(08-17-2021, 01:02 PM)XenoMorph Wrote: most major credit cards will auto exchange to the proper currancy.
Indeed mine does.
But I don't like using credit. At all. Even if there are rewards.
When you work in finance and you help people get out of debt... yeah, I want to stay as far away from credit as I can, thank you very much lol
(08-17-2021, 01:03 PM)Nately120 Wrote: Speaking of, I got one of my buddies (who is a Steelers fan) into watching the CFL with me and he wanted to buy a Stampeders hat and the shipping/taxes to the USA were more than the hat itself...I tells ya!
when NAFTA was still around, eBay didn't charge a cent of import fees. Since the USMCA (sp?) was signed, now every eBay item has bloody import fees and it's SUCH a piss off... buying internationally ain't what it used to be.
(08-17-2021, 01:03 PM)GreenCornBengal Wrote: Perhaps you can still use tire money…
(08-17-2021, 02:20 PM)XenoMorph Wrote: wonder if they will go kings island route and not charge anything to load those cards if you buy a prepaid at the store its like a 20$ loading fee...
or if the prepaid card will only work at the stadium
Yes to the first part, doesn't say about the 2nd part..... I guess it depends on "universally" meaning everywhere, or everywhere in the stadium.
Quote: Fans can transfer cash to a universally accepted debit card for no fee at cash-to-card kiosks located in the stadium. Signage throughout the stadium will direct fans to these locations.
(08-17-2021, 12:36 PM)Sled21 Wrote: Nothing says you have to. I won't. I also won't miss seeing them struggle to make change for a $9.75 bill when you hand them a 10.
"If the most important thing is the financials' and the second most important thing is winning, then you don't have a chance. It's so important for ownership to do what it takes to win"
Oh, I tip waiters and waitresses more than 20%, and bartenders 20%. What I'm not going to do is tip 20% for an extremely overpriced beer in a plastic cup or aluminum can, in a sports stadium, just because someone opened it for me.
(08-17-2021, 03:55 PM)Sled21 Wrote: Oh, I tip waiters and waitresses more than 20%, and bartenders 20%. What I'm not going to do is tip 20% for an extremely overpriced beer in a plastic cup or aluminum can, in a sports stadium, just because someone opened it for me.
No, I figured you did Im just having fun with you. Your post made me think of that scene...lol
"If the most important thing is the financials' and the second most important thing is winning, then you don't have a chance. It's so important for ownership to do what it takes to win"
I have not paid for anything with cash for several years. I either use my debit card or my cash back credit card which I pay off every month. The rewards earn me about $50 a month and since I always pay it off it is free money. I keep $200 in cash in my wallet in the event of some emergency where I can only pay with cash and it has been there for years as well.
(08-17-2021, 09:23 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Never had a damn credit card as women would rob yah. Gonna have to get one if I ever go to PBS, bogus.
I like to pay in cash and get paid in cash. As much as I don't like the paper I dislike the plastic more.
No you don't, just use the kiosk. Put cash in, it gives you a pre-paid debit card with no fee.
(08-17-2021, 09:23 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: Never had a damn credit card as women would rob yah. Gonna have to get one if I ever go to PBS, bogus.
I like to pay in cash and get paid in cash. As much as I don't like the paper I dislike the plastic more.
I don't understand how some of you don't at least have check/debit cards. I kinda get not wanting a credit card but how do you not have a check card?
I thought every bank issued them with a checking account, and have been for years and years and years. They work exactly like a credit card except you're not borrowing, you're taking money from your account.
I can't imagine not having a card of any kind. You can't buy anything online, you can't sign up for things like Netflix, etc. I don't think I could survive without one.
(08-18-2021, 12:56 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: I don't understand how some of you don't at least have check/debit cards. I kinda get not wanting a credit card but how do you not have a check card?
I thought every bank issued them with a checking account, and have been for years and years and years. They work exactly like a credit card except you're not borrowing, you're taking money from your account.
I can't imagine not having a card of any kind. You can't buy anything online, you can't sign up for things like Netflix, etc. I don't think I could survive without one.
Also surprising to me. And I don't like to even carry my debit/check card unless I need to (extremely rarely) take cash out of an ATM. Theft/fraud are a lot easier to manage with a credit card company vs money coming straight out of your account (or wallet). If you pay off the balance every month and don't treat a credit card like an endless supply of money, I don't see a single negative to using plastic. I'm in the camp of paying for something with cash maybe once a year, maybe. And with cash back rewards, or airline/hotel points, the amount of return for paying for things I have to buy anyway with a credit card feels like a win to me!
If anything, this change should speed up transaction times quite a bit. Handling money takes a while. It's also a nice cost-cutting measure by the Bengals, who now don't have to deal with cash in the stadium.
(08-18-2021, 02:06 PM)fredtoast Wrote: This was the first thing I thought of.
I pretty much stopped using cash decades ago when I was policing and saw where lot's of people carry their cash. To say a dollar bill is a nasty thing is an huge understatement. I have to wash my hands every time I touch paper money.
(08-17-2021, 12:44 PM)Murdock2420 Wrote: Reds have been cashless all season and honestly, I've enjoyed it. Super easy to tap the card and stick it back in a pocket and walk away with a beer. Lines seem to move faster as well.
Perhaps that will be the case at PBS as well. I certainly hope so, because up until this point, credit card usage at PBS has always been an adventure for me. Matter of fact, I try to remember to take cash with me because cc transactions are slow at best and slow and painful at worst. Volunteers work the concession stands, and I swear no one ever bothers to show them how to use the damn car reader. They all have to stop and ask someone for help, and then a third person, and on and on until they finally hit on someone who can complete the transaction.
Just like all facets of this organization, hope springs eternal.
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