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Done it in WHSmiths, when “ instructed” to use the thing, done it in a supermarket when buying a simple meal deal. Er NO! Wife is exactly of the same opinion. If it saves on staffing costs which is the number one reason for their use, I don’t see my food bill do nothing but climb weekly. They can Foxtrot Oscar!

 

I've seen plenty of smaller shops that do Storck.

I'm happy to pay contactless for bigger purchases but in smaller shops I always try to pay by cash to help them avoid bank charges. Probably doesn't make a huge difference though.

 

and my mum made we work really hard at school so I didn't have to scan my own shopping

 

My wife is continually finding money in a handbag she hasn’t used in ages. Never believes me when I say I gave it to her for safe keeping when I was pissed though.

 

Enjoy sleeping on the sofa mate.

 

Have they not considered youngsters who do not possess cards?. Kids who spend their pocket money with their mates buying pop and crisps.

Not just these kiosks, but we should all have the option to use cash or cards for any transaction at any shop in the world.

 

Errrr......I wouldn't know

 

Really need to shop around

 

That is the processing fee per transaction, They also charge a bank interchange fee of between 1 and 3 % of the amount spent to the merchant dependent on monthly turnover

 

Can you get a Moss alarm for a Raleigh Chopper

 

Thanks Mike, we aren’t silly, of course, but if a pub or restaurant which we specifically go to for a meal, as opposed to just get lathered, then a reasonable tip is always given as long as the staff member who made it a nice experience, gets the reward in the form of a tip. Anywhere between a couple of quid and a fiver.

This notion of an obese beer swilling landlord sat of the end of the bar in a drunken fog, on a tall buffet, is just a smokescreen . It’s not inner City boozing like it used to be up Ivegate in the 60’s-80’s anymore!

This doesn’t mean I decry anyone who doesn’t leave a tip…..it’s a personal thing.

 

Well said.

I jacked my job in as soon as they insisted on paying my wages into a bank account. That's my money - it should be going straight into my hand.

 

And that is the point I was making. It is cheaper for companies to take card rather than handle cash no matter what the cost of accepting cards which has massively reduced over the past decade.

Tesco are trialling stopping cash back as it was costing them to get the cash in to give out. The original reason behind cash back was it was cheaper to give it back to customers, and pay the card charges, than bank it

 

Not all heroes wear capes.

 

My business bank charge more to pay in cash than a cheque.

 

Need one. Choppers can go for up to £5k in original mint condition, should have kept mine (& the 1973 Soft top Spitfire I had) and cashed in on it years later.

 

As my mate Bob Dylan said Stork "The Times They Are a-Changin"

 

I ran Boots Pharmacy for a couple of years

 

I travel around the country a lot and Nationwide like to block random transactions for suspected fraud (I've rung them multiple times about this). It's lead to me not being able to get food/travel and accomodation unexpectedly, all because they can track every transaction I make and they think they know what's going on but they don't. Not trying to hide anything but I also value my civil liberties, why are you so trusting of multinational corporations with your personal information?

 

I have also worked all over UK and abroad, the taxman has had his fair share, and I have been self-employed nearly all of my working life, and us self-employed do pay our taxes