And for snapping part number labels from refrigerators and other equipment.
God, no. I absolutely hate taking pictures with an iPhone (or other). A camera for me has to feel like an extension of my eye, the iPhone is this wobbly thing held a foot and a half away from my face. I only use it a last resort or for note-taking--like where all the wires connect before I take something apart.
The fees to customers are at least partially due to the fact that the fees paid by the retailer vary with the type of card used. If you pay with a bare bones card which doesn't return points or benefits to you, the merchant pays the credit card company less than if your card has a bunch of rewards attached to it.
A few? I met a guy who owned a small neighborhood gas station in Queens, NYC, 35 years ago, where some people paid cash for gas and overnight parking. He use to put $2000 a week in cash in his pocket. "That's for me.," he told me. He didn't report it to the IRS or the divorce court when he left his wife.
That certainly wouldn't be possible now. The gas companies control the pump price, and they and the taxing authorities track everything!
The people I've known in the industry say that the individual station owners make more money from the convenience stores that have replaced all the service bays than they make on the gas - thus the quickly accelerating disappearance of gas stations around here.
This thread has really run the gamut
This thread has really run the gamut
At least several of the breweries here are still cash only. Heck, we can still get a fine microbrew for $3/pint. It sort of offsets the rising cost of film.
One of the best beer bars in Portland only takes cash…I need to check in with them more often!
I’ve thought about that as well, but in the context of cannabis. We have dispensaries all over the place, and those are all cash-only because the stuff has not yet been legalized at the federal level (making wire transactions impossible). Before she retired, my mom ran a credit union. Her tellers could always tell when a pot shop owner was making a deposit because of the smell on the cash!The IRS ought to check in more often with them too.
I’ve thought about that as well, but in the context of cannabis. We have dispensaries all over the place, and those are all cash-only because the stuff has not yet been legalized at the federal level (making wire transactions impossible). Before she retired, my mom ran a credit union. Her tellers could always tell when a pot shop owner was making a deposit because of the smell on the cash!
How much farther can we detour this thread?!?
A few? I met a guy who owned a small neighborhood gas station in Queens, NYC, 35 years ago, where some people paid cash for gas and overnight parking. He use to put $2000 a week in cash in his pocket. "That's for me.," he told me. He didn't report it to the IRS or the divorce court when he left his wife.
I love it when this happens.
Regarding photography, I find the most inconvenient thing about my phone camera is the lag between pressing the "shutter" button and something actually happening. But when it does, it's a decent digital camera. And for the majority of people it performs the function once provided by the box camera, Brownie, Instamatic, 110 pocket or Sure Shot.
Ok this is film related. If you use B&H's credit card, they reimburse the sales tax.
… But we might get a handful more discontinued products back, and a handful of interesting new ones....prices and availability will at least stabilise and some more retailers will resume stocking film.
Until the IRS comes after them. Not all of us are looking for "a way to screw the Man".
First you need to know exactly what it was that I designed, which led to the Laserdisc and similar formats.
Since I was not directly involved in many of these projects, I may not be able to answer all of your inquiries.
My local university brought back film photography and darkroom techniques last year.
The university that I just graduated from still teaches film. A few years ago, when I took Photo 1, it was all film and traditional printing until the end of the semester when we scanned our negatives. Photo 2 was all digital. When Covid hit they had to close the darkroom and taught digital in Photo 1. Now they have reintroduced film as Photo 2.
The philosophy is that, aside from teaching about approaches to contemporary art, they want students exposed (no pun intended) to as many processes as possible allowing them to choose what is best for their own work.
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