# I want to pay in cash **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 29, 2006, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-pay-in-cash/370665 "2006-08-29T14:17:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2006, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-pay-in-cash/370665/61 "2006-08-30T23:49:57Z")
An answer to earlier statements is yes I do have a visa check card. I am willing to use it. It is not a requirment I be able to use cash. I simply prefer to use cash. When I have large bills I ask the cashier if they can break a hundred. If they don’t have the change to do it or it will deplete there smallers bills and effect later customers I don’t have an issue with them refusing. Granted I can never be sure what they actualy have in their till either. When I go in at lunch time at a McDonalds and I see the register open and there is a good stack of twenties I assume they could actual do the request. It is a policy against honoring a resonable request that bothers me. When I get a responce to my question like ‘no we don’t accept 100’s’ it pisses me off. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-pay-in-cash/370665/62 "2006-08-31T00:09:27Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] I don’t believe that. They are no more likely to be robbed of $100 dollar bills than they are to be robbed of $20s. [/QUOTE] The local DMV won’t take cash AT ALL. Only checks, as far as I know, for just the above reason. ---
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-pay-in-cash/370665/63 "2006-08-31T17:03:26Z")
[QUOTE=Guinastasia] The local DMV won’t take cash AT ALL. [QUOTE] I’ve noticed this more and more for government offices. Although my take on the reason is different. And I’ve always wondered how a local government office can legally refuse federal government money. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-pay-in-cash/370665/64 "2006-08-31T18:25:44Z")
I pay just about everything I can with my AMEX (or Visa if AMEX isn’t accepted) and then pay it off when I get the bill. I don’t like to carry cash if I can help it and look forward to a day when credit/debit cards are universally accepted. Besides reducing the need to hit the ATM, I get very nice incentives from the credit card companies for using their card. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-pay-in-cash/370665/65 "2006-08-31T21:27:20Z")
Only terrorists use cash. If you pay in cash, the terrorists have already won. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-pay-in-cash/370665.md?page=3)