I'm
sure you can think of more reasons than a couple of % saving on a credit card transaction can't you?

VAT, tax etc... add up to quite a lot. The guitar was up for 2300, I paid 1400 for cash. It's not my place to tell a shop keeper about the legalities or morals of his business practices...especially when he's just given me 900 quid off of something.

I'm not sure where you have got the impression that I'm paying bills late, and I frankly resent the implication that because I haven't got a bank account I therefore can't manage my bills. I pay my bills as and when they come in and it's convenient for me to do so.

I can't think of an instance where I'd be making a very expensive payment for something where I wouldn't be in the vicinity. A car? I'd like to see it before I bought it. A house, same story. A sofa - same again. In which case, Id have the cash on me, so this has never been a problem.

I wouldn't trust a postman with a few grand of my cash any more than I'd trust some desk-monkey in a local bank branch.
(dchurch bah, Sat 6 Mar 2010, 14:19, 2 replies)

My assumption
that your bills were late isn't anything to do with your method of payment, simply that utility companies tend not to harass people for payment until the bills are overdue. Also, your points do seem pretty reasonable. The only other thing I forgot to mention was the additional protection afforded to you by the consumer credit act if you buy things on a credit card (although I personally would only do so if I had the money to pay the bill immediately)
( greedyostrich Cheese is evil! Cheddar is VOODOO!, Sun 7 Mar 2010, 21:55, closed)

It
appears that they also harrass you if they think you're not paying by the means that they would prefer you to as well, or haven't bought enough of their services.

I'm still not entirely sure how they got my telephone number to be honest, but hey ho.
(dchurch bah, Mon 8 Mar 2010, 7:54, closed)

twat
So basically, you only use cash so that you can break the law and engage in tax avoidance and money laundering? Your 900 discount was because you cheated and nothing more. You are a common criminal and deserve to be robbed. I cannot believe the level of your hypocrisy in suggesting banks screw us when you are screwing us too.
(stoozin, Tue 9 Mar 2010, 15:36, closed)