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byPowercntrl ( 458442 ) writes:
Is there really any reason we can't just make pennies out of plastic instead? Personally, I haven't used cash in ages anyway so I'm really neither here nor there on running out of pennies, but it seems like if the problem is just that they cost too much to manufacture, make them out of something cheaper.
byserviscope_minor ( 664417 ) writes:
Or just scrap them as a denomination. I'm in the UK where pennies are worth fractionally more. It is now worth considerably less in real terms than the 1/2 p coin when that was scrapped. I, personally in favour of scrapping copper coinage completely. Round the tally to the closest 5 and be done with it.
byAmiMoJo ( 196126 ) writes:
I don't even regularly carry cash anymore. Phone generates a random credit card number for anonymity when shopping, that's good enough.
byViol8 ( 599362 ) writes:
"Phone generates a random credit card number for anonymity when shopping"
Huh? How can you pay with some random card number? And no payment method is anonymous , you simply move who knows from the shop to apple/google and your bank still knows you spent money either way.
Also I don't understand people who pay with a phone when contactless bank cards are simpler to use and faster. Just smacks of showing off.
byAmiMoJo ( 196126 ) writes:
When you pay with Google Pay, and I think Apple Pay as well, instead of giving them your real credit card number it generates a single use one. The bank knows to tie it to your account, but the retailer can't use it to match up with other transactions.
My phone is faster than my bank card. I don't have to open my wallet, and the card sometimes requires a PIN for security, where as the phone always uses fingerprint unlock so never fails to approve first time. Plus it's in my pocket for easy access, and I have
byViol8 ( 599362 ) writes:
"My phone is faster than my bank card."
Not IME. If I'm stuck behind someone struggle to pay in a queue its either a pensioner or a hipster trying to pay with their phone.
"I don't have to open my wallet"
Neither do I. I only have the 1 contactless card, the rest I've disabled NFC.
"The shops are barely worth visiting most of the time, apart from grocers. They have hardly any stock, never what you want. "
Can't disagree with that.
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byAmiMoJo ( 196126 ) writes:
It's the other way around for me. It's usually someone trying to pay with contactless card and getting refused, so they have to insert the card and try to remember their PIN number. My phone never fails.
byserviscope_minor ( 664417 ) writes:
Not on the train/tube at rush hour. It's always someone futzing with their giant iPhone 19 pro max ultra turbo, haphazardly jabbing at buttons while a big queue of people using cards forms behind them...
byAmiMoJo ( 196126 ) writes:
Ah but iPhones went to shit when they removed the fingerprint unlock. The face thing rarely seems to work, and it's extra awkward to use for payments. Fingerprint sensor works every time.
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