Really?? We use cash all the time. As they say cash is king!
All you're doing is feeding the desire of the 'powers that be' to create a digital society - not good
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Really?? We use cash all the time. As they say cash is king!
All you're doing is feeding the desire of the 'powers that be' to create a digital society - not good
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Village shop wouldn't accept cash (Covid), fair enough as "staff" are all volunteers and some are quite elderly/at risk. Similar at pub when it has been open - local is quite happy to run a tab and settle by card at end of session.Originally Posted by Marco
Really?? We use cash all the time. As they say cash is king!
All you're doing is feeding the desire of the 'powers that be' to create a digital society - not good
Marco.
Supermarkets/garages/on line purchases all with card - even carparks around here have card payment.
I think that the "digital" age is already upon us - although I still buy records(possibly digitally mastered though
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Some shops will not take card payments (they have to pay commission), others will not accept cash. So I usually have a little cash with me, but usually pay with card in the shops I use.
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Lol... A digital society [what I'm referring to] is quite a different thing from 'a digital age'...
The Covid virus on banknotes thing is a load of bollox, as there are *so* many other things in a shop that the virus could transfer itself to (from the general public), and onto the staff accordingly, making refusing to take cash akin to just pissing in the wind.
Can't say I've ever been anywhere around here that's refused cash - certainly all shops and restaurants accept it, and I don't use car parks very often. However we did use one on Saturday, when we went to the cinema, and it took both - they're nice that way up here
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Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & regulator mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat with Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight. Isonoe feet & boots. Ortofon RS-212D tonearm with Denon DL-103GL, in a Denon PCL-300 headshell, fitted with Funk Firm Houdini and Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp, fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
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Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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Whenever we go to a restaurant I always pay the bill by contactless (phone) but leave a tip in cash - never had anyone refuse the tip, even when they’re a cashless establishment!
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Good move. We do similar, but I can't say I know of any 'cashless establishments' around here. Must be a southern thing!
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Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & regulator mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat with Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight. Isonoe feet & boots. Ortofon RS-212D tonearm with Denon DL-103GL, in a Denon PCL-300 headshell, fitted with Funk Firm Houdini and Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp, fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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I've seen people pay bus fares by that method.
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Quite right - I know of one "pub"/restaurant locally that only accepts cards (may be first in the country I think), but I would rather tip in cash just to be sure that the person I want to tip actually gets it.
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found it:
https://www.thefrestonboot.co.uk/why-we-are-cashless/
interesting reasons given
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Coincidentally The Boot was the first pub we went to post-lockdown, and I did leave a cash tip. (Great pub actually, been a couple of times this year after trips to Jimmy’s Farm.
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