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[–] eureka@aussie.zone 5 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I've used cash a fair bit in the past year, for a few reasons. I know some food places prefer it (I ask even if I don't see a surcharge, since I have it on me anyway), one otherwise-normal shop I know simply doesn't accept card payments at all (has an ATM in the store), I know a tradie or two who offer cash-in-hand jobs in the future to bypass their regular employer's large cut, and sometimes I simply don't like banks knowing my spending habits and potentially running analytics on them.

I am surprised to see a non-trivial chunk of 18-29, compared to later age demographics, using all cash.

[–] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 13 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

The card surcharges are so annoying. I'm moving to cash until they ban them.

[–] ProbablyNotAnExpert@aussie.zone 5 points 3 hours ago (2 children)
[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Instead of one surcharge at the end, it will be a dozen smaller ones on each product. Yay .......

[–] taygaloocat@leminal.space 3 points 2 hours ago

It'll take a while to kick in