Going Cash

Rosa_Damascena

kah22 said:

I must be living in another world, an ice cream van only accepting card, unbelievable ! Perhaps that says something about the economic divide.

Ice cream from a van / the freezer in a convenience store is no longer the cheap kiddie's treat it once was! 

Cashmygiro

weenancyinAmerica said:

I think a person's age has a lot to do with the answers we are getting. Young people seem to only want a card society. Older people are afraid of a card only society. I wonder if a study has been done on how this card society affects charity giving as some of the answers sound like they don't give anything away to others. I see a card only society becoming very self-centered and lacking in empathy and it worries me.

Where do you get that from that the old like cash and the young like cards? How old? I know plenty in their 60s and 70s who use cards along with modern tech such as smart phones, tablets, computers, etc.

You're forgetting that generation were using cards and tech 20/30 years ago. It's not a new thing.

Katiehound

Cashmygiro said:

 

You're forgetting that generation were using cards and tech 20/30 years ago. It's not a new thing.

credit cards came in   much longer ago than that!
 Barclay card  became the first credit card in the United Kingdom on 8 November 1967.

I am not sure how long ago chip & pin was almost replaced by the contactless facility. (Obviously not replaced if you are spending over £100)

The cashless society really came to the fore during the Covid epidemic because folk did not want to handle cash so suddenly everyone was using a card to buy the smallest purchase.

tooldle

Our local Big Issue seller accepts cards. He tells me most people pay with card.

JIL

My daughter and my nieces and nephews, very rarely have cash. However I am more than aware of how much time, money and effort they put into charity work.

Not carrying cash does not make them self centred or lacking in empathy.  In fact it's now not just loose change that goes to charity but £5, £10, £20. Plus the reclaimed tax at 25%.
I would think that's a big chunk out of your purse/wallet/pocket if you were donating cash. 

General_Grant

JIL said:

My daughter and my nieces and nephews, very rarely have cash. However I am more than aware of how much time, money and effort they put into charity work.

Not carrying cash does not make them self centred or lacking in empathy.  In fact it's now not just loose change that goes to charity but £5, £10, £20. Plus the reclaimed tax at 25%.
I would think that's a big chunk out of your purse/wallet/pocket if you were donating cash. 

As an aside, charities can claim the gift aid on cash donations (even on anonymous single donations of up to £30).

JIL

General_Grant said:

JIL said:

My daughter and my nieces and nephews, very rarely have cash. However I am more than aware of how much time, money and effort they put into charity work.

Not carrying cash does not make them self centred or lacking in empathy.  In fact it's now not just loose change that goes to charity but £5, £10, £20. Plus the reclaimed tax at 25%.
I would think that's a big chunk out of your purse/wallet/pocket if you were donating cash. 

As an aside, charities can claim the gift aid on cash donations (even on anonymous single donations of up to £30).

I couldn't think of the word, I did mean gift aid, I always tick I'm a tax payer. I didnt know charities could claim on anonymous donations. 

mumf

When my wife took me to hospital for my regular MRI scan,we parked on the car park that takes only cash payments. No problem to us,as we keep plenty in the motor. One chap though couldn’t pay,as he uses only his phone! My wife ,being the kind person she is,paid his parking. 

    Personally ( although we have cards) we prefer cash. 

On my birthday recently,we went to a restaurant our daughter recommended. Now DD is cashless.End of.🤣What we didn’t know was that the restaurant was card only.Cashless. When we got the bill,I dipped in my pocket and pulled out my wallet to pay with notes…and was looked upon like an idiot. I wasn’t refusing to pay at all. They wouldn’t take it! My wife paid with her card,but I did tell them that I was going to leave a five pound tip,but not now! Guess what? They took tips in cash! Well they didn’t get it.

Cashmygiro

I get using cash for a bottle of milk and a paper from the corner shop, but it's just counter productive, stupid even, to draw out £50 from a cash machine then drive to the petrol station to fill up the car with £50 of fuel. Just use my card.

General_Grant

mumf said:

When my wife took me to hospital for my regular MRI scan,we parked on the car park that takes only cash payments. No problem to us,as we keep plenty in the motor. One chap though couldn’t pay,as he uses only his phone! My wife ,being the kind person she is,paid his parking. 

    Personally ( although we have cards) we prefer cash. 

On my birthday recently,we went to a restaurant our daughter recommended. Now DD is cashless.End of.🤣What we didn’t know was that the restaurant was card only.Cashless. When we got the bill,I dipped in my pocket and pulled out my wallet to pay with notes…and was looked upon like an idiot. I wasn’t refusing to pay at all. They wouldn’t take it! My wife paid with her card,but I did tell them that I was going to leave a five pound tip,but not now! Guess what? They took tips in cash! Well they didn’t get it.

I suppose that if you had gone ahead and paid a cash tip, it would be the staff who kept the tip.
It isn't the staff who are making the "card only" rule.