Boycott US
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The community dedicated to boycotting the US until they stop fascism, restore full democracy and start following international law.
Americans have a moral obligation to resist Donald Trump and project 2025 at every turn.
America is a flawed democracy currently being ruled by oligarchs. Stop the backslide! Dont let America become the next Hungary.
America needs to challenge the court rulings of citizens united v. fec and shelby county v. holder, protect the media, implement independent district drawing, and the single transferable vote so they don't end up having people stay home in life-changing elections because they cannot vote for their favourite candidate.
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Yep, have experienced that working retail, they hand you USD, which we convert, and give CAD change. They get irate that they are American and should get USD back...buddy we don't carry USD or all foreign currency, we are doing you a service by allowing a foreign currency at all, rather than you having to go to a bank first
I struggle to imagine any reason to use cash unless you're a drug dealer. CCs will convert for you.
? Weird take. Cash is the legal tender. Credit Card is a slippery slope that gets people to overspend and extort fees. Cash is still highly used all over the works for daily transactions, even though google and apple wallet exist. Not every vendor wants MC/Visa to have a 4% cut of their sales either .
I don't mind covering CC fees to avoid the hassle/danger of cash when I'm traveling and in general tbh.
Sure but some vendors don't want to pay MC or Visa the skim % they take from profit, so cash is sometimes preferred
That's what I mean. I'm happy to cover that. Bunch of small retailers have a notice that there's a 3% surcharge for CC transactions. Well worth it for me.
Ah, I see
Buddy, you might not be American, but the comments you are making is indicative of that exact American expectation: the expectation of whatever has worked for you personally at home, works in the exact same way everywhere else in the world. It's not entirely your fault. You are on lemmy.ca Canadian community, btw.
Now for the reasons for cash: On one hand, converting and bringing foreign currency before your trip starts is a smart idea, since in many countries cash transactions are a lot more commonplace than cashless, though in big cities you will be able to get by easier. On the other, some American credit card companies seem to (very Americanly) assume by default that your credit card is stolen as soon as it leaves the USA, and sometimes it is a annoying process to get it working again from outside the US. So having local currency is good as a backup.
I am American. Naturalized almost 30 years ago. Proud to be one while also proud to be in a country where I can safely say I'm anti orange cunt and everything his supporters stand for.
My comment on cash was in support of what was said above. I've traveled a lot to my birth country of Ukraine before credit cards were a thing there and never had any issues with local currency or expected them to accept dollars.
I've also been all over Canada and paid with whatever retailer accepts if I wanted to do business there.
I'm also happy to cover CC fees for small retailers because I personally prefer to not deal with cash especially when I travel.