The End Of Cash Is Nigh ...

[sunny-dave]

... when you can't even buy a pint of Old Knob Wobbler (other comedy beer names are available) without a card :

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46507529

[Guilbert53]

Makes a lot of sense.

No going and back and forward to the till put in the money and to get the change (speeds up service)

No opportunity for the staff to "fiddle"

No cash in the building at risk of robbery or robbery risk while taking it to the bank

No counting up all the cash and no need to got and deposit it in the bank.

How long before other shops and pubs/ restaurants do this.

Of course this will upset the many ethnic establishment who like to work in cash as less need to pay any tax !

My local Chinese take away will not accept cheques or debit / credit cards, cash only.

I wonder how much tax they pay on their income !

[ludwig]

I have noticed of late that I'm often the only person in the queue (for anything, not just beer) that's paying in cash.

[retrocop]

Not for me. Our local Spoons appears to do more business these days with contactless,especially among the youngsters, and even our two lads will buy 1 pint with their cards.
My round for wife and me is £5.79p a visit. Large wine and pint of Doombar. By the end of the week I would have about 28 receipts to enter in our cashbook. Prefer to draw out £100 cash and pay my way by cash every time.

[gness]

I'm happy with this. I love contactless.....I don't have to handle money so often or press the grubby buttons that unwashed hands have pressed before me....x

[hc4361]

Hurrah! I don't carry cash at all. Anything under £5 I pay with my phone and over £5 with my credit card for Tesco points. :)

[jno]

no cash in the till. So ... the robbers have to rob people.

Sounds like an astute transfer of risk.

[sunny-dave]

With you there hc4361.

I had a quick look at my spreadsheet - last time I got any cash out of an ATM was over two months ago - and that was only £30 - and I still have £20 in my wallet.

My policy on receipts for cashless is variable - I always ask in The Co-op - they are utterly incompetent and need checking carefully.

In my local pub I don't bother - just check that the amount(s) have added correctly to my card balance at the end of the night - new places I always ask and keep.

[Kromovaracun]

I almost never carry cash with me any more. I was at the O2 recently (partner's birthday) and thought the card-only bars there were a good idea. Glad to see it's being rolled out elsewhere.

If I'm at a Spoons I actually just use the app to order things directly to the table...

[Kromovaracun]

//the robbers have to rob people. //

Rob them of what? Phones are increasingly fingerprint-locked and easily tracked if they are stolen. People who go to cashless bars aren't likely to be carrying cash on them.

I suppose the old 'your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle' could still work...

[Old_Geezer]

One idiot publican doesn't change the sanity of cash use.
They think they can afford to lose trade; their choice.

[sunny-dave]

I've not tried the Spoon's app, Krom - does it work well?

[emmie]

if i am treating the family to drinks/lunch then i run a tab and pay by card always.

[diddlydo]

I welcome contactless cards 100%. What does irk me though is shops that refuse cards completely or have a minimum spend in order to pay by card - the sooner that's made illegal the better.

[AuntLydia]

We still have some shops in our nearest village that are 'cash only'. I hate handling cash, who knows where those coins have been...

[spathiphyllum]

The spoons app works very, very well.




"Ikea found that so few people - 1.2 in every 1,000 - insisted on paying in cash that it was financially justifiable to offer them free food in the shop cafeteria instead."

I find that mad!

[Kromovaracun]

I think it does, yes.

[Jackdaw33]

What about those who for one reason or another don't have or cannot get a card

[Khandro]

I don't like the fact that one's movements are being recorded 24/7 by wherever you use a card, and this only adds to the fact that everywhere you go you are being filmed on CCTV.
Big Brother is indeed watching us more and more.

[spathiphyllum]

That's a good point Khandro, and i know this thread is about pubs, but it's unlikely a farmers market is going to have chip n pin on a market stall, cash will always have a need IMO.

[bhg481]

All the Christmas Markets we've been to have had wireless card readers. One stall on Salisbury Christmas Market was not accepting cash; he was selling gin so I guess the reason was to prevent the takings, which would have been large, from being stolen.