Money, that’s what I want, goes the song. Many of us are saying yes to money, but no to cash, which is causing difficulties for some.
On my tallboy is a small red metal telephone box with a slit in the top to take 10 and 20-cent coins. Each year about now I empty it and buy something for someone for Christmas. This year was disappointing – just $13.70 in the box. Last year there was about $37, the result of two years’ savings effort.
Unless I have bought something for cash and been given change, I walk around coinless, although not cashless. There will be notes in my wallet, and a purse in the car has a few coins for a parking meter.
I used to use my credit card as much as possible when the reward schemes were better, but merchant surcharges, which I loathe, have further cut that back.
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On my tallboy is a small red metal telephone box with a slit in the top to take 10 and 20-cent coins. Each year about now I empty it and buy something for someone for Christmas. This year was disappointing – just $13.70 in the box. Last year there was about $37, the result of two years’ savings effort.
Unless I have bought something for cash and been given change, I walk around coinless, although not cashless. There will be notes in my wallet, and a purse in the car has a few coins for a parking meter.
I used to use my credit card as much as possible when the reward schemes were better, but merchant surcharges, which I loathe, have further cut that back.
Read more
Why coin shortage is a big issue
