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Thought cash envelopes were for boomers until my card got skimmed at a Speedway in Ohio
I used to put everything on my debit card and just check the app once a day, which felt fine until someone cloned my card at a gas station in Ohio and drained $612 before I even noticed. After that mess I switched to cash envelopes for groceries and gas, and weirdly I spend about $90 less a month now because handing over real bills hurts in a way tapping a card never did. The first trip felt dumb, like I was playing pretend budget, but by the third trip I stopped doing the mental math at the register. Anyone else go back to cash after a card scare, or did you just freeze the card and keep tapping?
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dereks1110d ago
Man, the part nobody talks about is what the skimmer does to your brain, not your wallet. After my card got hit at a pump, every gas station started looking like a crime scene to me, and I stopped using the one by my house even though nothing ever happened there. Cash fixed the money but it also fixed my head, because a bill can't get cloned while I'm standing there. Funny how the scare itself is what makes you change, not the $612. Would you have switched if the bank had covered it all?
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