• someguy3@lemmy.world
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    Everyone here focused on the cash for some reason.

    The thief got away with Noem’s driver’s license, medication, apartment keys, passport, DHS access badge, makeup bag, blank checks, and about $3,000 in cash, the law enforcement source said.

    The only saving grace is they can lock out that one badge. Hopefully she reported it quickly.

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      21 days ago

      Who the hell still carries around paper checks? I think I’ve written a total of 3 checks in the past 4-5 years, all for home service like plumbers.

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        Who the hell still carries around paper checks?

        Old people who wish to punish everyone else in line at the grocery store.

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            I fix cars at a big retail chain and yep. There’s instant verification now where in order to accept it we have to punch all the info into some service on the POS computer to make sure the check clears, but if it does, yeah we take those. Money is money. Checks are still issued and cashed by banks so we still take em.

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              20 days ago

              You say money is money, but I can’t even count the times I’ve seen No cash, no card or other ridiculous rules.

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        21 days ago

        For me, I hand write checks weekly. That 3 percent credit card fee can add up quickly. Invoice me, and get the total payed at the end of the month. Also handy for person to person transactions, where cash is impractical.

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          That’s why I pay my rent with check, hand delivered to their office. That 3% is a significant chunk of money.

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      21 days ago

      Hopefully she reported it quickly.

      Why? Any rando wandering in can’t be worse than the people who are already there.