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>...pay in cash whenever possible... This isn't as easy in some places. For example, in Sweden, we have our own mobile pay system called Swish[1]. Since most p

>...pay in cash whenever possible... This isn't as easy in some places. For example, in Sweden, we have our own mobile pay system called Swish[1]. Since most people enjoy the convenience of mobile pay and businesses are adverse to getting robbed, just because they have cash, there are many shops that are now 'kontantfritt' (cash free). Using this example, paying in cash whenever possible may not be as practical in some locales as it is in others; so, instead, it should be that the underlying problem is adressed, rather than always looking for alternatives. Eventually, you're going to run out of alternatives - unless you start making your own but, then, your problem is getting others to adopt it. [1] - https://www.getswish.se/frontpage/ https://www.getswish.se/frontpage/

kwhitefoot 8y ago
Interesting, that's not allowed here, in Norway. See http://advokatwulff.no/tvungent-betalingsmiddel/ http://advokatwulff.no/tvungent-betalingsmiddel/, https://lovdata.no/dokument/NL/lov/1985-05-24-28/KAPITTEL_3#KAPITTEL_3 https://lovdata.no/dokument/NL/lov/1985-05-24-28/KAPITTEL_3#....
Yetanfou 8y ago
I live in Sweden and do not use - nor even have - Swish. The only occasions where this has been 'inconvenient' thus far was at markets and fairs where they only took Swish payments. In nearly all cases simply stating that I do not have Swish has been sufficient for them to accept cash payments. Those few cases which did not want to accept such did not get my business - the way things are supposed to work in a free market. Now if the state of Sweden abolishes cash - there is this talk of moving to the 'e-Krona' (the Swedish currency is called krona (crown)) - this will become more problematic. One way out is to pay with Euros, Danish or Norwegian crowns or any other well-known and respected currency. Just going with the game is not an option I'm going to consider.

kwhitefoot 8y ago

Interesting, that's not allowed here, in Norway. See http://advokatwulff.no/tvungent-betalingsmiddel/ http://advokatwulff.no/tvungent-betalingsmiddel/, https://lovdata.no/dokument/NL/lov/1985-05-24-28/KAPITTEL_3#KAPITTEL_3 https://lovdata.no/dokument/NL/lov/1985-05-24-28/KAPITTEL_3#....

Yetanfou 8y ago

I live in Sweden and do not use - nor even have - Swish. The only occasions where this has been 'inconvenient' thus far was at markets and fairs where they only took Swish payments. In nearly all cases simply stating that I do not have Swish has been sufficient for them to accept cash payments. Those few cases which did not want to accept such did not get my business - the way things are supposed to work in a free market. Now if the state of Sweden abolishes cash - there is this talk of moving to the 'e-Krona' (the Swedish currency is called krona (crown)) - this will become more problematic. One way out is to pay with Euros, Danish or Norwegian crowns or any other well-known and respected currency. Just going with the game is not an option I'm going to consider.