From:	chaos@*****.com (Steven Ratkovich)
Subject:	Re: SINs and cred
Date:	Fri, 27 Sep 1996 10:56:36 -0500 (EST)

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>@ >>
>@ >That's kinda the way we play it too, although we use cash bills as well...
>@ >Although it tends to be pretty rare. Not many people use cash,, which
>@ >actually makes it more tracceable...:)
>@
>@ Now there's an interesting statement..... :-)
>@
>@ There is a large SINless population in Seattle (for instance - I'm not
>@ even considering other cities at the mo') without a SIN, you can't have
>@ a certified credstick, unles you can afford to buy one, which most
>@ SINless and homelesss can't, therefore it would seem sensible for these
>@ people to deal in cash, (either through state benefits - I can't see
>@ that these would be abolished, or begging) sooooo, logically, there
>@ should still be a substantial cash flow in most major UCAS cities,
>@ seeing as the barter system is unlikely to be reintroduced. I use the
>@ game where cash is cash, and credsticks are the credit card/cheque books
>@ of today. Sorry, but I have a real problem giving certified credit to
>@ homelesss/SINless people where no track can be kept of their
>@ whereabouts, and the majority don't have the income to allow for one.
>@
> The assumption that is being made in this case is that the
>certified credstick can only have money removed from it. In our group
>we play it more akin to a telephone smart-card. The card has an upper
>limit defined by its rating (the old ebony, silver, platinum etc
>ratings), individuals can transfer funds from the stick at any old
>place (so long as it connecected to a bank of sorts), funds can be
>placed into the credstick at any bank teller or 'autoteller'. Every
>transaction however has a 'transaction ID number attached to it. When
>the funds are cleaned this ID tag is altered to some other ID number.
>
> Oops slightly off topic. There is nothing stopping the sinless
>having multiple certified credsticks for 10=Y= each. In this way it
>is similar to modern cash. I'll give you 50 =Y= for item x, and the
>homeless gives the seller 10 certified credsticks of 5 =Y= each.
>
>
Sorry. I didn't quite explain myself well the first time. This is kinda how
we do it, although thereal speccificsof it have really been glossed over in
our game. Our rules amd game concepts, more often than not, are played fast
and loose, and are ignored in favor of good RP...:) Sorry for the
confusion...:)


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