If places are going to do it I wish they’d all invest in more reliable fucking card machines
Don’t care tbh
How does it benefit the health and safety of customers?
Bring it on
Seems like we have no choice, and for the most part it’s fine. Though I for one would not like to see cash disappear completely, I still find it suitable for some things. It’s also a lot easier to keep track of what you’re spending on a night out.
Card/contactless is very handy to have as an option and I prefer it in almost all circumstances.
Making it mandatory effectively excludes a large number of people and I would prefer if this was avoided where possible.
There’s a lot of small businesses near me ( chippers, newsagents etc) that have signs asking you to pay cash only, as the banks are shafting them with the card payments.
Don’t shop anywhere that won’t take cash.
My personal preference is not using cash. Remember during the pandemic when numbers in the store were limited and most people wanted to get in and out asap, well I loved that as I don’t remember coin fumblers holding up the show.
I knew the danger was passing when the coin fumblers were back holding up the queues, so my humble compromise is that where possible there always be a card payment lane open, with a cash being opened when needed.
Never carry cash so I’m for it.
Not bothered. Then again I’m not into buying items that are usually only bought with cash.
Tried this in my work several years ago, was deemed unconstitutional as there are a certain set of customers that are unbanked. Wonder how they get around this?
The only people this actually bothers are people who prefer to deal with cash which is generally people who dabble in illegitimate business.
The Single Currency Package currently making its way into EU law will safeguard the right to use cash, so I think a lot of companies are going to have to backtrack on this policy.
Couldn’t give a fuck, mate
I’m fairly sure it’s illegal to refuse cash anywhere, so this may be a contravention of the law. I’m not on one side or the other, but I still feel cash has its place in modern society. (mostly laundering and drugs, but hey, it has its place).
Edit to add – I’m wrong. You can stop downvoting me now. I admitted to it in quite a few replies. I also said “fairly sure” and “may be”, cos I really wasn’t sure.
15 minute city, one world order (incert racial slur here), 5g, covid jab, something something… /s
Cash is flexible and works when systems crash. I was at Circle K last week. As I pulled up at the pump a member of staff rushed over and said they could only accept cash as the card payment system was down. If there’s no cash we are very much at risk from those who like to hack maliciously.
Cash is king
I’m in favour of more choice for people, not less. So I generally use a card myself and rarely have cash, but if people prefer to use it, they are entitled to and I wouldn’t like to see them deprived of the option.
Card FTW
The sign is bullshit – there’s no evidence cash spreads germs
I literally don’t care.
Yes there are benefits to just using cash but the clowns that promote the cash is king mentality are lads that don’t want to declare tax.
I think full transparency is the future and can be easily more regulated. You can’t regulate on cash in hand.
I had a handyman saying to me months ago that he pays less tax than I do cause he doesn’t need to declare everything he gets as he only asks for cash off his clients. It’s criminal
Wording on sign is wrong. It should read “we don’t trust our staff to handle cash”
It’ll cut down on crime I’d say.
Of all the things I give a shit about.
This is not one of them.
Didn’t they already have an issue with this with the National Ploughing Championships only to realise that there’s a shitload of farmers out there that don’t have cards or do cashless payments and have to back down?
Speeds up the queue, don’t have an issue with it, especially in places like this where there’s always a massive queue
There’s pros and cons (which can sometimes overlap depending on your views – e.g. being able to monitor/prevent illegal activity more easily).
On the whole, i’d be generally in favour of choice, although for venues like this where queue efficiency is important, I can really see the benefits to them of going cashless.
If cashless works for you that’s fine but it shouldn’t be enforced on everybody. Payment systems can fail especially in this country so going completely cashless would be a disaster at some point.
It’s also a matter of privacy too. Cash is another dimension of being able to pay for something. I can’t understand why anyone would argue against it. (Apart from authorities).
I passed a homeless guy with a lamented QR code for revolut. Only a matter of time
I haven’t had cash in my pocket for years.
In one way it’s an inevitable progression of how technology is going. Cash has mostly existed in electronic format for a few decades now anyways. Economists reckon its infinitely more efficient from a capital allocation sort of way or spending and collecting taxes gets far more efficient. In the same principle of communication you don’t see letters or faxes used outside of legally compliant forms of communication or certain niche use cases.
However full cashless makes me uneasy. There’s a certain freedom to having cash as an option. And whatever about it, it’s annoymous.
If you make any kind of money e-transfer there’s a hash code somewhere identifying you. It’s traceable and identifiable and pretty much impossible to hide from.
It also gives huge power to corporations. Apple Pay have a full insight on your spending happens. It also creates an even tighter need to having a phone. Without a phone you’re nearly without a limb.
It means things are far handier to pay for but it’s kinda scary how transparent everything is or how there will be very little recourse to not be visible to huge corporations or the government.
I never use cash anyway
Hot favourite for conspiracy nutjobs. Better not engage.
I used to work in a bar before contactless. I remember the end of the night my hands would be filthy. Cash is so unhygienic, the sheer amount of hands your cash has gone through before you handle it. Its 2023, I think we should be moving towards cashless completely. Its not great if your a gangster of course, or trying to dodge paying your taxes
I have no issue with a cashless society but it can’t be done on an incremental basis. This thing where some places accept it and some don’t is a massive pain in the arse.
It needs to be done more like the switch over to Euros or H-Day in Sweden. A date set at which all transactions are cashless and all businesses must have the facilities to do so.
Of course, assistance should be given to places that might struggle to do this and all charges for cashless payments, no matter how small, would have to be scrapped.
But on the whole I think it would be a good thing. Cash is a pain in the arse, unsafe and inefficient
Much prefer cashless to cardless although I would prefer both being accepted. I always have my phone and/or card on me but I don’t always have cash on me especially not in the smaller notes format many places want
“Health and safety” just another conspiracy come true!
How many gullible people will still give their rights away with new covid mandates coming back to control you?
For the Health and Safety of our governments and invested organisations tracking your every transaction and inevitably controlling where, when and how you spend your money.
BOYCOTT these MF’s. Do not spend a cent with places that do not accept legal tender as payment for goods and services. This is BS.
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If places are going to do it I wish they’d all invest in more reliable fucking card machines
Don’t care tbh
How does it benefit the health and safety of customers?
Bring it on
Seems like we have no choice, and for the most part it’s fine. Though I for one would not like to see cash disappear completely, I still find it suitable for some things. It’s also a lot easier to keep track of what you’re spending on a night out.
Card/contactless is very handy to have as an option and I prefer it in almost all circumstances.
Making it mandatory effectively excludes a large number of people and I would prefer if this was avoided where possible.
There’s a lot of small businesses near me ( chippers, newsagents etc) that have signs asking you to pay cash only, as the banks are shafting them with the card payments.
Don’t shop anywhere that won’t take cash.
My personal preference is not using cash. Remember during the pandemic when numbers in the store were limited and most people wanted to get in and out asap, well I loved that as I don’t remember coin fumblers holding up the show.
I knew the danger was passing when the coin fumblers were back holding up the queues, so my humble compromise is that where possible there always be a card payment lane open, with a cash being opened when needed.
Never carry cash so I’m for it.
Not bothered. Then again I’m not into buying items that are usually only bought with cash.
Tried this in my work several years ago, was deemed unconstitutional as there are a certain set of customers that are unbanked. Wonder how they get around this?
The only people this actually bothers are people who prefer to deal with cash which is generally people who dabble in illegitimate business.
The Single Currency Package currently making its way into EU law will safeguard the right to use cash, so I think a lot of companies are going to have to backtrack on this policy.
Couldn’t give a fuck, mate
I’m fairly sure it’s illegal to refuse cash anywhere, so this may be a contravention of the law. I’m not on one side or the other, but I still feel cash has its place in modern society. (mostly laundering and drugs, but hey, it has its place).
Edit to add – I’m wrong. You can stop downvoting me now. I admitted to it in quite a few replies. I also said “fairly sure” and “may be”, cos I really wasn’t sure.
15 minute city, one world order (incert racial slur here), 5g, covid jab, something something… /s
Cash is flexible and works when systems crash. I was at Circle K last week. As I pulled up at the pump a member of staff rushed over and said they could only accept cash as the card payment system was down. If there’s no cash we are very much at risk from those who like to hack maliciously.
Cash is king
I’m in favour of more choice for people, not less. So I generally use a card myself and rarely have cash, but if people prefer to use it, they are entitled to and I wouldn’t like to see them deprived of the option.
Card FTW
The sign is bullshit – there’s no evidence cash spreads germs
I literally don’t care.
Yes there are benefits to just using cash but the clowns that promote the cash is king mentality are lads that don’t want to declare tax.
I think full transparency is the future and can be easily more regulated. You can’t regulate on cash in hand.
I had a handyman saying to me months ago that he pays less tax than I do cause he doesn’t need to declare everything he gets as he only asks for cash off his clients. It’s criminal
Wording on sign is wrong. It should read “we don’t trust our staff to handle cash”
It’ll cut down on crime I’d say.
Of all the things I give a shit about.
This is not one of them.
Didn’t they already have an issue with this with the National Ploughing Championships only to realise that there’s a shitload of farmers out there that don’t have cards or do cashless payments and have to back down?
Speeds up the queue, don’t have an issue with it, especially in places like this where there’s always a massive queue
There’s pros and cons (which can sometimes overlap depending on your views – e.g. being able to monitor/prevent illegal activity more easily).
On the whole, i’d be generally in favour of choice, although for venues like this where queue efficiency is important, I can really see the benefits to them of going cashless.
If cashless works for you that’s fine but it shouldn’t be enforced on everybody. Payment systems can fail especially in this country so going completely cashless would be a disaster at some point.
It’s also a matter of privacy too. Cash is another dimension of being able to pay for something. I can’t understand why anyone would argue against it. (Apart from authorities).
I passed a homeless guy with a lamented QR code for revolut. Only a matter of time
I haven’t had cash in my pocket for years.
In one way it’s an inevitable progression of how technology is going. Cash has mostly existed in electronic format for a few decades now anyways. Economists reckon its infinitely more efficient from a capital allocation sort of way or spending and collecting taxes gets far more efficient. In the same principle of communication you don’t see letters or faxes used outside of legally compliant forms of communication or certain niche use cases.
However full cashless makes me uneasy. There’s a certain freedom to having cash as an option. And whatever about it, it’s annoymous.
If you make any kind of money e-transfer there’s a hash code somewhere identifying you. It’s traceable and identifiable and pretty much impossible to hide from.
It also gives huge power to corporations. Apple Pay have a full insight on your spending happens. It also creates an even tighter need to having a phone. Without a phone you’re nearly without a limb.
It means things are far handier to pay for but it’s kinda scary how transparent everything is or how there will be very little recourse to not be visible to huge corporations or the government.
I never use cash anyway
Hot favourite for conspiracy nutjobs. Better not engage.
I used to work in a bar before contactless. I remember the end of the night my hands would be filthy. Cash is so unhygienic, the sheer amount of hands your cash has gone through before you handle it. Its 2023, I think we should be moving towards cashless completely. Its not great if your a gangster of course, or trying to dodge paying your taxes
I have no issue with a cashless society but it can’t be done on an incremental basis. This thing where some places accept it and some don’t is a massive pain in the arse.
It needs to be done more like the switch over to Euros or H-Day in Sweden. A date set at which all transactions are cashless and all businesses must have the facilities to do so.
Of course, assistance should be given to places that might struggle to do this and all charges for cashless payments, no matter how small, would have to be scrapped.
But on the whole I think it would be a good thing. Cash is a pain in the arse, unsafe and inefficient
Much prefer cashless to cardless although I would prefer both being accepted. I always have my phone and/or card on me but I don’t always have cash on me especially not in the smaller notes format many places want
“Health and safety” just another conspiracy come true!
How many gullible people will still give their rights away with new covid mandates coming back to control you?
For the Health and Safety of our governments and invested organisations tracking your every transaction and inevitably controlling where, when and how you spend your money.
BOYCOTT these MF’s. Do not spend a cent with places that do not accept legal tender as payment for goods and services. This is BS.