On Sat, 23 May 2009 13:13:48 -0500, Michel Boucher wrote:

> blake murphy > wrote in
> :
>
>> On Sat, 23 May 2009 09:36:19 -0400, Kswck wrote:
>>
>>> Better question: Why do people buy one or two items and pay by check
>>> or credit card?
>>
>> hear, hear!
>
> I'm assuming you mean small transactions. I went to the game store today
> and bought a game publication for me and a game for my granddaughter's
> birthday. I had 20$ on me but the transaction, tax included, was 77$.
> Should I always carry enough to cover all single or double purchases? What
> about the time I bought the car? I used my debit card because the full
> amount was in my account. Should I have had 10 000$ in my back pocket just
> in case?
>
> Just wondering :-)

yeah, that's what i mean. i guess i'm remembering the seventies, when i
used to see people (almost always young women) writing out checks at the
drug store for one or two items, amount under four or five bucks.

your pal,
blake