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  • polymaff
    polymaff Posts: 3,958 Forumite
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    Cash. (As long as you check for counterfeits and calculate the change correctly!)


    So, in today's innumerate world, less than 100%....:)
  • Cash. (As long as you check for counterfeits and calculate the change correctly!)

    And aren't in one of the gradually increasing number of places that have gone cashless!
  • Takmon
    Takmon Posts: 1,738 Forumite
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    Cash. (As long as you check for counterfeits and calculate the change correctly!)

    Even if we don't consider counterfeits and incorrect change given then cash does still fail a lot. It often get's lost which is a big failure of cash and it can be stolen by employees and other people easily without trace.

    The sole purpose of a payment method is to use it to carry out transactions. So every time cash gets lots it has failed and this will have a much higher failure rate than card payments.
  • lr1277
    lr1277 Posts: 2,205 Forumite
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    Ben8282 wrote: »
    Very difficut to say. But don't rely on it never being taken.


    This.


    I once had a payment taken 3-4 months after the transaction date.
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