When was the last time you used Cash?

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1 month ago

Other than three days ago at a remote café that was having trouble with the internet, months. I think I took out the cash I paid with about six months ago.
I'm always caught out at some supermarkets that still require coins for trolleys - just means I shop less!
I'm totally happy with paying by card for everything, but do understand it's harder for some people to keep track of spending .

Probably a couple of months ago for a collection at work (although I could have sent it electronically if I hadn't had the cash on me). I keep cash in my purse just in case I ever need it but I haven't withdrawn any from a cash machine since before covid - occasionally someone pays me back for something in cash and it lasts me months if not years (and I'm talking amounts of £20-30, not loads).

I wonder if there is a split between rural and urban posters here... some of the villages around here have patchy 4G signals for example.... smaller businesses without their own WiFi wouldn't be able to operate without cash.

In our power cuts last sumner, we also lost mobile signal... even places like the Co op could only operate on cash only for a bit.

for you. (which is fine)

For lots of people, cash is by far the worse option. including people with disabilities.

I’m not convinced that untraceability is the positive thing people keep presenting it as here either - for individuals or society. It’s far more nuanced than that.

My phone works for payments without signal. My local Sainsbury’s is a black spot for mobile data. But I can pay for stuff with Apple Pay.

Today!

Card payments were not allowed as it had all gone down in a techie glitch.

All the time. Cash is king

All the time, but most recently this morning on the bus.

There isn't a rural/urban split in my case as I'm in London zone 2. I've got a few friends who use cash a lot E.g. for their share if we go out for a meal. I also pay the cleaner in cash and provide cash "pocket money" for DS who has ASD and is in residential

Yesterday to pay for a couple of bits at Tesco.

cash is king...... or so my dad quotes whenever i try to get him to go mobile banking 🤨😄

IncomingTraffic that's interesting, I didn't know that was possible. I've so far resisted ApplePay because it's the first option for payment on many websites and I don't want to be forced into it although I know it's inevitable

I'm in a City btw.

Card payments on the bus was the biggest game changer for me. Until one time I didn't have any data left and my payment couldn't go through on Apple Pay. Thankfully I had cash for that too. 😊

@IncomingTraffic My MIL has a sight impairment. She prefers to use cash. She can draw cash out at her bank where she will be assisted by the cashier. Then use as needed - there's a certain element of trust with the people she's paying as she could make a mistake with denominations. However, if she was forced to use a card this would be worse. She can't see the numbers on the chip and pin machine so if she has to put her PIN in she struggles. (She already has to trust that the amount is correct!) She has locked her card a number of times trying to use chip and pin. So I don't agree that card is easier for all people with disabilities.

Yesterday, in three different shops.

I'm another one who always uses cash and is against cashless for privacy reasons.

I'd likely walk out if a place or service didn't take cash. Use it or lose it.

My late teen DD and her boyfriend thought about it and they also agree.

I think cash is becoming more popular again due to contactless scams.

Last Summer our local area was hit by contactless scammers with weird "skimming" devices. It was really odd.

We are rural and it’s the opposite for me, it’s a 40 minute round trip to a cash machine. So you’ve got to really want to get cash!

Apple pay works fine regardless of signal for me.

Every time I use a parking ticket machine. It is cheaper paying by cash than using the various apps. That’s how they make their profits, by overcharging for the same ticket.
Also pay my window cleaner in cash. And my tea money to my table tennis club each week.

In the same rural boat! it's a long drive to a cash machine that seems to fairly frequently run out of cash or wait for the once a week rbs van. Even my nearest honesty box for eggs and veg takes PayPal payment because of this.

I pick up my cash on cashback at the supermarket.

I didn’t say it was easier for all Woolwich with disabilities. I said that for lots of people, including disabled people , cash is a worse option. That doesn’t mean it’s not the best option for some disabled people.

I have a disability. It definitely makes cash a far, far worse option for me.

Arguably, it’s important that cash and electronic payment are both options in inclusive services.

How did autocorrect change that to Woolwich? My typing is even worse than I though!

I was using card-only for years, even before lockdown. In the last six months or so I've started using cash again for day-to-day just because I missed that connection to my money, I find I enjoy the budgeting aspect of taking some cash from the bank, seeing how much I spend, even counting out the coins. Card payments always easier and practical for big or online purchases but I'd be sad if using cash disappeared from our society.

On Monday, had to get some cash out to put in a birthday card. And last Thursday I needed cash for a pub quiz but I didn’t have any - one of my friends paid for me 😂
I like cash but it’s actually hard to use it these days. Don’t often use real money but I hate that generations of people will grow up just tapping cards at machines without really understanding money/change/budgeting.

Before COVID, wouldn't know my pin number these days to withdraw any