Drugs, maybe, but not the others, here. Even some panhandlers take SnapScan.
Drug payments at the high end of the market have been electronic for years. I don’t think I have made a cash payment since about 2005.
I do quite like the idea of a stripper twirling around with a QR code on her g-string, though.
That reminds me - you going to the Burn this year?
This for me too.
No plans so far.
I am taking my kids to an offshoot of the burn, Rabbit Hearty Party.
Run by burners, but aimed specifically at kids, 10 Feb.
I ordered 3 cans of fart spray from China, I am hoping to go dressed as skunks. And there is a running joke in my family about farts.
ETA: oh, in the spirit of this thead, I paid electronically!
I’ve seen panhandlers here in Chicago with their Patreon or GoFundMe or Venmo or whatever handle. So it’s here, as well.
Give me cash.
Do it via PayPal.
Write a check (last resort).
Hey Honey, quit jiggling that thang around! My camera can’t catch your QR code. Why doncha’ just bring it right here close to my face and hold still for a sec so I can aim?
bank transfers (which were much cheaper in Taiwan than in Japan), an app called LINE (common in Asia) or cash.
In 1980-81, when I was attending ET “A” school in Great Lakes, IL, I would write letters in Braille to my gf (later kaylasmom) every other week, and put five $20 bills in the manila envelope with them. Never lost one (and it bought what would eventually be our bedroom furniture).
Cash is first choice. However, if we’re not meeting “in person” interac etransfer is very handy and free. If we’re sending money to our grandchildren that live in the US we use international etransfer. That service is also on the bank’s online banking. That costs about $5 CDN.