[newheart]

Clearly, based on their recent TV advertising, Visa is trying to make people who use cash feel like social outcasts, selfishly holding everyone else up.

Insidious social engineering.

[bird4four4]

I hate those comercials. I pay cash, and my purchases are faster than someone swiping their saver card, then their debit card, selecting credit or debit, punching in ther access code if needed, wait for the transaction to process, wait for the recipt to print, sign the receipt.

[Malacoda]

I pay cash for everything, because I figure if I don't have the actual paper MONEY for it, I don't need to put it on credit -- and a LOT of those debit cards do the credit thing, as well. Plus, I'm old-fashioned, and it's easier to track my spending that way.

There IS the added benefit of ticking the clerks off when they have to make change...

[Still Thinking]

I know. I use my debit card a lot, but my nature is that when someone tries to manipulate me into doing something, I do the opposite, so I may start using cash more.

[JRochelle]

I prefer to write out checks whenever possible, I don’t give a damn about annoyed people waiting in line behind me.

[discostu]

It’s no more social engineering than any other bandwagon advertising. The underlying message of all that kind of advertising, which is a high percentage of all advertising, is “be one of the cool kids, use our stuff”.