Cashless businesses banned in NYC

[bear66]

Interesting move to protect those without bank accounts etc.
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[The_Lizards_Jumpers]

Similarly Amazon Go is currently under review in San Francisco for this very reason, that it discriminates against certain groups who don't have access to bank accounts.

Cashless

 

[Corcaigh_the_Cat]

Good stuff.

 

[NYboro]

Good - I find nothing more irritating than someone handing a card over for a $10 purchase.

 

[Redwurzel]

I have seen people use cashless for purchases of a £1

Can people pay 1p, by cashless?

Everything we buy and where we go will be monitored very soon.

 

[Cardiffdaffs]

Good - I find nothing more irritating than someone handing a card over for a $10 purchase.

As a matter of interest what irritates you about card payment? Paying by contactless is quicker than handing over a note and waiting for change.

 

[dooderooni]

It's like the whole Spurs stadium discussion again.

 

[NYboro]

As a matter of interest what irritates you about card payment? Paying by contactless is quicker than handing over a note and waiting for change.

If it was contactless I wouldn't care - this is the USA; they're mostly still swipe, not even chip.

 

[ThatFragranceGuy]

I have seen people use cashless for purchases of a £1

Can people pay 1p, by cashless?

Everything we buy and where we go will be monitored very soon.

Soon?

 

[Jonny Ingbar]

I pay for everything with my card, I tend to very rarely carry any cash in me - its easy and quick, not sure what the problem with it is?

 

[Corcaigh_the_Cat]

It isn't a problem if you have access to a card, not everybody has.

 

[syon]

No problem for me use card for most things.

 

[Corcaigh_the_Cat]

You're alright Jack (y)

 

[WoodallServices]

Good! New York especially, you wait in the queue for your food then they tell you card only.:mad:

 

[Zoophonic]

US so far behind when it comes to electronic movement of money. Times when use of cash is more irritating than card

1. Behind the "woman with the purse delving for change" in a supermarket check out queue
2. Behind the bloke with the deep pockets searching and then plugging in 20 small coins into a car park paypoint
3. Person paying for a packet of biscuits with a twenty pound note and the shopkeeper having to go to the back room for more rolls of change

 

[Corcaigh_the_Cat]

The problem with the time it takes is due to a lack of trust. It was quicker to be served before plastic came along.

 

[Cardiffdaffs]

The problem with the time it takes is due to a lack of trust. It was quicker to be served before plastic came along.

Before tills became home computers and you used to have a draw for the takings? To add to Zoo’s irritating things about cash the bar serving staff member who can’t use the till properly and has to get the supervisor to come and help out while they try and find which button to press. Simple touch your card here mate and be on your way. Much better.

 

[Zoophonic]

I see Philadelphia has also banned cashless businesses.

Well could it happen over here? A report says 25% of New Yorkers are unbanked. That’s some proportion. I guess an option would be to use preloaded cards more. Cash for businesses is more expensive to handle and therefore naturally want to encourage elimination of cash payment.

 

[SmallTown]

I really hope it doesn't happen over here. I'd rather look to the future than stay in an archaic and slower past. I almost never use cash these days, to such an extent that if I have to I never have any on me. Cashless is just far more convenient, from carrying no shrapnel, to the security of not having to have a load of easily muggable, untraceable notes on you, to the sheer speed you can pay. I hope we follow a Swedish model to head towards a cashless society

 

[brattleboro]

cash is best.its not like its difficult to pay with cash is it.