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January 12, 2019
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" Live Long, Healthy ... And Prosper! "
12:20 pm
November 8, 2018
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This made me realize that last time I used cash to pay for something was before COVID.
12:47 pm
October 27, 2013
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I think retailers are at most risk as suggested by the article. I truly feel sorry for them as cashiers cannot scrutinize every bill handed to them.
It would be the rare instance I use an ATM (a few times a year) that I could be exposed.
12:51 pm
August 20, 2019
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I would fail and I scrutinize them. Try your luck:
Fake $20s, some of the best ive seen, spot the fake (2nd picture is giveaway) and always triple check!
byu/sometin__else inCanadianCoins
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2:31 pm
January 25, 2024
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Alexandre said
This made me realize that last time I used cash to pay for something was before COVID.
I thought paper money are outlawed?
Canada is still printing funny pictures of those plastic sheets of paper?
For last 15 or so years I did not hold Canadian money in my hands...
3:19 pm
October 2, 2025
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Since these counterfeits are so realistic, there may be a risk when selling merchandise (cell phones, laptop, etc) on Kijiji or CraigsList where cash is transacted. Is etransfer a safe alternative to cash? Can the buyer reverse the etransfer transaction?
4:43 pm
November 8, 2018
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Interac e-transfer can be reversed. Here is article on that topic: TD Bank customer lost $480 after e-transfer cancelled — despite having autodeposit
It is long article, so here is most important part of it:
E-transfers — even to accounts with autodeposit — can sometimes be cancelled, even up to 24 hours later
6:01 pm
April 6, 2013
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Not true. The Interac e-transfer was cancelled before it was completed. Not reversed.
The victim recipient in the story never received any notification from her bank or indication in her online banking that she received any e-transfer.
The lesson is don't be stupid enough to rely on the sender showing something on the sender's phone that the funds were sent to you.
3:50 pm
January 12, 2019
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Alexandre said
This made me realize that last time I used cash to pay for something was before COVID.
- Ditto ⬆️
As an example . . .
- About six or seven years ago, in case of an emergency (credit cards not working, power outage, etc.) I starting keeping eighty dollars cash (four $20s) in my wallet. To date, those 'Same' twenty dollar bills remain in my wallet. For emergences (or otherwise), they Still haven't been used !
Right or Wrong ... I've been a 'Credit Card Junkie' for many years now, with No cash transactions to speak of.
Others may differ . . .
- Dean
" Live Long, Healthy ... And Prosper! "
6:25 am
March 15, 2019
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Cash is not quite dead yet
I actually met a live person who had to pay cash becuase he didn't qualify for a credit card. It was at the checkout in a grocery store. I also saw a woman once who paid her grocery bill with some weird looking stamps. I later found out she was on welfare and got stamps instead of cash because some welfare recipients were discovered spending cash betting on slow horses.
9:34 am
January 12, 2019
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- True ⬆️
In spite of people like me (Credit Card Junkies 
), 'Cash' is Definitely not dead yet ... especially in Retail transactions.
For those who may be interested, this is some help & advice from the BoC . . .
- Take notes ➡️ https://www.bankofcanada.ca/wp.....Insert.pdf
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Merry Crispness‼️
- Dean
" Live Long, Healthy ... And Prosper! "
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