Are You Finding Cash Is Getting Refused More?

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55717933
I paid in the old bangers are Aldi this morning but they were a bit sniffy. Cash was refused in a garage the other week. Do you think the retailers are using this to edge us towards a cashless society?

[andres]

12.28 ^^^likewise.One of our local shops accepts cash but he puts it in a dish and washes it in disinfectant.

[Buenchico]

JD33: Banks charge business customers to provide change for their tills and, in many cases, for paying cash into their accounts too. The charges made for accepting card payments aren't greatly more than that, and can even be less.

Small traders (such as several burger van owners I know, some car booters and even a few Big Issue sellers) pay just 1.69% of their takings for accepting cards if they use one of these https://www.ryman.co.uk/sumup-air-card-payment-reader . Larger firms, such as the major supermarkets, negotiate deals with their banks where they pay far less than that.

[fender62]

havent used cash for years, but i do give the takeaway driver a tip
from all the loose change i have accumulated over the years
plus it's one way of finally getting rid of it.

[ummmm]

I've never been refused. I use cash regular.

[gulliver1]

11.59,Danny says," if someone refused to accept my cash I would walk out leaving the goods behind me.
(How dare they not let me spread covid about)
(using cash,) No wonder the UK has so many Covid cases.

[aelmpvw]

//" if someone refused to accept my cash I would walk out leaving the goods behind me.//
under those circumstances Danny probably wouldn't have a choice

[Jackdaw33]

The question still remains: how do you cater for those who have no bank accounts?

[joeski53]

//under those circumstances Danny probably wouldn't have a choice//

No, and he would be minus what he came out for!

[New Judge]

//…but these are exceptional circumstances.//

Beware, naomi. As I mentioned in another unrelated thread, measures taken “in exceptional circumstances” often have a habit of becoming permanent.

[dannyk13]

11,59 Usual unsupported rubbish from Gulliver.This from his beloved Guardian.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/24/bank-notes-pose-low-risk-of-spreading-covid-19

[teacake44]

Andres @12.37 To I take it that money laundering is legal in your area?

[dannyk13]

joe//No, and he would be minus what he came out for!//
So I would get it elsewhere.

[LadyCG]

I paid in cash at Tesco the other day because I had some birthday money in a card and I bought myself some fizz. They were fine with it.

[Gill1941]

My local Aldi take cash, no problem.
I'm with Danny on this one. If they want my custom they take my cash.
I always use cash in shops, after all, it is legal tender!

[joeski53]

dannyk13 //So I would get it elsewhere//
Great, assuming they weren't applying the same restrictions!!

[andres]

teacake ^^ brilliant reply!

[dannyk13]

joe //Great, assuming they weren't applying the same restrictions!!//
There are plenty of local shops that accept cash and are glad of the custom.

[davebro]

CASH - what's that? !!!!

[gulliver1]

Danny @ 12.56, bet you believe in fairys also. Don't be so gullible , do not believe all you read in newspapers,
It warps the mind.

[dannyk13]

13.07 //, do not believe all you read in newspapers,
It warps the mind.//
Ah! so that is what caused your procilvity for posting mindless rubbish.
Blame it on the Guardian.