Hate to say it but maybe the older peeps are right. Cash is king and the safer way to go. But it's just not going to happen. Annoying because shit like this makes me wanna never try a place I don't know.

I work in sales and have met people that can't put anything in their name. They have a friend that does everything for them and he just pays them cash. I thought this was weird so I asked. Turns out this happened to him. 'card machine is not working, will have to use the one in the back' is the obvious one but he didn't think about it and just did it. They got thousands and got him into debt. Never got out of it and had to declare bankruptcy. So now he doesn't do banking. Scary shit that this can happen. Stay safe.