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Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive
"This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private" (small print on the dollar bill)
I wonder what the reaction would be if someone incurred a debt for which the merchant only accepted credit payment (a car repair, say) and when it came time to pay up offered the amount owned in "legal tender" (i.e. cash) stating that he doesn't believe in, and has no credit cards of any kind.
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There are places in this country that don't take MONEY at all in exchange for goods/services. For example - the public library. While most of them have used books for sale for a "friends of the library fund" - the books they lend out, you can't rent with money. You have to have a library card. That means you have to provide your name, address, phone number, and proof of residence or homeownership. You can't get a book without this.
Another example - certain swap meets in the midwest and south. They don't take cash, they don't take plastic. If you need someone to install the leaf gutter you just picked up last week, and have a hand-tiller you don't need, you can make a trade. Maybe a dentist will clean your teeth in trade for a couple dozen eggs from your backyard chickens.
Here in The Villages, there's a bakery at Sawgrass that doesn't take cash. They put up a sign on the counter to make sure everyone knows this BEFORE they ask to buy a slice of cake.