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20. Budgeting is budgeting, cash or card should make no difference.

Mon Jul 13, 2020, 05:34 PM

Jul 2020

Cash is rapidly becoming defunct in an electronic economy. It’s an anachronism even now, IMO.

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Kroger cashiers to stop giving customers coin change [View all] Siwsan Jul 2020 OP

I generally try to have enough coins to just get my change in bills Siwsan Jul 2020 #2

me, too. I use the drive through for all transactions, too. CTyankee Jul 2020 #8

Didn't know there was a coin shortage. I guess I shoud doc03 Jul 2020 #3

Yep MissB Jul 2020 #21

I do the same. n/t phylny Jul 2020 #18

? at my Kroger the change is returned via machine Skittles Jul 2020 #5

ooh Skittles Jul 2020 #14

Geeze, you're right - my bank's lobby just re-opened 2 weeks ago. Talitha Jul 2020 #22

This move to cashless I_UndergroundPanther Jul 2020 #6

I was always a cash person, too. Now I'm about 50/50 Siwsan Jul 2020 #11

Budgeting is budgeting, cash or card should make no difference. Codeine Jul 2020 #20

Might be addressing the reported coin shortages peggysue2 Jul 2020 #9

It is due to the coin shortage Siwsan Jul 2020 #12

Ahhh, so I was the same as our announcement then peggysue2 Jul 2020 #17

Trump's Federal Reserve in action! struggle4progress Jul 2020 #15

I've used cash only once since about Feb. It's dirty stuff. nt eppur_se_muova Jul 2020 #23

I found out that there is a shortage in my area. Stores will helpisontheway Jul 2020 #24