Stephen wrote:

> There is also "skimming" to take into account.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skimming_%28credit_card_fraud%29#Skimming
> Cash is anonymous and safe to use. Also it is quicker to get the transaction
> through a till if the shop is using a dial up connection.

Yeah the speed/convenience does depend on circumstance.  For instance it 
cuts two ways with me.  At the gas pump the card is faster and more 
convenient than having to walk some cash over to the bullet-proof booth, 
maybe wait in a line, overpay, then walk back, pump the gas, then back 
over to the cashier to get any change.  But in the taxi, waiting for a 
customer to pay with a card slows things way down.  Utterly frustrating 
to loose a fare to another cab because you can't get your current people 
out of the car fast enough.  And then of course there is the wait to get 
your receipts from the dispatcher at the end of the shift.

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