Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The Horrible Future : China - Holographic Cashless ATMs Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2025 22:05:57 +0200 Lines: 34 Message-ID: <56bbqlx4mu.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> References: <7S2dna3ARMc3CVb1nZ2dnZfqn_ednZ2d@giganews.com> <10ah4gi$3tlsl$1@dont-email.me> <10aq70m$22nft$2@dont-email.me> <10ask51$2lq0s$2@dont-email.me> <7g0aqlx0qp.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10atqp0$2tidd$7@dont-email.me> <9rcaqlx33q.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10au4hm$2tidd$34@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net m06BJsUsWMgQYtw5Ec9i+ADfE+Et2SQYqR9A3m8AA8cvQYhJvL X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:MjN3SexmXP2omvg0YpLHRKf8fV4= sha256:k9vijKZZZd2znECgo9IozrMaAU1J+6KjQvsD3Ydps3I= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: <10au4hm$2tidd$34@dont-email.me> Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:75005 On 2025-09-23 14:41, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 23/09/2025 12:28, Carlos E.R. wrote: >> On 2025-09-23 11:54, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>> On 23/09/2025 08:57, Carlos E.R. wrote: >>>> Certainly, they can have it. Vendors that want it have it. The >>>> interesting thing is that these people refuse to have it, for some >>>> reason that we can only speculate about. >>> Cash need not be all declared for tax purposes. >>> >> >> True, but still the same merchant has to buy raw products in large >> quantities. In this case, electricity, oil (edible), flour... if >> payments are above 1000€, he can not use cash. Also large merchants >> are less likely to try to avoid VAT and paper trails. >> >> But yes, the reasons everybody suspects are bank commissions and tax >> avoidance. >> > > In the UK we are deluged with an influx of 'Turkish Barbers' and > haircutters. > > Who only take cash. How that so many can exist and still be profitable > is accounted for by the fact that they are ideal to launder drug money > with. > > You just claim to have cut 1000 beards instead of selling 100 bags of > heroin... Ufff :-( -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;