What things fo you still pay for with cash?

carousels

I tend to pay cash for parking in town and my daily chocolate bar from the newsagents which I pass by on my way to work. Everything else goes on cards. I hate having coins rattling around in my purse. I do carry the emergency £10/£20 note however, I try not to spend it on anything other than an emergency. ( Like a taxi home from some bar when I'm too drunk to drive. )

Fingerbobs

bigadaj wrote: »

No, it's mainly down to the age of the store.

Our local sainsburys still uses pound coins for trolling, whereas all the others don't, and it's just down to the fact that it's been there for years and been refurbed for ages.

M&S Simply Food only opened a few months ago, and it requires pound coins to release trolleys.

wannabe_credit_free

I use cash whenever possible and my debit card if I don't have enough cash. I have'nt paid with my credit card for over a year. Still paying it off and when I do, I will be cutting it up. I'm done with credit....:D

w211

reclusive46 wrote: »

My Dentist has some ridiculous 5% surcharge on both credit and debit transactions (Surly this must be breaking the surcharge rules).

My dentist have different surcharge rates depending on type of card used: Debit, Visa/MC (Credit), and American Express Express.

Debit was the cheapest option, otherwise I'd have used my American Express and get my points (though the surcharge for using that was 7%!).

steve2005

Hooloovoo wrote: »

Huh? That's not until the end of March.

Or did you mean since last March?

Since last March

~Chameleon~

bigadaj wrote: »

Not very mse.

Why? Expense is relative. Someone in the thread states they buy a chocolate bar every day. That will probably cost them more accumulatively than I spend having my hair done.

bigadaj

~Chameleon~ wrote: »

Why? Expense is relative. Someone in the thread states they buy a chocolate bar every day. That will probably cost them more accumulatively than I spend having my hair done.

Maybe, I pay £6 for my haircut and buy a chocolate bar once a month. I win on the mse score!

bigadaj

Fingerbobs wrote: »

M&S Simply Food only opened a few months ago, and it requires pound coins to release trolleys.

Fair point, I was talking about larger supermarkets, I guess pound ones might still be easier in smaller town or city centre stores.

wiseshark

reclusive46 wrote: »

My Dentist has some ridiculous 5% surcharge on both credit and debit transactions (Surly this must be breaking the surcharge rules). So if I knew I'd need anything done, I'd probably withdraw cash for that.

I would imagine they are breaking the rules. I would find another dentist. Sounds like full blown fiddling:eek:

I use cash at the market, some off licence shops that charge for less than £10 transactions, ice cream vans, sex shops:rotfl:(sometimes use Kalixa card for that naughty stuff), other small spends under a pound like Kit Kat bar, penny toffees (in the distant past), 50p worth of strawberry bon bons and the cafe .

~Chameleon~

bigadaj wrote: »

Maybe, I pay £6 for my haircut and buy a chocolate bar once a month. I win on the mse score!

I wasn't aware there was a competition.