Comments on: Generation Gap Has Many (electronic) Faces

By: sam the sham

sam the sham — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:08:35 +0000

Yup. Senseless change. I am pretty sure that generations past have suffered from the same thing as they grew older…. observing the senseless changes of the world which they moved around it quite well. It’s good to see that I am not the only one who spends time as an irritating older person towards the stupidity of change for the sake of change. It reminds me of one of my old bumper stickers…. QUESTION AUTHORITY. It’s a way of life for me.

By: Zippo

Zippo — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:57:29 +0000

These things did not come to pass overnight… someone has been suffering from apathy. Perfectly happy as long as their favorite entitlement got funded?

Put limits on the checking account and un-link it from the main stash.

Sara, lots of people use cash… what do you think the TSA is really looking for with those scanners. The feds want cash gone… to hard to track and tax.

By: Chris Mitchell

Chris Mitchell — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 22:24:06 +0000

There’s no school like the old school.

By: Sara

Sara — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:53:56 +0000

Good one Dave.

I never use an ATM either. The first time I tried, it ate my card. Figured they didn’t want my business so I use checks, cash and credit cards, the latter with cash back only.

Kind of dopey on the Treasurer’s part to say “if you use a check”. Do they think we’re going to give them cash? And if you use a credit card they ding you for an extra 3%. I guess cost of doing business never enters into government’s lexicon.

By: Kappa TA

Kappa TA — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:26:30 +0000

How about grocery stores and other outlets that eyeball your $50s and $100s in front of other customers to ensure that you are not a counterfeiter in disguise? Or, agencies that absolutely refuse to refund overpayments and instead apply them to “credits” or other things, yet threaten to “cancel” or “terminate” your policies for a penny shortage! Money orders, my friend, are the way to go. Make a copy of them before you send them, log them on a spreadsheet monthly along with your other bills/payments. MOs cash immediately. You’ll pay up to .75 cents apiece, but much better than bank overdraft fees! EFTs only to companies you trust and have been associated with long term; letter to bank that only a certain amount may be withdrawn without further permission personally from you. Online banking is fraught with dangers. Also, carry $20s and loose change!

Best of luck,

KTA

By: serendipity

serendipity — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:55:10 +0000

Re: auto-pay. Luckily for me my auto insurance co., Farmers, sends me snailmail paper statements with no lobbying about electronic. My pension fund keeps trying to get me on electronic and I continue to say NO. I did go for auto-pay with a few utilities because I hope they are pretty immune to hackers. But after a recent hackjob on my website, I was reminded once again why I do not bank online, and why whenever I buy something online I do it with a sweat-beaded brow.