Cashless society......problem for many.

[Dave7]

The last few times I had sex the woman told me straight that she does not accept card payment.
What sort of wife is that ?

 

[DaveReading]

1p & 2p coins are only legal tender for amounts up to 20p for instance.

I believe you can pay for amounts up to £5 with 5p and 10p coins, up to £10 with 20p and 50p.

£1 and £2 coins, on the other hand, are legal tender for payments of any amount.

 

[Low Gear Guy]

Last time I went to the bike shop I had to use cash as their card reader was broken. Another time I had to use cash when there was a power cut at the supermarket. It is useful to have cash for situations like this.

There was also the holiday apartment in Germany where the owner only accepted full payment in cash on arrival.

 

[Hover Fly]

I’ve just been to the local ironmongers, bought some handrags and a tin of metal polish, I wasn’t spending enough to pay by card.

 

[cougie uk]

😊

I’ve just been to the local ironmongers, bought some handrags and a tin of metal polish, I wasn’t spending enough to pay by card.

I paid 30p parking on my card the other day.
Much prefer card payment than cash - otherwise when you're down to change its very easy to lose it down the back of the sofa.

 

[cyberknight]

Jeez how much do they charge for a small chips and fish?

You have to remember where I work 😉

 

[HLaB]

Beggars and charities must have a problem as many including me rarely have cash (not that I give to beggars any way).

 

[400ixl]

Many charities stopped taking 1 off cash donations a long while ago. They want you to commit to repeating subscription payments these days.

No country is going to go cashless of a long while yet. Cash light yes, Sweden has been a big first use case and they reached the point where they have legislated to stop it becoming truly cashless to protect the vulnerable who would not cope with it.

 

[HLaB]

Our local Coop has just announced there are problems with their card transactions and you must use cash until they sort out the problem. This happens on a regular basis.

On a more regular basis for me anyway, I go into supermarkets and the majority of cash tills aren't working and the others are only accepting cards. That used to be good as I could skip the queue and pay by card but more and more folk have cards these days

 

[KnittyNorah]

Many charities stopped taking 1 off cash donations a long while ago. They want you to commit to repeating subscription payments these days.

And then they complain that their income is going down ... well, duh!
If they didn't make it so utterly unpleasant to make a simple one-off donation to them, they might get several from me.

 

[Rezillo]

We still use cash for eggs, fruit and veg from people's roadside stalls outside their homes. Plus we sell fruit from our two plum trees in season on a trestle table and paid with coins through our letterbox.

 

[cougie uk]

And then they complain that their income is going down ... well, duh!
If they didn't make it so utterly unpleasant to make a simple one-off donation to them, they might get several from me.

Never had any issues with donating to charity.
Sounds like you weren't keek on donating ?

 

[KnittyNorah]

Never had any issues with donating to charity.
Sounds like you weren't keek on donating ?

Not at all keen when they pester for direct debits and annual increases on them. I am keen to anonymously give £50 on certain significant anniversaries and it is increasingly difficult to do so truly anonymously.

 

[rikki]

The last few times I had sex the woman told me straight that she does not accept card payment.
What sort of wife is that ?

A new meaning for "tap & pay" 💳

 

[Lozz360]

Good evening,

I expect a court case soon, in England there is the concept of legal tender something that must be accepted as payment of debt. Yet I went past a Yo Sushi today and towards the bottom of a long list of COVID inspired restrictions was we are cashless.

So if a customer goes into a restaurant and has a meal and at the end offers some grubby used (one oohps showing my age) ten pound notes what does the restaurant do.

1. They have no signs at all but they only accept card payments. Surely no chance, there is no way to override legal tender laws, they must take cash.
2. They have some signs saying we only accept card payments but a genuine good faith customer missed those signs. Surely again no chance, there is no way to override legal tender laws, they must take cash.
3. They have signs saying we only accept card payments which were seen by the good faith customer and the serving staff explained that card payment was the only acceptable form of payment before the order was taken. The customer decided expletive deleted there is no way that the site and the staff can override legal tender laws so I am paying cash.

Whilst in general retail establishments do not have an obligation to sell to anyone they can not refuses to sell based on criteria such as skin colour or sexual orientation. So it would seem likely to me that to deny service to a potential customer who wants to pay by cash would fall into to same category as denying service based on a proscribed view on race or preferred partner.

Bye

Ian

Sorry, but that’s not true at all. “Legal tender” has little meaning nowadays. All it means is that if you settle a debt using coins or bank notes of the realm you can’t be sued for non payment. Any business can request payment in any form they want. Someone earlier in this thread mentioned that market traders in Bristol use their own bank-notes to encourage local trade. Perfectly legal. A shop is completely within their rights to only accept Pokemon cards if they want.