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> My supermarket, for example, only has electronic cash registers. That's insane to me, in the EU anyway it's not permitted to only accept electronic payments.
by bilekas 2y ago
> My supermarket, for example, only has electronic cash registers.
That's insane to me, in the EU anyway it's not permitted to only accept electronic payments..
> Retailers cannot refuse cash payments unless both parties have agreed to use a different means of payment. Displaying a label or posters indicating that the retailer refuses payments in cash, or payments made in certain banknote denominations, is not enough.
- bbddg 2y agoThey have to accept cash in the US as well. The post you're replying to is just saying that they can't ring anything up or accept any payment without power.
- bilekas 2y agoAh okay, that wasn't clear to me, I imagined only being able to use electronic payment types. But in this case, an emergency, I would assume someone would still know how to take a manual payment receipt!
- kube-system 2y ago> They have to accept cash in the US as well. Only in a handful of cities and states. There is no federal law requiring businesses to accept cash for goods and services.
- daveoc64 2y ago>That's insane to me, in the EU anyway it's not permitted to only accept electronic payments.. That's not the case. There are individual laws in each country that govern this. https://fullfact.org/online/UK-not-only-europe-country-legal-to-refuse-cash/ https://fullfact.org/online/UK-not-only-europe-country-legal...
- bilekas 2y agoI guess I was taking the recommendation as a regulation, my mistake. Either way, there should be no reason grocery stores don't accept cash imo. https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/cash_strategy/faqs/html/index.en.html#:~:text=Retailers%20cannot%20refuse%20cash%20payments,a%20different%20means%20of%20payment. https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/cash_strategy/faqs/html/index...
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