Fed Up Shopkeeper

[tonyav]

Do you think this guy is right or wrong ?
Personally I think it will cost him customers.
http://www.expressandstar.com/business/2015/10/12/sorry-no-change-fed-up-shopkeeper-jack-bans-banknotes-for-small-purchases/

[Baldric]

His shop his rules, having said that he would only try it on with me once, he would fail and I would not go back no matter how convenient the store was!

[Jackdaw33]

To be fair, using cards does cost the shopkeeper. My local chemist will not accept cards for any purchase under £5.

[bhg481]

I suspect the shopkeeper knows the difference between his regular customers, who may drop in for a paper every day, and those who only call in to get change for parking. The latter are, almost certainly, one-offs and he won't care about losing a small one-off sale. The former, I expect, will still be given change.

[Mamyalynne]

If this statement is true, he doesn't need the custom - small purchase or not.

//The 33-year-old, who runs Jack’s News & Booze, a convenience shop in Halesowen, claims around 100 people every day used him to get change for bus stops and car parks.//


Multiply that up and he's turning away a lot of small purchases.

[baza]

100 people buying a 60p newspaper with a fiver, that's a lot of change to carry from the bank.

[Mamyalynne]

Well hopefully he'll not have the problem any more.

[baza]

Looking at the picture I think he wants to move from the news to the booze trade.

[tamborine]

He should Ask his barber, theyre overloaded with change from tips

[AlwaysConfused]

he should see these customers as impulse purchasers, not a nuisance

[silliemillie]

If he can afford to turn down 100 purchases (even small ones) then he must doing well for himself.