A study by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) has established that a growing number of shoppers are using cash to pay for their purchases instead of credit cards.The BRC said their survey showed a reluctance by people trying to control their finances to spend money they did not have and added that cash was alive [...]

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Although that is difficult to believe but may be people are thinking in a different way.

See one reason could be to stop the impulsive purcahses....When a person has a credit card then he/she actually purcahses some things which may be a want but not need thinking that he/she can always defer the payment.

Maybe it could have to do with the charges they keep on tacking onto the credit cards when one spends to much...I usually use money because it is a good money saving technique to see how much I have in my wallet for the week

I've tried to stop using my credit card now- each time that I do I end up buying things that I forget about until pay day when I'm paying it off. It's a much better idea to give yourself a cash budget as then you know what all the little bits add up to!

I don't have a credit card and don't think I ever will.

Stay away from them, as much as possible.

stay away from credit cards believe me. I learned that first hand.

I only use my credit card when I'm buying something larger not just for every day items. I end up only using it once every month or less.

I will rather go for a prepaid card, credit card is never in my dictionary. I crossed it out a long time.