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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Do you like to use and feel the coins and notes instead of the card? I do as more and more we have to pay by card these days, will we have to pay everything by card soon you reckon? In sweden almost everything is by card even to get a coffee. |
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I use my card all the time, very rare to get cash. I feel I have better control that way because I can see where my money has gone etc, especially now I have a Monzo account that helps me control and categorises. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I do the same as the poster above and take out cash from my house keeping and pay bills online or direct debit.
I think having a cashless Society is probably what is going to happen.
However it's when things go wrong like a few months ago when visa went down for a few hours. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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never had or wanted a card in my life.Brought up in Yorkshire..if the' cant afford it-save up. Never been in debt or overdrawn either.Recently in Aldis bloke tried to buy 1 Banana on a card
unbelievable ..see'thee |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Electronic payment can be great (eg, ordering drinks via app, at Wetherspoons) - but cashless can also be a pain in the arse...
Took a friend to hospital, yesterday morning. We were running late and due to the timing of her 2 appointments, needed to pay for several hours parking.
Got there and found the payment machines had recently been changed to 'phone payment only' (need to download an app!).
I always keep a supply of parking change in my glovebox, so I'm never short - but being confronted by 'cashless-only' when you least need/expect it, can be bloody inconvenient. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I honestly believe give it a few more decades, when you sign up for a bank they’ll take your finger prints and you’ll just pay with that. We’re already halfway there with Apple Pay/Android pay
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Electronic payment can be great (eg, ordering drinks via app, at Wetherspoons) - but cashless can also be a pain in the arse...
Took a friend to hospital, yesterday morning. We were running late and due to the timing of her 2 appointments, needed to pay for several hours parking.
Got there and found the payment machines had recently been changed to 'phone payment only' (need to download an app!).
I always keep a supply of parking change in my glovebox, so I'm never short - but being confronted by 'cashless-only' when you least need/expect it, can be bloody inconvenient."
That’s astonishing!
The amount of elderly people who need to visit hospital, many of whom have no idea what an app is never mind having a smart phone to download it onto.
Sorry for the generalisation, I know there are lots of silver surfers and tech savvy older people out there too.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Electronic payment can be great (eg, ordering drinks via app, at Wetherspoons) - but cashless can also be a pain in the arse...
Took a friend to hospital, yesterday morning. We were running late and due to the timing of her 2 appointments, needed to pay for several hours parking.
Got there and found the payment machines had recently been changed to 'phone payment only' (need to download an app!).
I always keep a supply of parking change in my glovebox, so I'm never short - but being confronted by 'cashless-only' when you least need/expect it, can be bloody inconvenient.
That’s astonishing!
The amount of elderly people who need to visit hospital, many of whom have no idea what an app is never mind having a smart phone to download it onto.
Sorry for the generalisation, I know there are lots of silver surfers and tech savvy older people out there too.
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Its true though. We are still at the phasing stage. The older generation is still adapting or unable to learn. Everything should be "both" for a good few more years and then phase it out. |
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If governments and banks had their way this would be put into place asap !! Luckily it wont as too many people are against it and like cash . It's just another way of big banks and governments to track every fucking second of our lives  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I get paid in cash and i like to spend cash. I pay some of it into my account to cover direct debits and the odd bit of online shopping but that's it. I can't see us becoming completely cashless any time in the near future, at least i certainly hope not. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I mainly use cash for my weekly living, I put so much in the bank each month to cover bills and direct debits. But I can keep better track of what I’ve got if it’s cash x |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I work in the atm industry and they had a meeting the other week and worked it out that we will not been needed in 30 years time to fill cash machines. Over the last couple of years machines have been disappearing. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I work in the atm industry and they had a meeting the other week and worked it out that we will not been needed in 30 years time to fill cash machines. Over the last couple of years machines have been disappearing. "
It would be useful if you could deposit cash into an atm. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I work in the atm industry and they had a meeting the other week and worked it out that we will not been needed in 30 years time to fill cash machines. Over the last couple of years machines have been disappearing.
It would be useful if you could deposit cash into an atm."
Some of the ones in banks you can but not a great amount. |
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rarely use cash i like to keep a £20 in my purse incase i need it but it rarely gets touched. I noticed when i was in a vodophone shop they had big signs up saying they where cashless. Oh yes before christmas i had to have the emergency vet out to put my cat to sleep so quite a big bill. Id drawn quite a bit of money out as i was putting elsewhere when i went to pay my bill she set all the machine up for me to pay and i asked if they took cash and she was shocked and said yes and that noone ever pays by cash |
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"I work in the atm industry and they had a meeting the other week and worked it out that we will not been needed in 30 years time to fill cash machines. Over the last couple of years machines have been disappearing.
It would be useful if you could deposit cash into an atm."
they do in santander you can deposit cash and cheques ive never used it mind |
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when contactless first came out i moaned like fuck about it and said id never use it now id be lost. It confuses me now when my bill comes to over £30 and i have to insert my card and type the numbers in  |
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"when contactless first came out i moaned like fuck about it and said id never use it now id be lost. It confuses me now when my bill comes to over £30 and i have to insert my card and type the numbers in "
They are convenient for the owner of the card but also for theives as well! |
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Only really use cash unless online shopping. It’s so much easier to keep track of spending that way!
I work in a shop and people that use contactless often tell me it’s so easy to not even think about what they’re spending that way... but they carry on, lol. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Do you like to use and feel the coins and notes instead of the card? I do as more and more we have to pay by card these days, will we have to pay everything by card soon you reckon? In sweden almost everything is by card even to get a coffee."
That's so you don't realise they are charging vyou 8 quid for a coffee. Bloody Vikings!  |
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By *pmsldCouple
over a year ago
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I have avoided cash for years, only really withdraw cash if the place we are going is cash only, but thats not to common these days, othertimes i have just gone elsewhere lol. We both work retail and cards are king not cash, on average alot faster payment, minimal human error, safer, whats not to like.
The industry just needs to keep investing in cyber security but ill take cyber thieves over armed robbery any day. Atleast they are more likly to get caught leaving an electronic trail than they are stealing cash. |
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By *im himCouple (MM)
over a year ago
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"If governments and banks had their way this would be put into place asap !! Luckily it wont as too many people are against it and like cash . It's just another way of big banks and governments to track every fucking second of our lives "
Got it in one , never take a card out with me always cash . The less the state and banks know the better |
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Ever since the economic downturn of 2008 when those banks closed and people lost savings many people in the UK don't trust banks. In 2012 stats showed that Brits had £5.6 Billion cash at home excluding money in wallets and handbags. My whole family are a mix of card and cash but cash is king for the most part. We give too much of ourselves away and if we get rid of cash and only use cards that means the government will have full track on all our data and spending. We've only just printed new longer lasting notes with new £20 and £50 notes on the way in 2020, so i doubt cash is going anywhere anytime soon.  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Do you like to use and feel the coins and notes instead of the card? I do as more and more we have to pay by card these days, will we have to pay everything by card soon you reckon? In sweden almost everything is by card even to get a coffee.
That's so you don't realise they are charging vyou 8 quid for a coffee. Bloody Vikings! "
That is right, it is expensive. |
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By *pmsldCouple
over a year ago
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Just out of curiosity why are people worried about being "tracked"? What do you think the data is used for? Most major companies have been keeping data on people through loyalty cards for years. If your that against cards im guessing you never buy anything online either as you hand over far more usable data online than in a shop. |
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