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Send it via bank? A quick and free bank transfer which also works out as "receipt" of payment.
What happens when your bank says: "no." ?
And let's not start with some fetish fantasy about "because an oppressive regime could do so any time"
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> Remember: A trader in the EU is not obligated to accept more than 50 metal coins for the same payment. I shall try and remember that.
This is the most disappointing rule ever. It makes my dream of returning money in thousands of 1 cent coins out of spite impossible
In Canada, during COVID Lockdowns they prevented the unvaccinated from getting on planes or trains, or buses. And required truckers to get the shot to drive their trucks.
The truckers protested, so the government froze the protestor's accounts and many of those who that donated to them. So people started to give them cash so they can feed themselves and continue the protest. Literally without cash, these people would be on the brink of bankruptcy and starvation.
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I think that's an insane argument to use to "prove" that NL is descending into tyranny. Loud cars(and motorbikes) are an actual nuisance to people and it's great that they are being introduced. What's next, speed cameras are tyranny too?
They can't control the black market in drugs, what makes them think controlling a black market in cash , which is a million times more desirable, will be any more successful? There's the small matter of millions of undocumented migrants entering Europe who will be trapped in this now-illegal-cash underclass, and these financial oppression laws just incentivise and create criminal networks to facilitate basic economy.…
> They can't control the black market in drugs, what makes them think controlling a black market in cash, which is a million times more desirable, will be any more successful? Well, for one, they control cash production > It's not a lot of money, and given inflation, diminishingly so. This is targeted at law abiding smallholding farmers where roadside transactions are often done in cash and farmers everywhere have a…
I'm very much a fan of choice here. I haven't personally used cash more than twice in the last 3 years, I love the convenience of Apple/Google Pay, but cash clearly still needs to exist
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they famously called the 500 euro bills -bin ladens- for how hard they became to secure since all the unofficial transactions where mostly done with those high denomination bills
500 Euro bills show up in action movies as part of shorthand for shady dealings. Like a visual cue that something is not on the up-and-up.
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Send it via bank? A quick and free bank transfer which also works out as "receipt" of payment.
How fast are bank transfers over there? In the US we have "same day" for small amounts, and a multiple day long clearing for bank to bank personal transfers for larger amounts, ie what you'd pay for a car. Then you'd need a bunch of their banking info. I don't know about your experience, but I'd like to limit the amount of PII I give to the type of folks I buy used vehicles from. With cash, you both go on your way wi…
The online payment system via bank transfers (iDeal) works so well I’ve heard it’s going to become a european thing, and I’m legit excited about that.