Starbucks don't take cash

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AIBU to think this is ridiculous?

Took DS yesterday for a treat after school with his birthday money. We only spent £8 but as he handed over his £10 we were told, sorry we don't take cash anymore, card payments only.

Is this just the start of the slippery slope down to a cashless society ?

Really annoyed me!

I'm 100% supportive of this.

There's only one reason why anyone would have to pay in cash...

@CoastalWave

I'm surprised you can buy petrol with cash, both our local petrol stations are card only now. I find it easier to track my money if I pay by card anyway

pret doesnt take cash either, so much easier to keep track of your money using a monzo or bank card. My phone dings when the card is used , so i would know if it was used without my permission and i can freeze the card instantly
i hate cash, used to have to count it every day as part of my job and it was a nuisance and more expensive to pay into the bank . We couldnt keep more than 5k in the safe and needed multiple people to take the money to the bank.

My friend only uses cash, and just had more than 10k stolen from her house! She has a card now!

I never carry cash haven’t done for years but I still want to have the option and I definitely don’t want a situation where all my money is tied up digitally.

My adult DS has learning disabilities. He really isn't safe with a card. At least with cash all he can spend or lose is the amount he has in his pocket.

This. I take both as a small retailer and always will do, as in the instance of a power cut, I can still trade. I like to put notes in birthday cards and the thought of the Government, ultimately being able to control our cash as it's all 'in a cloud', is quite frankly, scary.

I hate places that don't take cash. Cash is legal tender. I don't want a degradation into a society where all payments are digital and can be tracked

This.

What is there was another lockdown? Cards blocked from being used over a mile from registered address?

'Quotas' for purchases of things considered not environmentally friendly, such as red meat?

Do you really want to give the government more control over you?

I always use cash. Everywhere. It is not inconvenient, nor does it take much longer. seconds. How did you used to manage!!

A lot sooner than that, probably within a decade.

You could set him up with a debit card where you just put a regular, relatively small amount onto it, so he can't spend more than his daily/weekly "allowance". So basically, exactly the same as cash in his pocket. He can't spend what's not on his card, just as he can't spend what's not in his pocket.

Yes

the thought of the Government, ultimately being able to control our cash as it's all 'in a cloud', is quite frankly, scary.

When you go to the supermarket or wherever today, take out cash and show these companies that we are not willing to lose our cash.

Yes also to the chaos when payment 'systems' go down.

And what's that reason? do tell.

It's really not. Lots of £4/5 purchases add up and if two people are both accessing the account you won't have a clue how much is left for the week.

I've never been to a petrol station that doesn't take cash.

@viques That’s just another good reason to go cashless. Nobody should be receiving tips.

Tips allow employers to keep employees on minimum wage and in poor working conditions because there’s no incentive to do otherwise.

@dutysuite If we still want the option, then we have to show them by using cash. Otherwise they will push it through.

@YellowTreeHouse You do know there is an option to enter an amount to tip on the vast majority of card machines in service-based businesses?

You can set yourself a budget for the week regardless of how you pay for it. £100 in cash is the same as £100 on your card. Monzo card etc will do the budgeting for you and tell you everytime you spend and what is left of your allocated budget. Once you've tried it you may find you like it.

The people parroting on about cash being legal tender don't seem to understand that it doesn't mean a business has to accept it they can set their prices in jelly beans if they want to. You can chose not to use that business.

I'm probably being very naive here but I don't understand the difference of being able to budget with cash or a card.

Eg get yourself a joint Starling account (it's an app) then transfer the equivalent of the amount of cash you'd normally take out from your regular account to this new Starling account once a week.

You go to buy a coffee and you your DH can see instantly who's spent what and how much is left. Or you get one each if you want more privacy. It's no different from cash and you have a record of where the money's gone. How is that different from budgeting with cash?

My vets don’t take cash, either. They used to, pre Covid .
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Nearly all banks have apps for your phone where you can view your balance and recent transactions. Some banking apps "ping" you every time the card is used, so you can keep tabs on spending and also cancel/stop the card immediately if you get a ping you know wasn't you if your card has been stolen or cloned. Some apps also allow you to set warning alerts if your balance gets low.

I have been caught out a few places lately with only cash on me. Will not be returning to them it drives me mad!

I hope someone reminds the Royal Mint of this before they get going on minting new coins and printing banknotes with Charles’ face on. Maybe we ought to wait a while and use up all the Elizabeth coins and bank notes first! When I was a kid it wasn’t unusual to find coins with a young Victoria on, over a hundred years old and still in circulation.

YANBU.
The slide towards a cashless society is a human rights issue because of the surveillance implications. I'd rather not have my every move, thought and need logged and tracked.

Yes!! To all those who support this, or never carry cash anymore - do you want to trade all of the above for a few seconds more 'convenience' (which is nonsense anyway cause when the systems go down it's far from convenient)

Our vets make you pay for the initial consultation by phone before they book you in which obviously has to be by card.

They were accepting cash in one I went into last week, but I know another is card only.