I leave the Visa at home and only take cash enough for what I project I need. Sometimes I just need that good ol' American instant gratification and will pay more for something I want NOW, dammit!
I now use mainly the internet; I get better prices and can find what I want. But I pay cash (MO) for those items too.
Here in south Florida gunshows the military style rifles are out of sight! 1200 for a simple M4A2 is too much and so many of the models I see are so loaded with techno-krap that you can barely lift and aim these things.
We have become a society that is overly dependent on high technology and we cannot even imagine a day without our ACOGs, ECOs, IPods, GPS, XM, PDAs, and so on.
Buy up now while the $$ is still worth something.
streakr