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Well, perhaps they should just bring the cash then. I find it incredible naive to just do away with cash in society.
by brisad 5y ago
Well, perhaps they should just bring the cash then. I find it incredible naive to just do away with cash in society.
- robin_reala 5y agoIt’s already effectively been done away with, and it would be a multi-year societal change to bring it back. I’ve been living in Sweden for four years, and I think that’s about the same number of times I’ve even seen a coin or note.
- ghaff 5y agoIt's far more common in the US and I certainly see it on a regular basis. But, personally, I'll go months without using it and if I'm driving somewhere I'll have some cash in the car but don't usually carry it on my person.
- AtNightWeCode 5y agoThat train has left the station a long time ago. In Sweden, debit cards are the most common payment method at stores. Most legit companies don't want cash. It just exposes a lot of people for the risk of being robbed.
- peakaboo 5y agoThe official reason is that they want to control crime. The unofficial reason is that they want to be able to track everything people do with money.
- peakaboo 5y agoForgot to add... They want to be able to make anyone unable to buy anything at the click of a button. Sweden is pretty much there already so now we are hoping the government doesn't turn into fascism because then we are completely unable to do anything. Keep your guns, America.
- arkitaip 5y agoHandling cash is expensive for stores. They need to store the cash safely in-store, deploys all kinds of security measures to prevent robberies and theft, use armored cars to transport to and from the bank, pay more in insurance, etc.
- emj 5y agoGDPR and other laws are supposed to stop that, and has worked out nicely according to audits. Stores are not allowed to keep your credit card number just a reference number. (But a lot of clubs are now registered on the credit card so they can still conncet a sale to a person with out storing the credit card number.)
- aliswe 5y ago"they" huh? and who gave you the unofficial reason btw?
- AdrianB1 5y agoIs robbery that widespread in Sweden?
- arkitaip 5y agoIt never was common but all the cash management and security measures quickly add up in terms of costs.
- AtNightWeCode 5y agoIt was very common to rob money transfers back in the days. It kind of peaked around the big helicopter robbery +10 years ago. The use of cash has been on a decline for decades. The transports are never armed like in other countries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4stberga_helicopter_robbery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4stberga_helicopter_robb...
- bjourne 5y agoWhy would they? They just go to a competing supermarket chain instead.