Life here in Florida
for the month of October has been pretty idyllic.
Granted, it’s been too hot for my taste, in the humid upper 80s to low 90s, a bit higher than it usually is this time of year. Still, we’ve managed some beach time, hit a museum in St. Petersburg, and eaten out at several places we can’t get our foot into when the winter season is up and roaring.
Granted, it’s been too hot for my taste, in the humid upper 80s to low 90s, a bit higher than it usually is this time of year. Still, we’ve managed some beach time, hit a museum in St. Petersburg, and eaten out at several places we can’t get our foot into when the winter season is up and roaring.
To simplify
things in our absence, we’re having a no-mail month. We arranged to have the
mail held at the post office at home, and are receiving none here. I realized
today the limbo this places me in.
I was setting
up this month’s credit card payment on line and noticed something odd in my
account. Even though I spent yesterday with my backside planted in the sand, I
apparently was also making a payment to AirBnB, something I’ve never used.
Fortunately, the payment was 0 dollars. I called my credit card company.
Yep, bad news
– someone has my card number. Good news – that’s all they have, so it was
declined.
Okay, so
cancel the card and get a new one. Simple. Easy peasy. Except I’m not home and
can’t receive mail here, and therefore can’t get my hands on the new one till I
get home.
Life with no credit card. It might as well be
1952. I feel naked.
Solution:
I’ll use the remaining house credit card when I must, and dig out the green
stuff for everything else.
Yes, sometimes cash is the only thing that works. Sorry to hear somebody got your card info! Grrr!
ReplyDeleteExcellent news that they didn't succeed in spending your hard-earned.
ReplyDeleteI am a fan of cash. I find it easier to keep track of what I am spending. Yes, I know, I am a dinosaur.
plus you're not racking up interest rates, they're the real killer when it comes to credit and "paying off" things
DeleteWhen I lived in Germany a few years ago, and traveled around quite a bit, I found cash was the most common payment method. Distant second was debit cards, most Europeans carried them just to get cash. Most restaurants would take only cash.
ReplyDeleteI always carry cash, just never very much of it but when beggars ask me for spare change I tell them "I'm sorry, I don't carry cash".
ReplyDeleteI usually have some cash - I've always felt silly charging something that's like $5.
DeleteWell, that's a wee bit of a pain. Sounds like you'll manage though.
ReplyDeleteAnd on the plus side, I'll be more aware of how much I'm spending, unlike the credit card with its seemingly bottomless $ pile.
DeleteThat is a bummer about your card. Thankfully they were denied. Cash is great unless you want to check into a motel. Then you need all kinds of I.D. due to 9-11.
ReplyDeleteour go to is cash. we only use the credit card for very few monthly bills.
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