Reader Dan thought we’d be interested in this sign he spotted in his local Home Depot. It reads: “Why pay cash even if you could?”

While we do recommend you pay for large purchases with a credit card and then pay it off immediately in order to take advantage of the credit card’s various warranty/ purchase protection benefits, we sort of suspect that Home Depot is suggesting something else.

So how about you answer Home Depot’s question in the comments. What are the benefits of paying cash?

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