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Post #270,035
by drewk
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10/10/06 8:14:01 PM
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New Define "survive"
Those who don't have bank accounts have trouble, but how do they survive without credit or debit cards? E.g., AFAIK, it's impossible to rent a car without a credit card these days.
How many people "need" to rent a car? I think I've done so maybe twice in the last five years, and both of those were at the end of flights out of state. Neigher one of which I would have taken if I were living so close to the margins that I didn't have a bank account.
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Post #270,038
by boxley
10/10/06 8:43:46 PM
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New rent from rent a wreck or enterprise
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Post #270,039
by Another Scott
10/10/06 8:47:42 PM
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New Ok.
Ya got me. I exaggerated. Good catch. :-)

There was one time when my Buick needed to have its transmission replaced. Having no other car, and working at a place that would take 2 hours to get to via public transportation (vs. 20 minutes by car), I needed to rent a car for a few days. (No, the dealer didn't offer me a car.) CC was required.

There was also a time when I went on a job interview to another city. The company arranged the flight and arranged to have a car reserved for me, but I had to pay for it with my own credit card. (They reimbursed me a few weeks later.) People who go on job interviews in a new area will likely be in similar situations.

Yes, there are millions of people who get by without credit cards and probably a few million who don't have bank accounts. They must have options to get paid. But for most of us, and for an increasing percentage of the population, electronic funds transfers are nearly essential.

Cheers,
Scott.
Post #270,041
by drewk
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10/10/06 8:58:42 PM
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New For a life I'd like to have, yes
Having no other car, and working at a place that would take 2 hours to get to via public transportation (vs. 20 minutes by car), I needed to rent a car for a few days.
I've seen articles profiling people who do just that -- two hours each way on public transportation -- to get to minimum-wage jobs. Does anyone really wonder why they can't dig out of that hole?
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     Reason 1,194 Why Indiana should be nuked. - (mmoffitt) - (22) - Oct. 10, 2006, 02:12:36 PM EDT
         You're not going to win this. - (Another Scott) - (16) - Oct. 10, 2006, 02:27:23 PM EDT
             Yeah, friggin' right to privacy is of no use anymore anyway. -NT - (mmoffitt) - Oct. 10, 2006, 04:04:34 PM EDT
             It doesn't work here - (tuberculosis) - Oct. 10, 2006, 04:31:29 PM EDT
             What is that you say? You have no bank account? -NT - (folkert) - (13) - Oct. 10, 2006, 04:43:46 PM EDT
                 Yeah, that could be a problem. - (Another Scott) - (12) - Oct. 10, 2006, 05:00:33 PM EDT
                     I've been using DD for 9+ years, 2 employers, no problems -NT - (admin) - (2) - Oct. 10, 2006, 05:22:05 PM EDT
                         I used it for 7 years without a hitch. -NT - (folkert) - Oct. 10, 2006, 05:41:17 PM EDT
                         I've used it for, um, like, 17 years. - (static) - Oct. 11, 2006, 03:05:55 AM EDT
                     I can't remember the last time I got a paper paycheck. - (hnick) - (4) - Oct. 10, 2006, 06:23:50 PM EDT
                         2 checks since 1989. - (bepatient) - (3) - Oct. 10, 2006, 07:14:38 PM EDT
                             Yeah, I said REMEMBERED... - (hnick) - (1) - Oct. 10, 2006, 07:27:55 PM EDT
                                 ICLRPD. (new thread) - (Another Scott) - Oct. 10, 2006, 07:59:03 PM EDT
                             everypaycheck from my old employer - (boxley) - Oct. 10, 2006, 07:55:59 PM EDT
                     Define "survive" - (drewk) - (3) - Oct. 10, 2006, 08:14:01 PM EDT
                         rent from rent a wreck or enterprise -NT - (boxley) - Oct. 10, 2006, 08:43:46 PM EDT
                         Ok. - (Another Scott) - (1) - Oct. 10, 2006, 08:47:42 PM EDT
                             For a life I'd like to have, yes - (drewk) - Oct. 10, 2006, 08:58:42 PM EDT
         Your lawyer was an idiot. -NT - (bepatient) - (3) - Oct. 10, 2006, 02:40:17 PM EDT
             Perhaps, but ... - (mmoffitt) - (2) - Oct. 10, 2006, 04:05:55 PM EDT
                 No need to litigate - (bepatient) - (1) - Oct. 10, 2006, 06:18:40 PM EDT
                     I tried that before contacting the lawyer. - (mmoffitt) - Oct. 11, 2006, 11:57:15 AM EDT
         Maybe, but don't tell that to the pope, because - (jb4) - Oct. 15, 2006, 09:59:56 PM EDT

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