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Not just US. Take for example Germany, the largest country in EU and most places are cash-only. Although due to coronavirus adoption of different payment method

Not just US. Take for example Germany, the largest country in EU and most places are cash-only. Although due to coronavirus adoption of different payment methods (apple pay, contactless, card, etc) has been increasing.

akg_67 5y ago
What is wrong with cash? It is one of the most fail proof form of payment. Stripe fail, chip fail, NFC fail, internet connection fail, phone line fail. But cash work almost all the time. In last year, I have bailed out quite a few people stuck in the checkout lines because whatever hi tech form of payment, they were using, didn’t work and had no cash.
- Broken_Hippo 5y ago
  I live in Norway, and cannot remember the last time my card wouldn't work - period. Not just with the reasons stated. When I lived in the states and worked retail, your cash wouldn't be accepted at a lot of stores if the power was out (or if internet/phone lines caused the registers to fail). To complicate things, I worked in a pharmacy, so accepting cash for the medicine without it going through the system might have actually been illegal.
- bserge 5y ago
  Notes get wet, rip, and fall out of pockets. Everything fails.
- kalleboo 5y ago
  You have to remember to get it out of the ATM. I ran out of cash like a week or two ago and have been too lazy or forgetful to stop by an ATM to get it. Not to mention to use an ATM you need a card already to begin with, might as well just pay with that card directly?
ginko 5y ago
That's different though. It's one thing to only support ancient tech for cashless payment and another to stay cash-only. I wouldn't call that backwards. It's just a choice.
detaro 5y ago
I'd actually be curious about the numbers/actual ratio. I can't think of a single chain of stores that takes cash only, which will make up a huge percentage. On the other hand, restaurants, food stalls, ... are hit and miss.
- VonGallifrey 5y ago
  I can't remember the last time I went to a restaurant or bar that didn't have Card payment and NFC options here in Germany. Food stalls I agree are more hit or miss.
herbst 5y ago
In Switzerland we have both. You can pay cash nearly everywhere, or contact less, or using our own transaction system 'twint' usually over the phone linked to any bank account (or even prepaid kinda like PayPal)
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EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 5y ago
They just have a bit more experience with the government that has too much control over individuals. If cash is gone, govt has complete 100% control.

akg_67 5y ago

What is wrong with cash? It is one of the most fail proof form of payment. Stripe fail, chip fail, NFC fail, internet connection fail, phone line fail. But cash work almost all the time. In last year, I have bailed out quite a few people stuck in the checkout lines because whatever hi tech form of payment, they were using, didn’t work and had no cash.

Broken_Hippo 5y ago
I live in Norway, and cannot remember the last time my card wouldn't work - period. Not just with the reasons stated. When I lived in the states and worked retail, your cash wouldn't be accepted at a lot of stores if the power was out (or if internet/phone lines caused the registers to fail). To complicate things, I worked in a pharmacy, so accepting cash for the medicine without it going through the system might have actually been illegal.
bserge 5y ago
Notes get wet, rip, and fall out of pockets. Everything fails.
kalleboo 5y ago
You have to remember to get it out of the ATM. I ran out of cash like a week or two ago and have been too lazy or forgetful to stop by an ATM to get it. Not to mention to use an ATM you need a card already to begin with, might as well just pay with that card directly?

ginko 5y ago

That's different though. It's one thing to only support ancient tech for cashless payment and another to stay cash-only. I wouldn't call that backwards. It's just a choice.

detaro 5y ago

I'd actually be curious about the numbers/actual ratio. I can't think of a single chain of stores that takes cash only, which will make up a huge percentage. On the other hand, restaurants, food stalls, ... are hit and miss.

VonGallifrey 5y ago
I can't remember the last time I went to a restaurant or bar that didn't have Card payment and NFC options here in Germany. Food stalls I agree are more hit or miss.

herbst 5y ago

In Switzerland we have both. You can pay cash nearly everywhere, or contact less, or using our own transaction system 'twint' usually over the phone linked to any bank account (or even prepaid kinda like PayPal)

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EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 5y ago

They just have a bit more experience with the government that has too much control over individuals. If cash is gone, govt has complete 100% control.