Cash/Check/Credit/Debit

monster · 06-08-2009, 12:21 AM

What was the last thing you bought using each on these payment methods, and when?

cash: three days ago, tickets for ice cream social at school
check: coupls of weeks ago, swim team fees for kids and pool rental
credit: today, groceries
debit: couple of weeks ago, groceries, used debit to get cash back

ZenGum · 06-08-2009, 12:30 AM

Cash: lunch on Friday ... fried eggs, tomatoes, mushrooms on toast, with coffee and juice.
Cheque (shame on you Monnie, going native): hahahahaha
Credit: autopayment for communications bill.
debit: carpet for living room floor, 6 weeks ago.

Bullitt · 06-08-2009, 12:35 AM

Cash: a couple new pens for class; last week.
Check: RITA payment of a whopping $3.14; weeks ago.
Credit: new paintball stuff Tippmann A-5, stock, trigger, barrel, camo pants, etc. etc.; last week.
Debit: dinner at local Mexican restaurant; last night.

Pie · 06-08-2009, 12:40 AM

cash: group lunch for admin assistant on Friday
check: cleaning ladies last Wednesday
credit: lunch today
debit: ??? it's been years, I think. What with the cash back on my Amex, I don't bother.

Juniper · 06-08-2009, 01:44 AM

Cash: ice cream at the little dairy bar on main street, Friday.
Check: paid $20 on daughter's school lunch account, which conveniently ran out 4 days before the end of the school year (it carries over, of course).
Credit: some groceries--I use my "cash back" credit card and pay off every month.
Debit: $200 withdrawal from ATM last weekend; I have about $25 left.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-08-2009, 01:58 AM

Checks if it's mailed.
Cash for everything else.

Sundae · 06-08-2009, 05:40 AM

Cheque: I'm not allowed them
Credit: I'm not allowed it
Debit: I'm not allowed it
Cash: this morning at the supermarket

Was up at 03.42 (bad night) and at 05.00 went to check the cashpoint to see if my benefit was through. It was. So went to the supermarket at 07.30 (when the buses started running). Essentials only* I just wanted to be in a warm light place with other people.

*Fizzy water IS an essential as it keeps me from drinking. As I get through 2 x 2litre bottles a day it's just as well it's only 12p!

DucksNuts · 06-08-2009, 06:20 AM

Cheque: Not that popular over here anymore, except for the *cockies* (farmers) or business owners. I havent had cheques for years.

Credit: I've just consolidated my credit card debit, gone from 12k on 3 cards to 1 card with 6k limit and 0 balance at the moment.

I use my plastic daily though and basically just pay my wages off it each week. The reward points are great.

Debit: an ATM card? I use this daily, small purchases, cash withdrawals.

Cash: Daily coffee, lunch on days that I dont take it, today to buy Ice Creams.

DanaC · 06-08-2009, 06:46 AM

Hmmm...

Cash: the shop yesterday to buy cigarettes and toilet paper
Cheque: haven't used cheques in years
Credit Card: cut up my credit cards several years ago, am still paying off the balance.
Debit Card: yesterday, bought a download of 'The Eight Truths', which is a Big Finish Doctor Who audio play :P

glatt · 06-08-2009, 09:28 AM

Cash: Yesterday at CVS to buy a father's day card and an updated road atlas of the area to replace my 20 year old one.
Check: Not in several years, my wife writes the checks to pay the bills.
Credit: Last week, buying gas.
Debit: I have never used a debit card. Except I think my ATM card is also a debit card, and I use that once or twice a month to get cash from my bank. I got cash last week.

jinx · 06-08-2009, 11:25 AM

Cash - Coffee, yesterday
Check - Paid for Dennis, last year, was annoyed breeder didn't take credit...
Credit - Can't remember...
Debit - Groceries, last thursday

Undertoad · 06-08-2009, 11:43 AM

Cash: pint of nonfat milk and four pints of water (I get dehydrated playing out)
Check: rare, but repair people like them... repair of air conditioning for the house
Credit: salads for everybody! and they forgot to make it debit so I signed.
Debit: fuel-up at the Wawa (for you non philly people, it is the finest convenience store chain on the planet)

Clodfobble · 06-08-2009, 01:59 PM

Cash: No idea. I did use it a couple of months ago to give change to some dude who came to buy things I posted on craigslist.
Check: monthly bills
Credit: grocery store this morning--we put absolutely everything on the cards and pay them off each month.
Debit: Never. No one gets permission to take money directly out of my bank account. If there's a mistake, it's my problem to get my money back. If there's a mistake on the credit card, it's their problem to make me pay it.

DanaC · 06-08-2009, 02:18 PM

Oh...by debit did you mean Direct Debit mandates? Cause if so I have about £150 a month assorted DDs. I assumed you meant debit card.

sweetwater · 06-08-2009, 02:23 PM

Cash: ice cream at a fast food place after taking the pups to the vet so they each got a little bit, then we ate the rest
Check: water bill (they can't do e-pay or auto debit

)
Credit: this morning for online purchase - LED flashlights for an upcoming camping trip
Debit: groceries a week ago, to get some cash back

06-08-2009, 12:21 AM	#1
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Cash/Check/Credit/Debit What was the last thing you bought using each on these payment methods, and when? cash: three days ago, tickets for ice cream social at school check: coupls of weeks ago, swim team fees for kids and pool rental credit: today, groceries debit: couple of weeks ago, groceries, used debit to get cash back __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

06-08-2009, 12:30 AM	#2
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Cash: lunch on Friday ... fried eggs, tomatoes, mushrooms on toast, with coffee and juice. Cheque (shame on you Monnie, going native): hahahahaha Credit: autopayment for communications bill. debit: carpet for living room floor, 6 weeks ago. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

06-08-2009, 12:35 AM	#3
Bullitt This is a fully functional babe lair Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 2,324	Cash: a couple new pens for class; last week. Check: RITA payment of a whopping $3.14; weeks ago. Credit: new paintball stuff Tippmann A-5, stock, trigger, barrel, camo pants, etc. etc.; last week. Debit: dinner at local Mexican restaurant; last night. __________________ Kiss my white Irish ass.

06-08-2009, 12:40 AM	#4
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	cash: group lunch for admin assistant on Friday check: cleaning ladies last Wednesday credit: lunch today debit: ??? it's been years, I think. What with the cash back on my Amex, I don't bother. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

06-08-2009, 01:58 AM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Checks if it's mailed. Cash for everything else. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-08-2009, 01:44 AM	#5
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	Cash: ice cream at the little dairy bar on main street, Friday. Check: paid $20 on daughter's school lunch account, which conveniently ran out 4 days before the end of the school year (it carries over, of course). Credit: some groceries--I use my "cash back" credit card and pay off every month. Debit: $200 withdrawal from ATM last weekend; I have about $25 left.

06-08-2009, 05:40 AM	#7
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Cheque: I'm not allowed them Credit: I'm not allowed it Debit: I'm not allowed it Cash: this morning at the supermarket Was up at 03.42 (bad night) and at 05.00 went to check the cashpoint to see if my benefit was through. It was. So went to the supermarket at 07.30 (when the buses started running). Essentials only* I just wanted to be in a warm light place with other people. *Fizzy water IS an essential as it keeps me from drinking. As I get through 2 x 2litre bottles a day it's just as well it's only 12p!

06-08-2009, 06:20 AM	#8
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	Cheque: Not that popular over here anymore, except for the cockies (farmers) or business owners. I havent had cheques for years. Credit: I've just consolidated my credit card debit, gone from 12k on 3 cards to 1 card with 6k limit and 0 balance at the moment. I use my plastic daily though and basically just pay my wages off it each week. The reward points are great. Debit: an ATM card? I use this daily, small purchases, cash withdrawals. Cash: Daily coffee, lunch on days that I dont take it, today to buy Ice Creams.

06-08-2009, 09:28 AM	#10
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Cash: Yesterday at CVS to buy a father's day card and an updated road atlas of the area to replace my 20 year old one. Check: Not in several years, my wife writes the checks to pay the bills. Credit: Last week, buying gas. Debit: I have never used a debit card. Except I think my ATM card is also a debit card, and I use that once or twice a month to get cash from my bank. I got cash last week.

06-08-2009, 11:25 AM	#11
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Cash - Coffee, yesterday Check - Paid for Dennis, last year, was annoyed breeder didn't take credit... Credit - Can't remember... Debit - Groceries, last thursday __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

06-08-2009, 11:43 AM	#12
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Cash: pint of nonfat milk and four pints of water (I get dehydrated playing out) Check: rare, but repair people like them... repair of air conditioning for the house Credit: salads for everybody! and they forgot to make it debit so I signed. Debit: fuel-up at the Wawa (for you non philly people, it is the finest convenience store chain on the planet)

06-08-2009, 01:59 PM	#13
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Cash: No idea. I did use it a couple of months ago to give change to some dude who came to buy things I posted on craigslist. Check: monthly bills Credit: grocery store this morning--we put absolutely everything on the cards and pay them off each month. Debit: Never. No one gets permission to take money directly out of my bank account. If there's a mistake, it's my problem to get my money back. If there's a mistake on the credit card, it's their problem to make me pay it. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

06-08-2009, 02:23 PM	#15
sweetwater lives inside a Mobius strip Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,120	Cash: ice cream at a fast food place after taking the pups to the vet so they each got a little bit, then we ate the rest Check: water bill (they can't do e-pay or auto debit ) Credit: this morning for online purchase - LED flashlights for an upcoming camping trip Debit: groceries a week ago, to get some cash back __________________ I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque! - Bugs Bunny

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