Cash is King or Not?

[Frank-the-Wool]

I don't often go shopping but today I wanted a new pair of sun glasses now that summer has arrived.
The last basic ones I bought from Boots so I thought I would go back and find another £30 pair.

Got to the till and handed over £30.00 cash and was told they only accepted card payments! Now I could have paid by card but I stood my ground and I said I wanted to pay cash and as it was the correct amount and I didn't require any change surely they could take it as it is "Legal Tender".

After a call to the Manager they accepted it!!!
A lot of old people and those on lower income, especially in rural areas still use cash. Is this the slippery slope to do away with it?

 

[TheTallGuy]

I don't often go shopping but today I wanted a new pair of sun glasses now that summer has arrived.
The last basic ones I bought from Boots so I thought I would go back and find another £30 pair.

Got to the till and handed over £30.00 cash and was told they only accepted card payments! Now I could have paid by card but I stood my ground and I said I wanted to pay cash and as it was the correct amount and I didn't require any change surely they could take it as it is "Legal Tender".

After a call to the Manager they accepted it!!!
A lot of old people and those on lower income, especially in rural areas still use cash. Is this the slippery slope to do away with it?

Legal tender has no bearing as that term only relates to discharging a debt. A lot of businesses have chosen to minimise the handling of cash during the pandemic as it represents a risk vector. There is also the side of things that handling cash payments costs businesses considerable sums in terms of the raw handling, banking, insurance, etc., so many are looking to minimise or reduce it further.

 

[ffukedfarmer]

Cash is a pain in the arse for a retailer. Card only means no cashing up at the end of the day, no banking, no change, no errors, no theft and much lower transaction charges. I can quite easily understand why they are trying to do away with it.

 

[7610 super q]

Cash worked fine for thousands of years. Probably make a comeback when t'internet crashes. Which it will one day.

 

[tullah]

You wouldn't get any help in the house or garden without cash.

 

[Cowmansam]

Exactly why they want it stopped

 

[Northeastfarmer]

It’s not safe walking about with a wallet full of cash these days anyway…these new notes spring out your hand and wallet….plus I can’t stand a pocket full of slag…everything gets paid on my card or phone now

 

[Nithsdale]

It’s not safe walking about with a wallet full of cash these days anyway…these new notes spring out your hand and wallet….plus I can’t stand a pocket full of slag…everything gets paid on my card or phone now

Fully agree.

I'll help you out. Send all your cash to me for disposal - I won't charge for this service

 

[An Gof]

It’s not safe walking about with a wallet full of cash these days anyway…these new notes spring out your hand and wallet….plus I can’t stand a pocket full of slag…everything gets paid on my card or phone now

Must be rough up your way if you can’t walk around with cash in your wallet.
I don’t worry about the amount of cash in my wallet but I do think about the value of the watch on my wrist in some places.

 

[Tarw Coch]

Cash worked fine for thousands of years. Probably make a comeback when t'internet crashes. Which it will one day.

Tis the modern world, tills already fekked when the power goes off.

 

[Tarw Coch]

It’s not safe walking about with a wallet full of cash these days anyway…these new notes spring out your hand and wallet….plus I can’t stand a pocket full of slag…everything gets paid on my card or phone now

With contactless payments they can zap your card without even reaching into your pocket

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Must be rough up your way if you can’t walk around with cash in your wallet.
I don’t worry about the amount of cash in my wallet but I do think about the value of the watch on my wrist in some places.

You soft southerners wouldn’t last 5 minutes in Middlesbrough before you had a Kit Kat chunky in your pants

 

[Northeastfarmer]

With contactless payments they can zap your card without even reaching into your pocket

Never happened to me….yet…

 

[Cowmansam]

Tell you what I’d take Middlesbrough over London any bloody day

 

[Lofty1984]

@smcapstick

 

[had e nuff]

Tis the modern world, tills already fekked when the power goes off.

That happened in the pub this afternoon. Cash only as power was off.

 

[Tarw Coch]

That happened in the pub this afternoon. Cash only as power was off.

Your lucky, with electric tills some places can’t even take cash when the powers off

 

[roscoe erf]

You soft southerners wouldn’t last 5 minutes in Middlesbrough before you had a Kit Kat chunky in your pants

no cause us southerners have got more sense than to go to middlesborough

 

[roscoe erf]

@smcapstick

 

[had e nuff]

Your lucky, with electric tills some places can’t even take cash when the powers off

I've got a good credit rating in the local so could just tick it on lol