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Originally Posted by Villages PL
Paying cash is a family tradition. My ancestors, going all the way back to the stone age, never used credit cards. And I intend to uphold that tradition. I have never had a credit card. 
I always buy gas at the Shell stations, as instructed by my car dealer, and I doubt you can pump gas without paying first. That's because the price of gas went so high people would fill up and drive off without paying.
Some people are looking ahead to a time when people won't have any privacy. Privacy will die when cash dies. Your every move can be tracked. Everyone will have cell phones too - another tracking device. Overhead cameras in all business areas and downtown street corners. All of your medical information is now being stored on computer. You can find all of this information and more on a documentary DVD in the Sumter Library System. |
1. Dave Ramsey, the financial consultant, would applaud your abstention of using credit cards. Using credit cards is a pathway to overwhelming debt for many people. I tried to buy one of his books on his web site using a credit card and discovered he won't accept credit cards.
Check out his web site
Real Debt Help - Get out of debt with Dave Ramsey's Total Money Makeover Plan - daveramsey.com
2. You might want to re-visit your car dealer's advice about only using Shell gas. That might have been in the era when Shell was one of the last brands to introduce ethanol into their gas. Gas without ethanol provided more power and was less likely to damage components of your engine. Alas, those days are over, Shell has 10% ethanol like all the others and is often more expensive per gallon than competitors.
3. Your analysis on privacy is quite accurate. A person who uses credit cards and a Smartphone is very easy to track, including pulling up surveillance video of their movements.
Several years ago the Secret Service apprehended a prolific counterfeiter by tracking his movements as he spent his counterfeit money in a swath from Northern Virginia to Texas. He developed a pattern that enabled a projection of his movements, and he was caught after a brief gunfight.