in my experience you can feel a fake bill much easier than looking at it. The fake bill feels smoother than a real one.

I bet his tenants have no other way to pay the rent

I have a card that gives me cash back for every dollar I spend, so I'm not worried about the merchant's small processing fees. There's one merchant in my neighborhood that still uses a dial up, so I give him cash instead of waiting for it to go through with people behind me.

I still think people should keep enough cash on hand in case something happens to the electronic system. Cash is still king.

Some people use cash because they prefer to keep their spending habits private.

Those people should dial into Netzero, go to double u double u double u dot yahoo dot com, and search for prepaid credit cards.

do you carry a cell phone? Google tracks your every move. That's how they know where the heavy traffic is. They're always watching you (and several hundred million other people so don't worry you're just a drop in the ocean).

how does / can google track my flip-top phone?

And this would be advantageous how?

No, they track traffic through people who have opted in and have their GPS turned on.

If you clear your personal history, you can watch various apps try to figure out where you are based on demographics. For example, because I frequently follow links regarding professional poker players, apps frequently think I live in LA or LV. (I get ads for Southern California Honda dealerships, etc.)

Oh, the naivete!

Big Data was a problem when humans had to sift through the data. It has not been a problem since people started programming computers to do it.

If you don't think your old high school classmates who work for tech companies have pulled your file out of millions to see what you're up to, lol.

So yes you should keep your private spending off of the Internet. When you go buy sex toys, pay in cash. When you take your mistress out to dinner, ask for separate checks and turn off your GPS. But when you pay your rent and buy groceries, there's no reason to use cash.

(And don't rent to people who need to pay in cash, ldo, what do you think the probability is of someone who can't get a credit card being a nonidiotic tenant?)

Had this happen with some old school 20's recently. An older lady added on at the table in some really crisp old 20's. I asked the dealer if i could swap the 20's out for a hundo and he obliged. Weeks later i'm at the gas station and accidentally left my wallet at home but had the old 20's in my sun visor and had to result in using one. The attendant gave me the hardest time mainly because they just looked so crisp. He didn't have the pen but ran it through the machine and it came back faulty. At the casino i had them use the pen and it came back w/no issue so idk.

As a winning poker player, the more I spend in cash, the less often I have to deposit money in the bank. I use cash for groceries. I use cash in restaurants. I used cash to buy my current (used) car.

I use cash 95% of the time
mostly because I don't want my wife to see what I'm spending money on

That still leaves a trail of activities under one "persona". If even one of them gets linked to you then it's no longer anonymous.

flip phone ftw!!!