But here's also the thing - do we really need to have COD anymore? Last time I used that was in 1994, and I didn't have a credit card at the time. Now, I just order things on card and pay them 30 days later when the statement comes due.
It's like the milkman - you got fresh milk every day because it was hard to store pre-refrigeration. Now, we don't need that.
But here's also the thing - do we really need to have COD anymore? Last time I used that was in 1994, and I didn't have a credit card at the time. Now, I just order things on card and pay them 30 days later when the statement comes due.
Cash lets you buy the things that credit card companies may restrict such as ammo or medications that aren't (((Big Pharma))) blessed. COD would enable this as well as put a roadblock in the path of data tracking and mining.
It's like the milkman - you got fresh milk every day because it was hard to store pre-refrigeration. Now, we don't need that.
Fresh milk everyday is still necessary. Yes we have refrigeration, but fresh milk, especially local, is far better than the milk that's been sitting in your fridge for days. Restaurants take daily fresh deliveries often so why should we have to settle for old stuff all the time? We do need these things even with credit cards and refrigerators.
When I say fresh, I don't mean "right from the cow," I mean you had to drink it that day or it went bad. That's why you got a new bottle each day, you couldn't store it. It was still processed and fortified and whatever else they do to it. If you want fresh, you did then what you do now - get a cow or get a farmer friend.
Anything today that was not blessed would still be tracked, it's a lot easier to do so now that everything is computerized and automated. I find it unlikely that the carriers aren't cooperating with the three-letters, and they're certainly going to be tracking that package from Bob's Ammo Castle to your door, even if you didn't buy it on card. The post office certainly is, they track everything - even that which isn't barcoded for such. Go to your local arms dealer and get your ammo, pay with cash there.
Anything today that was not blessed would still be tracked, it's a lot easier to do so now that everything is computerized and automated. I find it unlikely that the carriers aren't cooperating with the three-letters, and they're certainly going to be tracking that package from Bob's Ammo Castle to your door, even if you didn't buy it on card. The post office certainly is, they track everything - even that which isn't barcoded for such. COD allowed other consumer benefits. You could refuse a damaged package and not have to fight to get your money back like you would with a card. COD also meant that the seller does not have your credit card information that they will undoubtedly mishandle and end up in a security breach that may lead to fraudulent charges on your card, identity theft and other security/financial threats. But if you're okay with all that, then yeah you don't need COD to be an option I suppose.
Go to your local arms dealer and get your ammo, pay with cash there.
Not always an option for type, availability or price.
The tracking would still happen in this case. The places selling, and shippers, would be generating the info to the CC and insurance companies for sale instead of the CC companies generating the info to sell.
These data collection points are already happening, where the stores are generating their own data collection and selling it. That was and still is the purpose of the member rewards program every store offers. You are paying them in data to get that couple percent off or points or whatever else the scam is.
The CC use thing wouldn't be a roadblock as much as it may sound, it would simply be a shift in collection points to the already other active points. Data collection is a massive industry today, its just not public.
The tracking would still happen in this case. The places selling, and shippers, would be generating the info to the CC and insurance companies for sale instead of the CC companies generating the info to sell.
These data collection points are already happening, where the stores are generating their own data collection and selling it. That was and still is the purpose of the member rewards program every store offers. You are the paying them in data to get that couple percent off or points or whatever else the scam is.
The CC use thing wouldn't be a roadblock as much as it may sound, it would simply be a shift in collection points to the already other active points. Data collection is a massive industry today, its just not public.
Data collection is only valuable if the source data is. Don't use real names when you pay cash.