[bots]

there will be no banks and no cash machines, so people won't be able to pay with cash

[arista]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

there will be no banks and no cash machines, so people won't be able to pay with cash

That's not true

[user104658]

Originally Posted by arista

That's not true

Cash machines will be around for a while but highstreet branches are on the way out. Old friend of mine has been management-level in a highstreet branch for about 10 years. He was shuffled around from town to town for ages as they closed branches; they've finally gone ahead and closed the most recent one.

Luckily for him he's not been made redundant, got a new position doing some other role (whatever it is makes no sense to me, some banking nonsense)

but it's mixed
2 days/week in head office
3 days/week working from home
For more money than working in a highstreet branch.

Sign Of The Times


These lazy WFH people

[bots]

there is no legal obligation for a retailer to accept cash in the uk, just like there is no legal obligation on them to accept cards

[Liam-]

If you want to use cash, go to a place which accepts cash, I personally very rarely use cash, so I won’t use shops that don’t accept cards, it’s not some massive conspiracy to take the rights of cash users away

[arista]

Originally Posted by Liam-

If you want to use cash, go to a place which accepts cash, I personally very rarely use cash, so I won’t use shops that don’t accept cards, it’s not some massive conspiracy to take the rights of cash users away

Keep some notes on you
Slick Liam

Sometimes the shop Online feed
Crashes or the Computer in the store
crashes

Then they say Sorry we can only take cash
Have your back up, ready.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by arista

Keep some notes on you
Slick Liam

Sometimes the shop Online feed
Crashes or the Computer in the store
crashes

Then they say Sorry we can only take cash
Have your back up, ready.

That has happened a few times where the systems go down ....

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Liam-

If you want to use cash, go to a place which accepts cash, I personally very rarely use cash, so I won’t use shops that don’t accept cards, it’s not some massive conspiracy to take the rights of cash users away

thats all fine and dandy if you never step out of your neighbourhood and know who takes what, we went at Whitechapel hospital a few years ago and had no cash on us and the restaurant only took cash and there were no cash points in the hospital

[user104658]

I can say that most gamblers hate not using cash. It shows them how much they're spending if there's a paper trail .

Also, lenders (such as for mortgages) don't like to see large-scale gambling on a bank statement, for obvious reason.

And of course you have the tradies dodging their taxes. Can't do that with an electronic trail.

[Crimson Dynamo]

The young Piper busker at Ibrox who belts out all the Rangers songs when the game is over takes contactless!

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

The young Piper busker at Ibrox who belts out all the Rangers songs when the game is over takes contactless!

Alot of buskers have both now, generally they ask for 2.00 on contactless and then have a hat for change

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Alot of buskers have both now, generally they ask for 2.00 on contactless and then have a hat for change

I imagine it's pretty much essential to make any money at this point... I don't know many people who carry cash and even fewer who carry spare change. I keep £50 in my wallet for emergencies (but I'm not giving a busker a tenner ) and a pound coin in the car for places that still have "coin locks" on their trolleys (another pet peeve of mine ) and that's it. I also have a card in the car for one of those random online banks, that I use for fuelling up at places that only have card machines on the pumps... even then, some have contactless these days.

Other than that, I haven't used anything but my phone to pay for anything for years...

[Crimson Dynamo]

I cant do a dodgy car park deal with flipping cards

[user104658]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

I cant do a dodgy car park deal with flipping cards

The crims have been using crypto recently, but I reckon that's on the way out. The "home made" cryptos, anyway. We'll probably get the Sunak CDBC's at some point.