Posted on 07/23/2025 6:43:02 AM PDT by delta7
“Two gas stations within an hour drive have signs posted ” we accept 20 cents for one gallon of gas * pre-64 dimes”.”
I call your BS.
That is absolutely a lot of it that helped facilitate the new Corporate operations. But the main credit needs to go to Fink. He turned out to be an absolute genius and restructured the business so that corporation boards could literally do what they want and buy assets they want without any sort of influential checks independent from the shareholders.
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I have done this myself. As a metals investor I could order metals and pay over spot plus shipping. Or I could source local through exchange for much less than spot price.
Which is the wiser? Independent businessmen absolutely do this when they are metal fanatics... And do the math... The silver value of a dime is $2.85 right now. That would be getting almost $6 a gallon for $.20 cents face value of these two dimes.
I’m a member of a club which went cash only a few years ago.
The biggest complaint was from a group of old guys who didn’t want their wives to know how much beer they were drinking. If they could pay cash, there was no record for their wives to see.
We know some small businesses that have gone to cash or cash/check only because their margins are so bad they can’t afford the transaction fees the credit card companies are charging anymore.
And even the ones that still do take plastic love it that we pay cash.
I don’t know of any biz in my Upstate NY neck of the woods that had gone cashless.
And if any should, we won’t darken their doors.
If this legislation is really needed, I doubt it’s because of small biz.
Right now the real grabbers to horde are 1946-2014 Nickels. And the older 1942-1945 Silver War Nickles are worth $2.21 cents.
The 1946-2014 Nickels are still actually worth more than their own face value in metals at $0.056 and will just go up with time.
Many young people these days can’t even make change... Think about that then think about how much we spend on education.
Wendy’s takes cash, what are you talking about?
The key word is "debts". When you place an item on the counter for purchase you have not incurred a debt. So the merchant is free to refuse cash in payment. If you buy something on an installment plan, then you have incurred a debt.
“Wendy’s takes cash, what are you talking about?”
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Wendy’s takes cash. What are you talking about?
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Wendy’s takes cash? What are you talking about?
My ISP initially had a discount for electronic payments with auto-debit for the monthly billing. Two months ago, they added a "fee" of $2.45 for processing electronic payments. If you mail a paper check to the office, you don't have to pay the fee. It is just stupid.
Beyond stupid.
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When I was in Economics class, way back in the mid-late 1980’s, all our cash said “This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private”.
Sure enough, just looked at a $10 bill and it’s still there.
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