Anyone else noticed

[Thingybob]

Has anyone else noticed a lot of the shops in are now showing signs saying cash only any reason why, It wasnt long ago card only during pandemic .

 

[Spectric]

Cannot say I have noticed because most of the shops round here are no more, plenty of charity shops, junk food and betting firms but little else. Perhaps they are looking at " cash in hand" or the card companies are taking to much per transaction.

 

[SamG340]

I'd guess so they don't have to pay tax

 

[Geoff_S]

Has anyone else noticed a lot of the shops in are now showing signs saying cash only any reason why, It wasnt long ago card only during pandemic .

What location are you?

 

[Sandyn]

Shops sometimes have to pay a fee for using card payment, they must be struggling, so cutting costs everywhere

 

[paulrbarnard]

Our local shop has a minimum spend to use a card. The issue is the transaction fee from the card provider.

 

[thetyreman]

my local pub has gone the opposite way, no longer allows cash, card payments only.

 

[Spectric]

my local pub has gone the opposite way, no longer allows cash, card payments only.

That could be to prevent robbery or burglary, no cash on premises and money straight into the account minus charges.

 

[Geoff_S]

my local pub has gone the opposite way, no longer allows cash, card payments only.

Enough cash in my pocket to spend an evening in a pub?

Too risky!

 

[Thingybob]

What location are you?

Devon

 

[Thingybob]

Our local shop has a minimum spend to use a card. The issue is the transaction fee from the card provider.

I thought the government put a stop to that practice, No minimum spend during lockdowns only too glad to get some revenue

 

[mikej460]

Businesses are charged a fee to deposit cash these days so I don't see how it makes any difference unless the cash deposit fees are significantly less than card fees.

 

[Geoff_S]

Devon

SW London here, nothing unusual

 

[Thingybob]

Only been here 8 weeks but the signs are new and they wernt cash only before Christmas seems to have happened in the last week or so , Just wondered if it was world events ,cost of inflation etc

 

[SamG340]

I thought the government put a stop to that practice, No minimum spend during lockdowns only too glad to get some revenue

That's what I thought too, I googled it recently.. apparently a business is totally free to choose what payment they accept, all cash, card only, card above a certain limit. It's completely up to them

 

[mg123]

If its a one off, it could be because the service went down in the area. We've had it locally before where a number of shops all lost their access to card payments at the same time.

 

[LittleEars]

My local chip shop were complaining they got charged 30p for a card transaction the other day.

 

[Jonm]

Has anyone else noticed a lot of the shops in are now showing signs saying cash only any reason why, It wasnt long ago card only during pandemic .

You could try asking them

 

[whatknot]

I am in Cornwall and have not seen any shops asking for cash only

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Likewise, but the local Chinese takes only cash.