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I mean it's not like businesses can refuse to take cash as payment - it's legal tender ! (The inconvenient bit is that they are not required to give change.)
by BlueTemplar 3y ago
I mean it's not like businesses can refuse to take cash as payment - it's legal tender !
(The inconvenient bit is that they are not required to give change.)
- kayodelycaon 3y agoIt’s legal tender for debts. Not payments.
- BlueTemplar 3y agoDepends on the jurisdiction I guess ? I just checked, and around here cash is the only type of payment that cannot be refused, and if they get caught trying they would be fined 150€.
- psychlops 3y agoA debt must be incurred for them to refuse it. If one walks up to a counter to pay for something, there is no debt and a business can refuse to take the cash.
- wiml 3y agoLots of businesses in my city refuse cash transactions. There's minor controversy about how it tends to shut out marginalized people, but AFAIK it has survived legal challenges. It doesn't matter that cash is "legal tender" if the business can just refuse to enter into the transaction in the first place.
- BlueTemplar 3y agoI guess it's going to depend a lot on whether you can just plop down the money (and change) on the counter, and leave after the service has been done / with what you bought... or not (because you have to pay upfront for instance).