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You…don’t? I’m not sure I understand what you mean.
by IAmGraydon 2y ago
You…don’t? I’m not sure I understand what you mean.
- Filligree 2y agoIn a number of countries there are a lot of shops that don't accept cash. Norway, for example, though there's a law slated for implementation soon that will force them to.
- manuelmoreale 2y agoSuch as? Not debating if you’re right or not, just want to search if it’s actually legal there or if it’s just something that’s happening at a cultural level.
- echoangle 2y agoAt least in Germany, it’s legal to deny cash payment if you make it clear before the transaction. If you post signs at the entrance which can’t be missed, you can exclusively accept card payment. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen that in practice though.
- rbanffy 2y agoThe norm in Germany has been to pay cash since I remember, and their acceptance of cards was always low. Did that change recently?
- echoangle 2y agoNo, cash is still very common and smaller stores still often don’t accept cards. I was just saying that it would be legal to only accept cards if you wanted to.
- manuelmoreale 2y agoInteresting. So in Italy you can’t refuse cash unless there are very specific conditions. Putting up a sign that says no cash ain’t gonna cut it. Plus here the opposite is often true: not being able to pay with card because the reader is “broken” so that you’re forced to use cash, they don’t have to pay the transaction fee and more often than not they can also don’t make you a receipt.
- Filligree 2y agoI would assume it's legal, considering they're about to make it illegal.
- ghaff 2y agoIf a retailer can't process transactions (e.g. look up prices) being able to give them a piece of paper isn't necessarily better than trying to process a credit card. ADDED: And yes. Sometimes places are simply not setup to be able to take cash.
- olyjohn 2y agoWhat retail store doesn't have price tags on their items?
- ghaff 2y agoMost, in large stores/chains. I'm not sure any of the large US stores I shop in have a price tag on the item any longer.
- lostlogin 2y ago> I'm not sure any of the large US stores I shop in have a price tag on the item any longer. But it’s in the shelf surely? Probably on an e-ink display.
- ghaff 2y agoBut what good does that do at the checkout if computer systems are down? And no supermarket I frequent has eink displays on the aisles.
- card_zero 2y agoBesides which the central shelf label server is probably also down.
- kccqzy 2y agoAnd do you expect the cashier to walk to the shelf for every single item in order to look up prices?
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- manuelmoreale 2y agoUnless he means online transactions I’m also quite lost. Never seen a place that ONLY accepts cards in my life. I don’t think it’s even legal here.
- brookst 2y agoSeattle here. Many restaurants have signs saying cards only, no cash accepted. I suspect if you ate a $100 meal and only had cash they would find a way to accept it, but they at least purport to have that policy.
- noduerme 2y agoOregon requires businesses to accept cash. (With some exceptions like automated parking structures). It's shocking to me that Washington doesn't. I remember going to that creepy amazon pick your own and walk out store in Seattle and thinking wow, guess that's one way to keep the homeless out. A few bars in Portland are still cash only!
- ghaff 2y agoEven in Massachusetts which (theoretically) requires restaurants to accept cash, parking garages are often cash only and, of course, highway tolls require a ton of hoops if you're not just auto-billing by card. Funnily enough, I was on a Whale Watch the other day in MA which was cash only. Didn't buy anything but it was presumably because they were out of cell coverage.
- ghaff 2y agoParking garages = card only.
- ghaff 2y agoI have absolutely seen it. We could start with planes which is of course an edge case. But it's the case elsewhere as well. And even where illegal, it happens.
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