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Candybar121@lemmy.world 8 months agoyou only pay interest if you miss your payments deadline. I get cash 2% back on every single purchase. Meanwhile my savings account I opened gave me a whopping $5 in the past month.
nickiam2@aussie.zone 8 months ago
You do know where that cash back is coming from, right? Everything you buy has credit card fees baked into the price. The business pays anywhere from 1-5% on every transaction to accept your payment, and a small percent of that is returned to you as “cash back” rewards. Its why I’ve switched back to using cash and any coins I get as change go into a jar. That earns much more than %10 “cash back”, and some shops even make the customers pay the CC fee here in aus so I get a small “discount” too.
Zozano@aussie.zone 8 months ago
A lot of what I said applies directly to Australia’s economy (which I’m sure I don’t need to tell you is absolutely fucked).
I salute you. Physical currency is better for businesses and the individual. Paying “convenience fees” (for what should be a public service), should be a crime.
In a parallel reality I’m paying interest on water which evaporated.