I would love to live without having to deal with banks
However, how would you get an employer to pay you in cash rather than BACS. Yes, you could ask them, but a lot of them have automated payroll systems.

Also, my ISP will only sell me their services if I have a direct debit. and I can't switch because I live in Hull where there is only one broadband provider and no option to go elsewhere.

There are a couple of other issues and if I could crack them, I'd drop the bank instantly.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Sat 6 Mar 2010, 13:51, 1 reply)

I
pay a year in advance for my ISP so this isn't an issue.

As to my employer, I simply asked them to pay me in cash. The accounts dept weren't extremely happy about it, but they agreed.

I've not ever not been able to make ends meet since. Before, I couldn't make it from month to month no matter how much I earned. I used to have bank account with Scabby. I got an account balance from their on-line banking, one from a bank teller and one from a cash machine - all three were different, it was then that I realised that it wasn't me just being bad with money, it was that I couldn't realistically tell how much I had short of writing down everything I ever spent - and thus, with cash I can look in the safe and know exactly how much is here and how much longer it is until more goes in. Easy.
(dchurch bah, Sat 6 Mar 2010, 14:20, closed)

How...
Did you get the cash money to your ISP?
( CaptainCrackerjack live trout, slow motion, Sun 7 Mar 2010, 15:20, closed)

I
went there and gave it to them. They are local, and weren't used to taking a payment a year in advance, but when faced with the cash they didn't want to turn me away.
(dchurch bah, Mon 8 Mar 2010, 7:55, closed)