Trial: A drug deal gone bad
La Presse’s Louis-Samuel Perron tells a sordid little story of a drug deal gone bad that’s emerging from an ongoing murder trial. How could a guy hide $20,000 in his underpants?
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Bill Binns 12:38 on 2020-11-13 Permalink
It’s probably pretty easy to fit 20k almost anywhere if you have it in 100 dollar bills. I don’t know who, other than criminals have any legitimate use for 50’s or 100’s these days.
Kevin 12:49 on 2020-11-13 Permalink
I usually go to the ATM to take out a couple hundred bucks, and the default is to give me 50s and 100s…
Which I swap to give me 20s, because I don’t need to slap down a hundo at the depanneur.
Blork 13:13 on 2020-11-13 Permalink
Cash. Wow. I remember it well. Up until 2019 I made it a point to use cash for small transactions, for multiple reasons including nostalgia but also because of mistrust of tap payments, plus I’d rather tip with coins than do all that extra clicking. Then in mid-March 2020 I took a few hundred “just in case” dollars out of an ATM on my way home to begin isolation (coincidentally, that was also Friday the 13th). It’s still sitting there, untouched. I have not used a nickel of cash in eight months.
Joey 15:46 on 2020-11-13 Permalink
Mistrust of tap payments??
Blork 16:10 on 2020-11-13 Permalink
Well, mistrust of card payments in general, really, although contactless is apparently more safe than regular card readers. But still, so much potential for hacks and fraud, not to mention the behind-the-scenes user profiling based on purchases, etc.
CE 16:44 on 2020-11-13 Permalink
I actually just used a hundred dollar bill today. I don’t usually have them but there was one in my wallet and my purchase was going to be large enough that I felt comfortable using it. I feel awkward having to use 50s or 100s for small purchases but I also remember liking getting them when I worked retail because it means fewer 20s or 10s that need to be counted at the end of the day.
JP 17:01 on 2020-11-13 Permalink
I like 50s or 100s for cash gifts.
I like having some cash on me even though I mostly only use my credit card. I once lost my credit card. MasterCard had a new one sent asap, and of course, I could use Interac, but I always like to have a bit of back-up (at least $50-100).
Blork 20:03 on 2020-11-13 Permalink
We’ve come a long way on card replacement. Back in the mid-90s a Scotiabank ATM ate my card because of a small overdraft (which itself was due to an international withdrawal not being removed from my account until four months after I made the transaction so I had forgotten about it). It took something like three months to get a replacement card. That, and a few other ridiculous things that made me feel like the entire institution was being run by unpaid interns made me pick up and move everything to another bank.
Kevin 11:37 on 2020-11-14 Permalink
I don’t tap because I want to support small businesses and don’t see why they should have to pay a percentage to a giant firm to get paid.
CE 11:58 on 2020-11-14 Permalink
I feel the same way as Kevin. And ultimately it’s us who end up paying for these giant firms and banks to get paid. I also just like cash, it’s easy and fast, especially in a restaurant setting where you’re paying someone at the table.