I' ve only got $0.39 in my pocket

Plastic

I put everything I possible can on the credit card. I have a card that gives you 2% cash back. I pay it off at the end of the month, so it really works for me.

I'm kind of like that. I'm always trying to find change just so I can get rid of it when purchasing something but somehow manage to end up with more than I started with, and it just eventually ends up in a jar....

About 30 minutes ago I made a purchase that ended with seven cents more than an even dollar. Dug in my pocket for a nickel and two pennies. So, I guess you know where that puts me in this discussion. Have no plastic. Don't plan to get any either.

I'm one of those who use plastic for everything. I slowly worked up it and one day it occurred to me that I had not used any cash in quite some time. But I have tried to start keeping a little cash on me for that rare occasion that I go somewhere that cards are not accepted.

I worked out of state so much in my younger days that it's just a habit to keep plenty of cash in my pocket. I will use a credit card for things over $50 but I always have the cash just in case.

For $2.38 I like to throw out a 5 dollar bill. Then just after they ring it up, tell them I have the 38 cents. Pull the change out of my pocket and put down two quarters and three pennies and watch the gears in their head start turning. The older cashiers never miss a beat but it will often blow the minds of the younger generation.

At my age, I have to get my kicks when I can.

James

I keep a little cash in my wallet for emergencies, but 99% or more of my purchases are made with a debit card.

Folding Money

My Aunt was just telling me how my G. Grandfather would give her a dollar on her Birthday. He would tell her, 'That there is folding money, Eleanor'.

I always give my change to my Daughter, but I still look in my pocket at the store.

Folding Money

When's the last time anyone actually used "folding money", that needed to be folded twice to go into a wallet?

For me, I was about 8-9 years old. The new, smaller money was around and most cash registers were then made for the smaller bills(but not all), so the cashier would have to put the bills in a special place ... in the register.

pennies in left pocket and dollars in right pocket. use the pennies to make up the odd cents not divisible by 5. put the silver change back in my right pocket and into a big jar at home. when vacation, christmas, etc. comes around the silver is taken to the bank for folding $ which is then spent on gas, presents, etc.

sounds goofy but it works for me.

just paid off and canceled a $30,000 credit card. the only one left has a $2000 limit and i ain't going back to that credit hell hole again.

i use my debit on occasion. cash can't be hacked.

The Gift of the Magi

The title of your thread caused me to remember this little quote from O. Henry's story, The Gift of the Magi. The casual reader did not catch the error in the quote.

"One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time ..."

I have a habit of knowing the amount of change in each pocket. Bugs the heck out of me if I'm not certain...

I carry a few bills on my person, very little change and a bank debit/charge card.

My change goes in a coffee can every evening.

Cash Money

"How much would you take for it - Cash Money?"

Cash money will almost always get you more of a bargain at a pawnshop and several other places when you start bartering in prices. Folks that understand the benefits of cash money know why and those that don't usually figure it out later after taxes. It used to be more common in the days when personal checks were used, but is still around in these days of plastic money.

Maybe the best dollar I ever spent. Picked this up at a garage sale for $1 (US)

Don't have to give up 10% at the coin changer machine anymore. And it's fun too. 🙂