customers are an inconvenience for businesses anymore.
Summer has the best eye roll.
Good morning, Mastodon.@NorcalGma2 @xs4me2 Checks are still a thing?
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@NorcalGma2 @xs4me2 Checks are still a thing?
@sandorspruit @xs4me2
They still exist.
Our recent seismic retrofit contractor would only accept a check. -
For some reason our pickup has started making terrible shrieking noises behind the glovebox somewhere. It happens if the fans are running.
I scheduled the earliest appointment available and got up at the crack of dawn.
I waited while they found the problem.
The motor that runs the air systems is broken.
Because the noise is intolerable for all of us except my husband who's hearing is too impaired to hear it we will spring for the repair.
Summer gave me this look when I told her that this, probably the largest car dealership in these parts, wouldn't take a personal check, will not give change if you pay cash and will charge a 4% surcharge if you use a card.
I swear paying for anything is getting dicey.
I made them take a check because we have bought all of our cars there since 1968 and had a personal account until they stopped doing that too.
I am starting to feel like customers are an inconvenience for businesses anymore.
Summer has the best eye roll.
Good morning, Mastodon.@NorcalGma2 I’m glad you put your foot down.
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@grammasaurus @NorcalGma2 My last car repair I got a large discount by paying cash. They offered me the discount.
If they are charging fees for credit cards (probably not for debit with PIN?) then I'd make eye contact and asked pointedly, "ok what is the CASH PRICE for this repair?"
Is the USA going to "over the table/under the table" economy like a lot of countries have? That would explain it.
My dad's truck has a little bit of blower noise with the A/C on. Hopefully doesn't get that bad.
@mike805 @grammasaurus
If it was a repair shop I likely could get a cash discount but this is a dealership. I will try my debit card next time. -
@NorcalGma2 it’s just ridiculous. Here’s a good one for you the San Francisco Giants Ballpark doesn’t accept cash anywhere. They do, however, have like reverse ATM machines where you can put in cash and get a payment card out.
@chefraven
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For some reason our pickup has started making terrible shrieking noises behind the glovebox somewhere. It happens if the fans are running.
I scheduled the earliest appointment available and got up at the crack of dawn.
I waited while they found the problem.
The motor that runs the air systems is broken.
Because the noise is intolerable for all of us except my husband who's hearing is too impaired to hear it we will spring for the repair.
Summer gave me this look when I told her that this, probably the largest car dealership in these parts, wouldn't take a personal check, will not give change if you pay cash and will charge a 4% surcharge if you use a card.
I swear paying for anything is getting dicey.
I made them take a check because we have bought all of our cars there since 1968 and had a personal account until they stopped doing that too.
I am starting to feel like customers are an inconvenience for businesses anymore.
Summer has the best eye roll.
Good morning, Mastodon.@NorcalGma2 no change?!?!?!
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@NorcalGma2 no change?!?!?!
@ai6yr @NorcalGma2 You can thank their banking services for that. Banks charge an amazing amount of money for the safe services + the fees from the safe collection services + the sheer cost to maintain a safe bolted the floor somewhere in the building because, yeah, they have to rent that too.
Commercial Banking is almost worse than being robbed.
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@sandorspruit @xs4me2
They still exist.
Our recent seismic retrofit contractor would only accept a check.@NorcalGma2 @xs4me2 Euh. It was in the news here, I think last week, that 60% of transactions is now by phone over here. Whole generations have never ever even seen a check, let alone use them 🫣
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@sandorspruit @xs4me2
They still exist.
Our recent seismic retrofit contractor would only accept a check.@NorcalGma2 @sandorspruit @xs4me2 I know this is off topic and must be normal where you are but to me in the UK the idea of a seismic retrofit contractor sounds like some one who is hired by an evil overlord to upgrade the earth shaker 3000 to a 6000+.
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@NorcalGma2 @sandorspruit @xs4me2 I know this is off topic and must be normal where you are but to me in the UK the idea of a seismic retrofit contractor sounds like some one who is hired by an evil overlord to upgrade the earth shaker 3000 to a 6000+.
@misingtale @sandorspruit @xs4me2
Ha!
We live in earthquake country on a hill.
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@adavid @isol @NorcalGma2 People have tried that sort of thing with their taxes and it did not go so well.
Now if a restaurant, for example, tried to refuse cash, you could drop the cash on the counter and walk out. You owe a debt, that's legal tender, bye bye.
If you have to pay in advance then they can refuse it.
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@stepheneb
Good idea!This next suggestion Is just getting silly but I like visual!
Come with a big leather bag of ones and a fancy counting machine. Get the final cost and keep feeding ones into your counting machine. When the accumulating hopper is temporarily full pull those bills out into a messy pile on the counter and keep feeding bills until the count is one more than the amount owed. Pack up the counter machine into the big leather bag with more ones and say: “Keep the change.”
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