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Cash is better, if you want to keep costs down.
Cards - just increase prices by around 2%.
So for every £100 we spend on cards, the banks, PayPal etc get at least £2.
Cards - just increase prices by around 2%.
So for every £100 we spend on cards, the banks, PayPal etc get at least £2.
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Take note, people!!! Your 'convenience' makes the economic parasites richer.Still's Carenae wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2020 12:20 am Cash is better, if you want to keep costs down.
Cards - just increase prices by around 2%.
So for every £100 we spend on cards, the banks, PayPal etc get at least £2.
There is also another angle: as somebody who has done bucket collections for a small local charity, donations to us have reduced over recent years. Two factors account for this, IMO: fewer people carry cash but also significantly people feel that they have less money to give away.) Bucket collectors need coins rather than a swipe on your card.
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E10EU wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2020 12:49 amTake note, people!!! Your 'convenience' makes the economic parasites richer.Still's Carenae wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2020 12:20 am Cash is better, if you want to keep costs down.
Cards - just increase prices by around 2%.
So for every £100 we spend on cards, the banks, PayPal etc get at least £2.
There is also another angle: as somebody who has done bucket collections for a small local charity, donations to us have reduced over recent years. Two factors account for this, IMO: fewer people carry cash but also significantly people feel that they have less money to give away.) Bucket collectors need coins rather than a swipe on your card.
beggars are getting prepared for it already they have card machines.
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Nice to see you take a sympathetic view towards the homeless.greyhound wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2020 7:03 amE10EU wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2020 12:49 amTake note, people!!! Your 'convenience' makes the economic parasites richer.Still's Carenae wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2020 12:20 am Cash is better, if you want to keep costs down.
Cards - just increase prices by around 2%.
So for every £100 we spend on cards, the banks, PayPal etc get at least £2.
There is also another angle: as somebody who has done bucket collections for a small local charity, donations to us have reduced over recent years. Two factors account for this, IMO: fewer people carry cash but also significantly people feel that they have less money to give away.) Bucket collectors need coins rather than a swipe on your card.
beggars are getting prepared for it already they have card machines.
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It's almost impossible to use cash in Sweden and Denmark now. A lot of bank branches are now closed and those that are still open are cashless.
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reported for constant harassment by you.Disoriented wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2020 7:06 amNice to see you take a sympathetic view towards the homeless.greyhound wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2020 7:03 amE10EU wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2020 12:49 am
Take note, people!!! Your 'convenience' makes the economic parasites richer.
There is also another angle: as somebody who has done bucket collections for a small local charity, donations to us have reduced over recent years. Two factors account for this, IMO: fewer people carry cash but also significantly people feel that they have less money to give away.) Bucket collectors need coins rather than a swipe on your card.
beggars are getting prepared for it already they have card machines.
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Usually keep a few coins and a tenner on me, but mostly use a card. I find my bank card contactless chip often stops working after a few months suffering wallet fatigue and I have to revert to chip & pin until I get round to bothering ordering a replacement. Have got it loaded on the phone, too, but haven’t ever got round to trying that yet.
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I leave tawdry things like payments to the butler or servants.
Its far to tawdry a subject for me to be troubled about
Or put another way, I never have any cash ( whether £sterling or available on my cards)
Its far to tawdry a subject for me to be troubled about
Or put another way, I never have any cash ( whether £sterling or available on my cards)
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I have a pay as you go card as well.When I was going away on my exotic trips I always believed in carrying more than one card.
I save money on it and yes I know it costs money to use...especially when abroad.
I would rarely use my card at a cashpoint I don't know even local to me but more when I am at work and rarely use it in shops unless I can be sure it's ok.
I save money on it and yes I know it costs money to use...especially when abroad.
I would rarely use my card at a cashpoint I don't know even local to me but more when I am at work and rarely use it in shops unless I can be sure it's ok.
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The "big picture" issue around this is about exclusion of sections of society, normally the poorest. Banks are very reluctant to let people who either are on benefits or earn via the cash economy set up bank accounts, yet society moves on regardless. Banks branches are closing daily due to advances in technology, yet replacement cashpoints predominantly charge you to get your own money. I hate capitalism!greyhound wrote: ↑Wed Feb 19, 2020 5:13 pm https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/uk-ca ... 21647.html
quite an interesting topic.
this country could be cash less within 15years.
personally I only use cash never use a card even though I have one.
my wife uses her card all the time and very rarely uses cash.
To answer the basic question, I hardly ever pay cash and don't have a penny on me at the moment.
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Cash is king and always will be, can you imagine the cuffle when your wife checks your payment record on your card and spots the Sauna payment. It would fair ruin your weekend
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One day, a real rain will come... in fact, I think it's already here.Max B Gold wrote: ↑Wed Feb 19, 2020 10:01 pmFor that to happen I would need to have succumbed to consumer pressure and have purchased a machine in the first place.
Here is a man who would not take it anymore. A man who stood up against the scum, the c**ts, the dogs, the filth, the s**t. Here is a man who stood up. I'm not letting those fuks rule my life
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Good spot.OyinbO wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2020 1:24 pmOne day, a real rain will come... in fact, I think it's already here.Max B Gold wrote: ↑Wed Feb 19, 2020 10:01 pmFor that to happen I would need to have succumbed to consumer pressure and have purchased a machine in the first place.
Here is a man who would not take it anymore. A man who stood up against the scum, the c**ts, the dogs, the filth, the s**t. Here is a man who stood up. I'm not letting those fuks rule my life
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Cheers Whippet. Time to mitigate your hatred to all who are to the left of Genghis Khan.greyhound wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2020 8:43 amreported for constant harassment by you.Disoriented wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2020 7:06 amNice to see you take a sympathetic view towards the homeless.
The revolution is coming. Can we rely on your support?
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Must admit I think the Tory Party is too far to the left wing for me.Disoriented wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2020 12:58 amCheers Whippet. Time to mitigate your hatred to all who are to the left of Genghis Khan.greyhound wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2020 8:43 amreported for constant harassment by you.Disoriented wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2020 7:06 am
Nice to see you take a sympathetic view towards the homeless.
The revolution is coming. Can we rely on your support?
Genghis Khan now that's a guy who could win an argument, My political leaning is so far to the right of Genghis that almost coming out on the other horizon
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I am very surprised to hear that.point nine one eight wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2020 3:02 amMust admit I think the Tory Party is too far to the left wing for me.Disoriented wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2020 12:58 amCheers Whippet. Time to mitigate your hatred to all who are to the left of Genghis Khan.
The revolution is coming. Can we rely on your support?
Genghis Khan now that's a guy who could win an argument, My political leaning is so far to the right of Genghis that almost coming out on the other horizon
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We all amaze our selves at times, life's full of surprises.Disoriented wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2020 5:40 amI am very surprised to hear that.point nine one eight wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2020 3:02 amMust admit I think the Tory Party is too far to the left wing for me.Disoriented wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2020 12:58 am
Cheers Whippet. Time to mitigate your hatred to all who are to the left of Genghis Khan.
The revolution is coming. Can we rely on your support?
Genghis Khan now that's a guy who could win an argument, My political leaning is so far to the right of Genghis that almost coming out on the other horizon
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Disoriented wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2020 12:58 amCheers Whippet. Time to mitigate your hatred to all who are to the left of Genghis Khan.greyhound wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2020 8:43 amreported for constant harassment by you.Disoriented wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2020 7:06 am
Nice to see you take a sympathetic view towards the homeless.
The revolution is coming. Can we rely on your support?
you just don't get it the revolution is already here embrace it. viva la brexit revolution

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That is a revolution as in going around in circles and like most revs on vinyl will get stuck. Frequently.greyhound wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2020 6:54 pmyou just don't get it the revolution is already here embrace it. viva la brexit revolutionDisoriented wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2020 12:58 amCheers Whippet. Time to mitigate your hatred to all who are to the left of Genghis Khan.
The revolution is coming. Can we rely on your support?![]()