Car boot sale - Contactless card reader.

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I have a few things to sell and not been to or done a car boot sale for over 20 years...and even my parents did it and I just explored. :o

I have a Monzo bank account, is there a way of purchasing a contactless card reader that will work with my Monzo and take payments? What do I need or is there a different way of doing it?

And for those who have been to a car boot sale recently, is this now common? Or are people a bit unsure about paying this way when its not in a 'proper shop'?

Edit: I would accept cash also!
 
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I'd imagine its still mostly cash at car boots, especially private sellers

Can't really 'bargain' as much with a card....I'll give you a fiver, it's all I've got etc :p
 
Yeah, there's devices like Izettle etc, but on top of the cost they usually take ~4% so you'd need to sell a lot to make it worthwhile.

It would be good if organisers could do something where you pay centrally and they distribute funds to the sellers. i used to love car boots but rarely carry cash anymore so if i'm ever passing one at random i don't bother.

Maybe also offer to accept Paypal Gift? Most people would have that and it's instant.
 
Not sure on the details but it can't be that hard - my window cleaner even takes contactless via a dongle connected to his phone :p
Makes it even more annoying/suspicious that the local Chinese takeaway still insist on cash only tbh.
 
Tom_ed1987 said:
Not sure on the details but it can't be that hard - my window cleaner even takes contactless via a dongle connected to his phone :p
Makes it even more annoying/suspicious that the local Chinese takeaway still insist on cash only tbh.
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Yeah, my chinese is the same, although with Covid they've actually started taking bank transfers to avoid cash, which is pretty amusing. There's a scrap of cardboard on the counter with bank details scrawled onto it!
 
Tom_ed1987 said:
Not sure on the details but it can't be that hard - my window cleaner even takes contactless via a dongle connected to his phone :p
Makes it even more annoying/suspicious that the local Chinese takeaway still insist on cash only tbh.
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The charges are ridiculous I bet he does it that way so you don't feel like you are handing real money over. I bet his prices are ridiculous for what is in reality a minimum wage job.
 
Psycho Sonny said:
The charges are ridiculous I bet he does it that way so you don't feel like you are handing real money over. I bet his prices are ridiculous for what is in reality a minimum wage job.
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Sumup seem to suggest their charges are 1.6% and Izettle is 1.75%

I'm not sure either of those are ridiculous, and when you're only paying ~£10 i don't think many people would complain about paying an extra 20p for the convenience of paying by card.
 
Martynt74 said:
....there's devices like Izettle etc...
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Zettle is £29 (+VAT) for the hardware + 1.75% per transaction; Square is £16 (+VAT) for the hardware (requires mobile phone) + 1.75% per transaction.
Stripe are also doing something similar, although i don't believe they've released hardware yet.
 
I don't know about Monzo, but you will typically need a business account with a payment processor, that money then gets paid into an account of your choosing. So it may not be worth doing.
 
Go to Carboot’s every week, never seen a card reader or any other form of payment aside from cash

have done the odd bank transfer but that was with a regular seller
 
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