Members Handstitched Posted August 9, 2020 Members Report Posted August 9, 2020 To go fully ' cashless' would disadvantage so many people, the elderly for example. Some don't even have a cash or credit card , and still use the ' ways of old' . The ' tap & go' or ' paywave' devices cost the user extra to use, here in Oz anyway. The ol' car boot sales and swat meets , markets etc. would be affected, as most of the transactions are cash . For my business, I use ' Square' payment system , eftpos, c/card , heaps cheaper than banks, but I still get quite a lot of cash transactions too. About 90% of my business just at the weekend was cash ** go figure? ** Western Australia has the lowest covid numbers anywhere in Australia , and almost no restrictions. HS Quote ' I have a very gweat friend in Wome called Biggus Dickus, He has a wife you know, do you know whats she's called? Incontinentia.......Incontinentia Buttocks '
Contributing Member fredk Posted August 9, 2020 Contributing Member Report Posted August 9, 2020 5 hours ago, chrisash said: In the UK it now seems cash is like offering corvid-19 to the seller, so most sales are by credit/ debit card, easier for most transactions but vast profits for Barclaycard, visa and the rest with their share of every transaction, I'm with Nationwide Building Society. According to them it costs them 2% of the price of whatever I buy using my Nw debit card. Same as when I draw cash out of any hole-in-the wall except their own machines. Their savings interest is pathetic but Nw doesn't charge me for me to use my money. Just after Ikea in Belfast re-opened I went in to get an item. Then I stopped at their bistro counter for a hotdog. I totally forgot that Ikea said it was totally cash-less. I placed a £1 coin on the side of the till for the hotdog. The lady serving on it, literally jumped back about 3 feet and screamed, at almost the top of her voice 'No!, no money!, card only! card only! take it away now or I call security!' I took the coin back and as soon as I stepped back the lady sprayed the whole till unit and the surrounding counter with disinfectant, She was not a local person. Contrast with a local person in a shop t'other day. I paid with a £10 note. As we chatted slightly without demur she dropped the note onto a porcelain dish on the counter and sprayed disinfectant on it. No fuss, no screaming. I think it was early last year the banks approached the UK Government suggesting that all coins under 50p, ie 1p, 2p. 5p, 10p & 20p coins should be done away with. After about 3 weeks the Gov said no, too many people rely on cash. And the Royal Mint then put out more of each coin. No.1 son only accepts cash on pick up or bank transfer in payment for car parts or servicing. There are a great number of businesses here like that Quote Al speling misteaks aer all mi own werk..
Members Retswerb Posted August 9, 2020 Members Report Posted August 9, 2020 On 8/8/2020 at 6:09 AM, fredk said: Allegedly there are more forged £20 notes in UK circulation than there are real ones. And the same for 10p and £1 coins. I can see forging a £20, if that’s your scam of choice. But a 10p coin? How is that possibly worth the effort? Quote
Contributing Member fredk Posted August 9, 2020 Contributing Member Report Posted August 9, 2020 Beats me. But I'd say its a matter of being caught. The authorities will chase a note forger quicker than a small coin forger. A forger can get a lot of coins into circulation quicker than large denom notes Here's one for the UK readers. Did you hear about the Belfast coin forger? He was making 10p coins. He was cutting the corners off the 50ps Quote Al speling misteaks aer all mi own werk..
Members jcuk Posted August 9, 2020 Members Report Posted August 9, 2020 13 minutes ago, fredk said: Beats me. But I'd say its a matter of being caught. The authorities will chase a note forger quicker than a small coin forger. A forger can get a lot of coins into circulation quicker than large denom notes Here's one for the UK readers. Did you hear about the Belfast coin forger? He was making 10p coins. He was cutting the corners off the 50ps Again a bit off topic yes the expression cut the corners off s 50 pence piece but nowadays people are trying to cut the corners off a 10 pence piece, cutting corners where there are no corners to cut shoddy working practices at times just to get the job done as fast as they can with no care or attention. JCUK Quote
Members Handstitched Posted August 10, 2020 Members Report Posted August 10, 2020 People have in the past tried to copy notes, but that was years ago, technology has changed quite a bit since . But we've never had coin forgers . They got rid of 1 & 2 cent copper coins in ' 92 . There have been calls to get rid of the 5 cent coin, but people still use them . However, cans of beer is often used as a currency here HS Quote ' I have a very gweat friend in Wome called Biggus Dickus, He has a wife you know, do you know whats she's called? Incontinentia.......Incontinentia Buttocks '
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