Poll...and Query

[wyld_dandelyon]

First the poll: [Poll #1592044]If, assuming that you had plenty of money and no urgent need to pay bills or put it in savings or the like, you answered the above questions differently, my query is simple:

Why?  

What factors led you to take one imaginary action or another in these situations?

Comments

[wyld-dandelyon.livejournal.com]

I suppose you could shoot the same amount toward your credit card, a mid-month payment, whenever you use paypal. But that's still two transactions, far from easy and convenient.

And I suspect "easy and convenient" is one of the big things lacking in online busking. Even though Paypal is a LOT easier and faster than the prior alternatives. But even for people who like Paypal, it isn't as easy as pulling the change out of your pocket and dropping it in a hat or guitar case.

[red-trillium.livejournal.com]

That's a good idea. I try to pay a little more than minimum but maybe I should try to hold a little out of my fortnightly "allowance" and put an extra $5NZ or so in at a time to the US account I pay my bills from so I have it available for donations on a regular basis.

And yes, I think the "easy and convenient", along with "anonymous" is what hinders many people in online busking.

Something interesting (and it would be interesting for some sociologist or someone to do a study and see the results): partly because I have more money now that when I lived in the US, but also partly because we have $1 and $2 coins, I'm more likely to tip at least $1 to $2 in a busker's hat than I am a smaller denomination. It does kind of depend what I have in my pocket, but if someone is out there honestly making a try and doing a decent job they get the gold, the homeless usually get the silver (but sometimes the gold too; not that I run around tossing change at everyone I see). I wonder if this stands up in other countries that have dollar-coin currency, if buskers tend to bring in more of the dollar coins than just the silver.