Will cash, dollars and cents type currency disappear soon?

[Alan]

no o e can change $100 bills! For small purchases anyway.
carry 10’s and 20’s

I've thought about that but it really doesn't work for me. Tens and Twenties never seem to last long in my wallet, the Hundred's have been there for years. lol

[Tradd]

I think checks would go away before cash did.

[gimmethesimplelife]

I really hope cash does not go away any time soon. As I just experienced, it is entirely too easy to experience fraud on a debit card or a credit card - though I will say that one reason I love my current credit union is that you can at any time at will freeze or unfreeze your debit card. I will be making more use of this wonderful feature going forward. Rob

[happystuff]

I am like others that use cash for smaller purchases. I also know the limit I can go on my credit card so that I can pay in full every month. While I usually pay for gas with the credit card, I know many stations in my area offer different prices per gallon for cash versus credit - cash being a few cents cheaper.

[jp1]

I think checks would go away before cash did.

Absolutely. I’m not really sure when I last wrote a check but it was probably over a year ago. The last time I bought new checks, a couple years ago, the previous ones had my address from 2003.

[razz]

I still use some cheques for monetary gifts or donations to organizations or memorials. They can be scanned by the recipients' phone straight into the bank account.

[Klunick]

Haven't gone to an ATM in a long time. Use my debit card for everything (big and small purchases). Better to keep us out of debt as we have to think before we buy something unlike when using a credit card. Husband writes checks frequently because he pays friends for doing odd jobs for us. Can't tell you the last time I wrote a check as all my bills are auto pay through my debit card or bank account.

[iris lilies]

How many here refuse to use a debit card tied to their bank account? I don’t use one, security risk. Don’t need it.

[Teacher Terry]

Your husband could use Zelle or Venmo to pay people. I had people use it at my garage sale. My chiropractor and groomer don’t take cards so I write checks to them.

[catherine]

How many here refuse to use a debit card tied to their bank account? I don’t use one, security risk. Don’t need it.

I have debit cards I use all the time. I would guess Dave Ramsey would completely disagree with you on the risk issue, since he advocates ONLY using debit cards. My fear of a security risk with debit cards is pretty much non-existent.

As for checks, I hate using them. It slows down my bill-paying process, as my water bill requires checks because they don't have online paying, but all my other bills are paid online.