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Cash or Card again.

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Von

Von Report 20 Nov 2024 17:15

Our local cash machines are always getting vandalised so no chance of getting cash

out unless the post office is open :-0 :-0

Luckily all the shops take cards. :-D

Florence61

Florence61 Report 20 Nov 2024 17:00

I always have cash incase the system goes down when i'm shopping which it did one xmas eve!! Thankfully i had plenty in cash to cover as many abandoned their trolleys and left with nothing.

Trouble is, when that happens, shops don't have a plan B as we dont have cheques with guarantee cards now so the only option is to pay in cash.

I'm really not sure how we could ever be a cashless society totally. I mean i bought some raffle tickets recently for £2 and i paid cash. Was not going to use my card for such a small amount.

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 20 Nov 2024 14:49

I actually pay my chiropodist cash because it is cheaper than paying by card. (no I don't know if that is legal but it is easy as he is in town and near my bank so I can just draw the cash.)

ZZzzz

ZZzzz Report 20 Nov 2024 14:45

One shop I went into I asked if they accepted cash, they said no so I went elsewhere.

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 20 Nov 2024 13:36

Mainly card, but some things, such as donations at local charity coffee mornings, have to be cash, as there's no facility for paying any other way.

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 19 Nov 2024 09:58

Like AnnG I mainly use card but always carry a small amount of cash, just in case :-)

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 19 Nov 2024 09:02

I mainly use card but always carry cash. One large independent garden centre here only uses cards.
However I would not want to go cashless.

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 19 Nov 2024 08:57

Both. I resent having to use a card fir small sums.

ZZzzz

ZZzzz Report 18 Nov 2024 22:17

My hubby would much rather use card but for me cash is king.

Andysmum

Andysmum Report 18 Nov 2024 22:06

I use a mixture - cash for small amounts and a card for bigger sums. OH uses cash all the time. Everybody here takes cash, apart from the dentist. The minimart in the village actually has a notice on the door asking people to use cash as using a card costs the shop and puts prices up!

grannyfranny

grannyfranny Report 18 Nov 2024 21:29

I seldom use cash, I use a card, mainly contactless, for as much as possible. I use cash when I shop on the market, OH draws a little cash now and then and passes me what I need, saves me going to the bank myself.

ZZzzz

ZZzzz Report 18 Nov 2024 21:09

I prefer using cash but I think it is going out of fashion, what do you all think or use?