Carrying hard cash

[hughtrimble]

Stockholm was a pain as lots of places were entirely cashless. I like cash.

 

[LeeUK]

I've noticed some bars taking people's card as payment and walking over to their card terminal and then passing your card over it as a contactless transaction. I'm sure this is against the regulations.

 

[teaboy5]

There are a few cafes etc around here who have no card machine at all! Now these are places moving some serious plates of stuff during lunch for example with an average spend of a tenner. Always makes me think the owner isn't fully up to date with his tax

 

[Rannoch]

Cash is king.

 

[TallPaul1878]

It's funny how you still get old people behind you at the supermarket humming are haring when they see you pull contactless card out to pay. Yet the transaction goes a lot quicker then it does for them to open their purse and count their cash out.

That's old people for you. Personally I think they should be shot at birth

 

[explicit4u]

Cash needs to die but i always make sure i have at least £20 on me. often get laughed at for it but i've been designated payer a few times when my friends havent had anything on them

Too many places, even central london pubs, that are still cash only/charge for card transactions

 

[Andrew_McP]

The main reason for using cash is that banks, governments, retailers and insurance companies would all like it to go away.

 

[dowie]

You won't be saying that in the next financial crisis when banks decide to "bail in", like they did in Cyprus.

well good luck trying to withdraw tens of thousands in cash in one go if that was imminent... it's unlikely to help you there

far easier to invest in bonds or transfer to another bank, overseas etc..

 

[bainbridge]

It's handy when paying for a big meal on which lots of people are splitting the bill. I chuck in what my meal and drinks cost plus an extra couple of pounds, then retreat to the bar, buy another drink and watch people take turns to use their card. Of course as the number of remaining payers dwindle the discussions over who.had what start, I don't want to be involved in all that.

Cash is king for when lots of people are meeting up for food!

 

[Russinating]

It isn't. There are plenty of places that only take cash.

Such as?

 

[adolf hamster]

Such as?

try spending a bit of time in the country, it's full of em

 

[Russinating]

try spending a bit of time in the country, it's full of em

I do. My question still stands.

 

[Deleted member 651465]

Such as?

Chip shops
Hospital canteens (yes, really)
Some independent newsagents

I like to pay with card wherever I go but there are still definitely places that don’t accept cards. It can be doubly annoying to find a shop like this when you’re in the middle of no where.

 

[Mr Badger]

LIVE UPDATE: I"m in a drinking establishment in central London and they are still accepting cash.

 

[adolf hamster]

I do. My question still stands.

well, to add a specific example that hasn't already been mentioned, i've not yet been to an airsoft site that has a card machine.

geographically speaking none of the pubs round here take cards, neither does my local barber or some of the various small workshop operations that'll do small jobs (for example supplying steel off cuts, welding, rudimentary blacksmith work etc)

 

[Russinating]

Airsoft is pretty niche. To me cash only just rings tax evasion as there's literally no other benefit. I would actively avoid somewhere that only takes cash for that reason and not because I just don't have cash on me.

 

[Jean-F]

Yes, cash is redundant. I hate it.

Depends on the individual and his circumstances, when I was driving a Black Cab I always had cash on me, I would go to the bank once per week and stick £XXX in, to cover all regular outgoings, mortgage, (when I had one), utilities, Council Tax, etc.
I'd also stick £XXX in another moody account in my wife's name, this was mad money for weekends in Rome or Paris, or to pull $$ out of an ATM if we had a week in New York, or Washington D.C.
We go out to dinner at least once per week, sometimes brunch on a Sunday, I'd do that on a card, but if we went in a pub before or after dinner, I'd use cash.
I quit working just over 5 years ago, so now I pull £80-£100 per week out of an ATM, for walking around money, but still use a card for restaurants.

There are a few cafes etc around here who have no card machine at all! Now these are places moving some serious plates of stuff during lunch for example with an average spend of a tenner. Always makes me think the owner isn't fully up to date with his tax

Seriously? Give me strength.

 

[adolf hamster]

Airsoft is pretty niche. To me cash only just rings tax evasion as there's literally no other benefit. I would actively avoid somewhere that only takes cash for that reason and not because I just don't have cash on me.

niche or not, how do you suggest the sport adopts a cashless economy?

you think those pin reader things just pop up out of thin air and cost nothing to run? because if you do then sorry but that's a bubble you'll need burst....

 

[dowie]

niche or not, how do you suggest the sport adopts a cashless economy?

you think those pin reader things just pop up out of thin air and cost nothing to run? because if you do then sorry but that's a bubble you'll need burst....

you think cash doesn't have costs associated with it? because if you do then sorry that's a bubble you need to burst

 

[Rroff]

Mixture of both here - I always try to have a few notes on me if nothing else as a backup.