That a Vodafone shop wouldn’t accept cash in payment and it pissed me off?

Our leisure centre is cashless, we go after hours once a month for a family Sen swim so only pay for the children not carers. It massively annoys me to have to take cards etc for a 5 purchase and even more so for the £1 for the locker.

Cashless is a trend, and a terrible one.

Anonymity will be a thing of the past. Parts of China are already using privilege points to allow access to certain shops and transpory. And, of course, if you ‘misbehave’, this ‘privilege’ can be taken away.

Believe it or not this happened to us just over 20 years ago, in Comet. Dad wanted to buy me a new cooker and it was around £450; he always used cash as had advanced Parkinsons and found it very embarrassing to try to write/sign things in front of other people. They rather less than nicely told the poor old boy that he could be a money-launderer and they wouldn't accept his payment method.

Walked out. Drove five minutes up the road, went to Currys and found the same cooker £20 cheaper, plus they were willing and able to take cash after I had a quiet word with the manager.

So, no. Sadly not entirely new.

I paid in cash at curry’s a few weeks ago and they had to get a second person to came and check the cash as it was unusual apparently to pay in cash

My local pub near work has gone cashless a year ago. A former manager was helping himself to the till and undercharging favoured customers (including me), once the owner realised and fired the manager the best solution was card only. It has caused little problem apparently.

I rarely use cash but wouldn't want a cashless society, it puts the full control of your money into banks and the government if allowed to happen

There are a good many lunch places around my offices that refuse cash, so much so that I don't actually carry cash any longer

I won't use them, not because of that but because of the shitty attitude of the staff. I waited 5 minutes while they chatted together and ignored me and then walked out.

Really? If I went into a shop and the staff were chatting to each other, I'd just walk up to them and say 'excuse me, can I have ...' rather than stand around waiting for them to finish! Works every time.

This is the future, it will be cash free everywhere. David Icke has been going on about it for years. Most people didn't listen, and still aren't.

When the machine refuses to let you buy your food / rejects your card (eventually microchip), then what?

How did you manage to go shopping and not bring a card with you?

Thanks for mentioning, I had no idea about this. What are kids or others without bank cards meant to do? Shop elsewhere I guess...
I hate the idea of a cashless society. Apart from the loss of privacy and forced reliance on technology, it discriminates against the homeless and anyone without a bank account for any reason.

Aghast and shocked 😂

YANBU. I don't think stores should be allowed to refuse cash. It disenfranchises some of our most vulnerable citizens.

Our local Vodafone is cashless too. There are signs around the shop to let customers know.

I don't have a problem with it at all. It makes everything quicker and easier.

Vodafone will have done its homework. They wouldn't go cashless if they were making a loss.

I have never seen anyone pay cash for a £700+ item in any shop, so I'm pretty sure Vodafone won't be missing out on sales.

It annoys me. I generally pay cash for everything, I just feel more comfortable that way.

It's fine to say cashless is the way to go and it's the future, but I had to laugh when I went to fill up my car a while ago and the fuel station had a sign up "cash only", as all their card machines were down. Cashless is fine until the technology lets you down.

Was only a matter of time before cash became obsolete in store's though it leaves less room for errors and discrepancies in the till amount at the end of the day. As someone who's sat and counted up many tills over the years and had to figure out where the lost money is etc i welcome it but i do wonder how the older generation will cope with it all

The easy answer is don’t buy anything from Vodafone.
They are terribly arrogant and there are plenty of alternatives

I think it’s great. A move to a cashless society is a good one.

I do not think it is legal for shops to refuse legal tender.

Creepster Shops can refuse money for any reason; you don’t have a right to buy from them. If you go into a shop and give them a £20 note, they don’t have to take it; you aren’t entitled to service.

More than likely unless you create trouble you aren’t going to be refused, but they have every right to if they want.

ours had been card only for at least a year.
I won't use them, not because of that but because of the shitty attitude of the staff. I waited 5 minutes while they chatted together and ignored me and then walked out.

So the move towards A cashless Society has begun.....

I just looked it up. No law that requires shops to accept the coin of the realm for products, only for debts.

I do not think it is legal for shops to refuse legal tender.

I am actually quite pleased to hear that this is actually a thing in Vodafone shops.
I went to my local one a few weeks ago, with a person I support at work (they have learning disabilities) and I honestly thought it was just that they didn't want to deal with them! The staff were rude and dismissive, and it was quite upsetting, so on a way, it's good to know it wasn't them being disablist, they're twatty with everyone...

This thread? It was the opposite - they would only take cash.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3782658-To-think-we-shouldn-t-have-had-to-pay