nobbyathome Posted April 3, 2023 Report Share Posted April 3, 2023 i know this topic has been spoken about before on the forum but today i went into a konditor and cook a chocolate shop shop in grays inn road to get 10 easter eggs for the people at work as a gift i ordered them they put them in in separate bags and handed me the card reader when i said i was paying cash the look i got was unreal we do not take cash she said we are a cashless shop needless to say they can stick them then i can not believe in todays climate shops are turning away trade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adzyvilla Posted April 3, 2023 Report Share Posted April 3, 2023 Good on you. I've walked out on two places now for refusing cash, making sure they knew why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted April 3, 2023 Report Share Posted April 3, 2023 Is it not illegal to refuse legal tender cash? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted April 3, 2023 Report Share Posted April 3, 2023 As above. Cash notes are legal tender and should be acceptable if they want to do business. Letter to your newspaper. Unfortunately we have bred a whole army of lemings over the last 30yrs who will 'behave'.... look at the response to covid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave at kelton Posted April 3, 2023 Report Share Posted April 3, 2023 It’s a balance between the hassle of dealing with cash and the cost of going cashless. Personally I prefer cash and for small businesses it makes sense to save them money. Certainly we have a few locally that will only take cash. One is the most superb fly tackle shop where you can get almost every item of fly tying kit you could want with personal service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted April 3, 2023 Report Share Posted April 3, 2023 37 minutes ago, London Best said: Is it not illegal to refuse legal tender cash? the Govt will do nothing....'cause its excactly what they want....total control of the money industry...and the ability to tax everything without question.......it will stop those dirty little small buisnesses...making a few bob unseen... its all just more and more control......the govt' are pulling their hair out on how they can cash in/ control E-Bay..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted April 3, 2023 Report Share Posted April 3, 2023 We all know of the " last fuel for 200 miles" signs; I can't understand why the penultimate cafe on our seafront doesn't have one, "last cafe to take cash". Could well clean up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfer Posted April 3, 2023 Report Share Posted April 3, 2023 Our local fish and chip shop is cash only,to be honest if I were to go in a restaurant that was card only I would order eat then just offer the cash as I have no card 😂 infact that’s now on my to do list 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wymondley Posted April 3, 2023 Report Share Posted April 3, 2023 There's only a few places I need cash, I'd happily have a semi cashless society, say any transaction over £20 must be cashless. Best of both worlds then. Why do you all want to cling onto cash? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted April 3, 2023 Report Share Posted April 3, 2023 Cash is for OLD people! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted April 3, 2023 Report Share Posted April 3, 2023 2 minutes ago, Wymondley said: There's only a few places I need cash, I'd happily have a semi cashless society, say any transaction over £20 must be cashless. Best of both worlds then. Why do you all want to cling onto cash? Huge benefits to businesses, no staff sticking hands in the till, very easy tax and accountancy programmes, stock programmes, can automate lots of processes. Huge cuts to operating costs if done well. Not easy to avoid tax or do a bit of “contactless in hand” though is it. People moaning “they’re spying on our transactions” whilst sharing tons of their personal data just by using the internet. I bet everyone on this forum has tons of data about them known to social media companies / Google/ etc. The only people not known are those hermits living under a rock off grid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith RW Posted April 3, 2023 Report Share Posted April 3, 2023 Aside from everything already mentioned above and next to gambling money away, I would bet that "cashless" payment is the biggest debt and will continue to be the biggest debt in society for many individuals. People have been spending money that they don't have on credit cards and getting into massive debt for years, usually buying things they don't need and don't want, just to keep up with the Jones's and can't see it changing any time soon. Call me old school but before all this "fantastic on the plastic" "buy now pay later" baloney, if you couldn't afford it cash, you couldn't afford it...simple as that. don't get me started on "credit score's" !!!! haven't got one as far as I'm aware and don't want one thanks, and never will.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enfieldspares Posted April 3, 2023 Report Share Posted April 3, 2023 2 hours ago, Walker570 said: As above. Cash notes are legal tender and should be acceptable if they want to do business. Letter to your newspaper. Unfortunately we have bred a whole army of lemings over the last 30yrs who will 'behave'.... look at the response to covid. Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted April 3, 2023 Report Share Posted April 3, 2023 1 hour ago, Surfer said: Our local fish and chip shop is cash only,to be honest if I were to go in a restaurant that was card only I would order eat then just offer the cash as I have no card 😂 infact that’s now on my to do list 😂 Like it! Gizzago! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udderlyoffroad Posted April 3, 2023 Report Share Posted April 3, 2023 3 hours ago, London Best said: Is it not illegal to refuse legal tender cash? No. Total urban legend. You can as a business accept payments (almost) any way you see fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ordnance Posted April 3, 2023 Report Share Posted April 3, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, Walker570 said: As above. Cash notes are legal tender and should be acceptable if they want to do business. Letter to your newspaper. Unfortunately we have bred a whole army of lemings over the last 30yrs who will 'behave'.... look at the response to covid. You have lost me whats it got to do with Covid As for cash or card, it doesn't bother me i am happy to pay whatever way is asked. Edited April 3, 2023 by ordnance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted April 3, 2023 Report Share Posted April 3, 2023 58 minutes ago, Keith RW said: Aside from everything already mentioned above and next to gambling money away, I would bet that "cashless" payment is the biggest debt and will continue to be the biggest debt in society for many individuals. People have been spending money that they don't have on credit cards and getting into massive debt for years, usually buying things they don't need and don't want, just to keep up with the Jones's and can't see it changing any time soon. Call me old school but before all this "fantastic on the plastic" "buy now pay later" baloney, if you couldn't afford it cash, you couldn't afford it...simple as that. don't get me started on "credit score's" !!!! haven't got one as far as I'm aware and don't want one thanks, and never will.... What nonsense. Before credit cards and buy now pay later deals people had loans, short term payday loans, bank loans and whatever else, formal and informal. My great uncle told me many stories of his time travelling the World on the QE2, during the past well over half the tradesmen he worked with would be taking payday loans informally from their employer and all sorts to drink and gamble away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith RW Posted April 3, 2023 Report Share Posted April 3, 2023 (edited) 22 minutes ago, Lloyd90 said: What nonsense. Do your homework and you'll see that credit cards introduced back in the 50's and have increased consumer debt and helped to seriously damage economies, hardly nonsense if you study the facts Edited April 3, 2023 by Keith RW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ordnance Posted April 3, 2023 Report Share Posted April 3, 2023 6 minutes ago, Keith RW said: Do your homework and you'll see that credit cards introduced back in the 50's and have increased consumer debt helped to seriously damage economies, hardly nonsense if you study the facts That comes down to personal financial responsibility, or lack of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted April 3, 2023 Report Share Posted April 3, 2023 I suspect any business dealing in cash to be dodging tax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countryman Posted April 3, 2023 Report Share Posted April 3, 2023 I liked it when you had one pound notes, how rich I was with a wad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith RW Posted April 3, 2023 Report Share Posted April 3, 2023 6 minutes ago, ordnance said: That comes down to personal financial responsibility, or lack of. Exactly, and its been going on (or not) for years, Started out in the USA with Diners Card and American Express being offered out to the masses, nearly a century on and with the massive interest rates charged means the masses are getting deeper and deeper into the mire.= to the extent we now have ordinary working class folks being made Bankrupt ........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted April 3, 2023 Report Share Posted April 3, 2023 3 minutes ago, countryman said: I liked it when you had one pound notes, how rich I was with a wad. Probably worth a few quid now 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith RW Posted April 3, 2023 Report Share Posted April 3, 2023 (edited) 9 minutes ago, countryman said: I liked it when you had one pound notes, how rich I was with a wad. Back in the day when you could ask the question "how much for cash ? "when buying the likes of a second hand car from a non franchised dealer in the hope of saving a few quid, try it now and the young salesmen look at you like you have two heads and really don't understand why you don't want to purchase it on finance or better still lease a new one and swap it out every couple of years !!! all for the price of a "never ending" second mortgage... Edited April 3, 2023 by Keith RW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted April 3, 2023 Report Share Posted April 3, 2023 35 minutes ago, oowee said: I suspect any business dealing in cash to be dodging tax. All the Turkish barbers in town deal in cash only, as do the local Chinese takeaways, and the local Turkish car wash depots. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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