armsid Posted June 25, 2020 Report Share Posted June 25, 2020 Went into town this morning and decided to buy a bacon roll .Nowallet darn it still had some cash in my pocket.Went into shop ordered roll, asked price and handed over cash.and was toldNO CASH ONLY CARD i told the assistant forget it and realised that cash is no longer king but my point is can they legally refuse cash i bet the card conpanies love it It might be free at mo but what if every transaction however small attracts a fee in the future? also the idea of keeping contact details for thee weeks how safe are your card details Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39TDS Posted June 25, 2020 Report Share Posted June 25, 2020 25 minutes ago, armsid said: what if every transaction however small attracts a fee in the future? There already is, the seller pays it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave at kelton Posted June 25, 2020 Report Share Posted June 25, 2020 They can simply refuse to sell to you. The contract terms are card only so you have no choice. On the other hand our local, tackle shop is notoriously cash only so I wonder what they will do when they reopen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted June 25, 2020 Report Share Posted June 25, 2020 What happens when the card machine goes down ? Will they refuse to sell then ? Been in three shops recently including a petrol station where the machine had gone down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoolinDalton Posted June 25, 2020 Report Share Posted June 25, 2020 Were there any notices / signs up telling the customers that it was card only? if there are NO signs, then go back in a few days and order a stack of bacon sarnies and whatever else you fancy. Then, when it comes to paying for it....Sorry (not!) I ONLY HAVE CASH! I can't see the problem with handling cash...and neither can Aldi, where I shop 99.9% of the time. Sometimes I wonder if this a Government / Business conspiracy to eventually eliminate 'cash'...then the PTB can monitor your exact spending against your income....then question you as to where the 'extra' cash came from! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armsid Posted June 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2020 NEville, my point entirely. You have first hand experiance and should be a warning one size fits all does not work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVB Posted June 25, 2020 Report Share Posted June 25, 2020 Over the past three months I have used cash twice. Both for ice creams from ice cream van. Far easier to use card or phone. Can’t see what the problem is. Companies have to pay to deposit cash at Banks so probably cheaper for them as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McSpredder Posted June 25, 2020 Report Share Posted June 25, 2020 https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/knowledgebank/what-is-legal-tender Bank of England website says: You might have heard someone in a shop say: “But it’s legal tender!”. Most people think it means the shop has to accept the payment form. But that’s not the case. A shop owner can choose what payment they accept. If you want to pay for a pack of gum with a £50 note, it’s perfectly legal to turn you down. Likewise for all other banknotes, it’s a matter of discretion. If your local corner shop decided to only accept payments in Pokémon cards that would be within their right too. But they’d probably lose customers. Legal tender has a narrow technical meaning which has no use in everyday life. It means that if you offer to fully pay off a debt to someone in legal tender, they can’t sue you for failing to repay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted June 25, 2020 Report Share Posted June 25, 2020 Surely it's to reduce contact between seller and the customer - contactless payment must be the safest way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted June 25, 2020 Report Share Posted June 25, 2020 1 hour ago, DoolinDalton said: Were there any notices / signs up telling the customers that it was card only? if there are NO signs, then go back in a few days and order a stack of bacon sarnies and whatever else you fancy. Then, when it comes to paying for it....Sorry (not!) I ONLY HAVE CASH! I can't see the problem with handling cash...and neither can Aldi, where I shop 99.9% of the time. Sometimes I wonder if this a Government / Business conspiracy to eventually eliminate 'cash'...then the PTB can monitor your exact spending against your income....then question you as to where the 'extra' cash came from! Why intentionally trying to be awkward? You lads want to get real! It’s a world wide pandemic... they’re only trying to keep people safe 🤷♂️🙄. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted June 26, 2020 Report Share Posted June 26, 2020 7 hours ago, Lloyd90 said: Why intentionally trying to be awkward? You lads want to get real! It’s a world wide pandemic... they’re only trying to keep people safe 🤷♂️🙄. Then we should all be walking around in Hazmat suits. The whole situation has been blown out of all proportion. The Government have gone one way but would be damned if the did and damned if they didn't. Plastic cards FAIL, machines FAIL but a good old £20 note never does. My Jaguar X Type went onto 'crawl home mode' a couple of weeks ago and my mechanic checked it and it was a computer glitch , the car was fine. I blew a fuse on my Mini Cooper back in the sixties and a roll of foil ciggy paper got me home, if I din't have a spare fuse. Sometimes we rely too much on artsy phartsy hi tech stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave at kelton Posted June 26, 2020 Report Share Posted June 26, 2020 22 minutes ago, Walker570 said: Then we should all be walking around in Hazmat suits. The whole situation has been blown out of all proportion. The Government have gone one way but would be damned if the did and damned if they didn't. Plastic cards FAIL, machines FAIL but a good old £20 note never does. My Jaguar X Type went onto 'crawl home mode' a couple of weeks ago and my mechanic checked it and it was a computer glitch , the car was fine. I blew a fuse on my Mini Cooper back in the sixties and a roll of foil ciggy paper got me home, if I din't have a spare fuse. Sometimes we rely too much on artsy phartsy hi tech stuff. Quite clearly it does fail when people legitimately refuse to accept it! We will see far more use of tech as a result of this and frankly without it I would not have been in a job through this crisis. Like it or hate it you simply have to get to grips with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strimmer_13 Posted June 26, 2020 Report Share Posted June 26, 2020 I was in Iceland a while back actually buying ice, anyway gets to the till and I read the sign at the door asking me to pay via card if appropriate. Nothing about cards only. Well I get to the till and pull out a £20 note, as its been sat there for 2 weeks and the last time I tried putting it in the bank with a few of its mates I had a hour long que, which at the time I'm not prepared to stand in for obvious reasons. Anyway I get my basket of shopping and get to the till, where the guy is busy looking his best to get back to his mates at the chiller (see below). Well he scans the lot and asks for about £15 and I get my wallet out, the guy at the till actually makes a point of looking inside my wallet and pointing out that I have cards there and that he won't take the cash. Oh dear hear we go. I pointed out that your sign does not say you don't accept cash, then I pointed out I can't get to the bank properly so any money in my account is saved for bills so it's cash or you can clean every item in my basket and put it back. Between him and his manager they gave in, but *** the bunch of... Never mind the fact his glove was ripped, no mask, no visor, and 3 of them stood in the storeroom/chiller doorway watching videos on one of theirs mobile phone. I appreciate some people are worried, but I can guarantee never mind covid 19 there was a million other germs in that shop. Bright side of it tho, i did get a paper carrier bag free, which was a nice touch 😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkfanz Posted June 26, 2020 Report Share Posted June 26, 2020 i deliberatly pay cash all the time,,when they start telling me its card only,then i will shop elsewhere.like its been said i think its the uk gov stealth way of finding who spend more than their declared income. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpringDon Posted June 26, 2020 Report Share Posted June 26, 2020 Our fish and chip shop is currently cash only as they think the card machine is riskier! Don’t know whether it doesn’t do contactless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkedUp Posted June 26, 2020 Report Share Posted June 26, 2020 Just now, SpringDon said: Our fish and chip shop is currently cash only as they think the card machine is riskier! Don’t know whether it doesn’t do contactless. Also, cash is traceless. I’m always cynical of cash only. If a company’s taking are down they can claim government support. 10 hours ago, armsid said: Went into town this morning and decided to buy a bacon roll .Nowallet darn it still had some cash in my pocket.Went into shop ordered roll, asked price and handed over cash.and was toldNO CASH ONLY CARD i told the assistant forget it and realised that cash is no longer king but my point is can they legally refuse cash i bet the card conpanies love it It might be free at mo but what if every transaction however small attracts a fee in the future? also the idea of keeping contact details for thee weeks how safe are your card details Did you not have your phone for contactless payment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVB Posted June 26, 2020 Report Share Posted June 26, 2020 1 hour ago, hawkfanz said: i deliberatly pay cash all the time,,when they start telling me its card only,then i will shop elsewhere.like its been said i think its the uk gov stealth way of finding who spend more than their declared income. Weeding out tax dodgers you mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkfanz Posted June 26, 2020 Report Share Posted June 26, 2020 or drug dealers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hod Posted June 26, 2020 Report Share Posted June 26, 2020 10 hours ago, bruno22rf said: Surely it's to reduce contact between seller and the customer - contactless payment must be the safest way? I thought that this was screamingly obvious, cash is manky at the best of times, never mind in the middle of a pandemic... Although I also have had cash in my wallet for months that would be better off spent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkfanz Posted June 26, 2020 Report Share Posted June 26, 2020 i will continue to visit atm to collect my oap pension,every week,and card only shops i will bypass, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Heron Posted June 26, 2020 Report Share Posted June 26, 2020 If you watched Martin Lewis last week then the answer is yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super sharp shooter Posted June 26, 2020 Report Share Posted June 26, 2020 I had to travel to Newmarket Harley Davidson store to get my bike serviced last week. Once the service had been done I went to pay in cash and was told card only. This could have been an issue if I didn’t have funds in my account. I did say that there was no mention of cash only upon booking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkfanz Posted June 26, 2020 Report Share Posted June 26, 2020 b4 this outbreak some shops wouldn,t accept card payment for less than £10,now they want card only for a bottle of milk, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12gauge82 Posted June 26, 2020 Report Share Posted June 26, 2020 31 minutes ago, hawkfanz said: b4 this outbreak some shops wouldn,t accept card payment for less than £10,now they want card only for a bottle of milk, I would say (and I mean this in the politest possible way) you need to get with the times, cash is almost certainly eventually going to be dead and there will probably come a time if you want to buy something, you'll have no choice but to use an electronic payment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old farrier Posted June 26, 2020 Report Share Posted June 26, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, AVB said: Weeding out tax dodgers you mean. How are you going to tip your keeper at the end of the day? Or pay the beaters/pickers up ? 1 hour ago, hawkfanz said: or drug dealers! Or old age pensioners Edited June 26, 2020 by Old farrier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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