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Originally posted by Whereweheaded
Well in true reality, if you are one of those who desires to use the debit card for all transactions, because of ease of use. STOP! Its been widely speculated that the government has a database that stores information on every person, and there spending habits. It supposedly leaves a trace, you buy 10k rounds of ammo, they have it on record...same with foods, and anything else you can imagine. Yeah its convenient, but whats a few extra minutes to go to the atm or inside the bank, and have cash on you?
Now I dont have documented proof for you fellow readers, but I do have a summarized story that occurred to me.
Summarized version:
* Went to gun store in Nv.
* Bought 2k rounds of 7.63x 39 for my AK-47
* bought 2k rounds for my 9mm
* bought a 75 rd drum for the AK
* Tactical Vest was purchased as well
* along with extra high capacity mags
Not even one day later, a have an unmarked crown victoria parked across the street for 2 days while the occupants scoped my place out. Went to approach the car ( once ), and whom ever was in it sped off. Saw the car later, slightly up the street, so that increased the walking distance for me. Weird?....yes....every transaction since then is been by cash. And I havent seen that ol crown vic lately either.
Originally posted by randomname
Originally posted by Whereweheaded
Well in true reality, if you are one of those who desires to use the debit card for all transactions, because of ease of use. STOP! Its been widely speculated that the government has a database that stores information on every person, and there spending habits. It supposedly leaves a trace, you buy 10k rounds of ammo, they have it on record...same with foods, and anything else you can imagine. Yeah its convenient, but whats a few extra minutes to go to the atm or inside the bank, and have cash on you?
Now I dont have documented proof for you fellow readers, but I do have a summarized story that occurred to me.
Summarized version:
* Went to gun store in Nv.
* Bought 2k rounds of 7.63x 39 for my AK-47
* bought 2k rounds for my 9mm
* bought a 75 rd drum for the AK
* Tactical Vest was purchased as well
* along with extra high capacity mags
Not even one day later, a have an unmarked crown victoria parked across the street for 2 days while the occupants scoped my place out. Went to approach the car ( once ), and whom ever was in it sped off. Saw the car later, slightly up the street, so that increased the walking distance for me. Weird?....yes....every transaction since then is been by cash. And I havent seen that ol crown vic lately either.
well they might have thought you're doing the las vegas version of the north hollywood shootout.
how much did 2,000 rounds of 7.63 ammunition set you back.
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
I still feel cash is king, sure I keep a few billion in my savings account, but the rest I keep stacked on pallets and make day beds out of them.
Originally posted by maslatte
Not sure if anyone has thought of this. Why would a bank cap your debit? What if they are expecting an economic crash and don't want people pulling all of their money out of the banks. I think the banks want more control on what you take out of your account.
Originally posted by CastleMadeOfSand
So what are people gonna do?
It's simple, they will pull out all of their money and go and set up accounts with local community banks. By doing this, the large banks are digging their own grave. Which is fine by me. Dig away bankers, dig away!
Originally posted by RicketyCricket
reply to post by 547000
Get Cash from bank
Go to grocery store
Stock up on Amazon Gift cards
Use gift cards
Receive hard to find books from Amazon
Originally posted by gnosticquasar
Ohhh, I see the gimmick. Cap debit card purchases so that people have to start ordering checks again. Not a bad way to make up the dough, except that a lot of people won't use checks anymore because a lot of places refuse to take them. Guess we're heading back to cash sown into mattresses.
Originally posted by donatellanator
I bank with Wachovia. I recently was re-issued a debit card after losing my old one. The old card expired in 2013 and was issued a couple years ago. My new one? It expires Dec. of this year. My fiancee recently got a new card as well because his old one expired. They sent a new one in the mail (in Feb!!!) and it expires Dec 2011 as well. 10 months-year life for a card...and then a new one? Or?
Can someone explain this? Is it because of Wells Fargo takeover? I don't see how that'd make any sense since they've already merged their systems and accounts...
Anyone in banking know the answer?edit on 10-3-2011 by donatellanator because: GD typos
Originally posted by ladyinwaiting
This really ticks me off! I hope they won't be allowed to get away with it.
It has to do with the 44 cent fee they've been getting for each debit transaction. Now that fee is being lowered to 12 cents, or somesuch, so they are forcing us to increase the number of our transactions. Seriously, run your card through three times to pay your grocery bill? That's what we'll do. ?? Just to feed them the money they want. They are claiming they will be losing billions.
I don't know, some bull. They just explained it on the news. Anyway, it's just Chase banks at this point (?) but if they pull this off, then everybody else will follow suit.
Grrrr..........
Originally posted by Iwinder
reply to post by JustMike
I have seen that picture before somewhere on the net, question is that for real cash?
Sorry PT I don't mean to derail your thread I am just curious here.
Regards, Iwinder