12/07/06 Dinky Debits

I used to say I would never do it&but I have& and I am ashamed to admit that I catch myself doing it much more frequently these days and for tinier and tinier amounts&.come on you know what I am talking about& admit to it, you do it too&. Dinky debits&More than 67 million of us have used a debit card for a purchase of less than $5.00 in the last five days. The majority of us do dinky debits draws conveniently at convenience stores, our second top dinky debits are for naturally, coffee. In fact, approximately 11 percent (or roughly 21 million Americans) purchased coffee more than 20 times over the last 30 days using debit cards. 26 million of us even pay our subway tolls with debits and more and more of us are dinky debiting at fast food restaurants. According to theses numbers I guess I shouldn't feel guilty my dinky debiting habit, really I should consider myself a bit "avant guarde" by contributing towards the move to a cashless society .