by OldGuy » 14 Jan 2025, 14:11
I guess I am old school. I have lived my entire life operating with cash for all exchanges. I usually withdraw a few hundred dollars from the ATM once a month to add to whatever is in my pocket and that is all I use for my daily purchases. My monthly SS check is a direct deposit into my account. I never even did that until after I retired. I used to just cash my paycheck and only deposited what I had to for paying bills by check. The rest was just pocket change, even into the thousands.
There have been times I collected too much to carry so I just slap the excess in one of my investments. I look enough like a bum that I would fit right in at the homeless soup kitchen. No one has ever even thought of robbing me. I've never been accosted for the cash in my pocket,
I always have a high enough balance in my account that I never encounter any bank fees on any bank activity. I didn't even know there were fees for using the ATM.