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12 minutes ago, geosname said:

I know I can still request a cheque book from my bank....... does anyone use cheques?

Mother in law does Geo. She has cards but does not do internet . Interesting what someone else said earlier about lack of cash points in Burslem, Lloyds closed their branch which was the last bank or building society in town. As a very elderly person it was her local branch , close enough for her to use independently. Modern technology badly effects that older generation  who never grasped the internet.

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3 hours ago, melv said:

All well and good but its easy for cards to be scammed.

 

Ever tried paying for something with a £50 note? I did the other day, at the barber's where I'd just had a haircut. The lad who cut my hair looked suspiciously at it, then asked his boss 'are we accepting these?' She said yes, but only because she knows me and 'I know where to find you if it's fake'.

Cash is no remedy to fraud, in fact quite the opposite. They estimated at least a third of the old style £1 coins were forgeries.

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9 minutes ago, Heatwave said:

Ever tried paying for something with a £50 note? I did the other day, at the barber's where I'd just had a haircut. The lad who cut my hair looked suspiciously at it, then asked his boss 'are we accepting these?' She said yes, but only because she knows me and 'I know where to find you if it's fake'.

Cash is no remedy to fraud, in fact quite the opposite. They estimated at least a third of the old style £1 coins were forgeries.

I dont get £50 notes,cant remember how long ago it was since I last saw one or used one.Dont even get them when I use the cash point to get money out.Cashpoint normally pays out in £10s or £20s.But its well known that these 'contactless cards' can easily be used by someone else stood near by you in a queue.Keeping the card in a RFID wallet can help.My card can be used contactless but Ive not registered it to do so.

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24 minutes ago, Heatwave said:

Ever tried paying for something with a £50 note? I did the other day, at the barber's where I'd just had a haircut. The lad who cut my hair looked suspiciously at it, then asked his boss 'are we accepting these?' She said yes, but only because she knows me and 'I know where to find you if it's fake'.

Cash is no remedy to fraud, in fact quite the opposite. They estimated at least a third of the old style £1 coins were forgeries.

I use them all the time when in the UK...... insist on them when withdrawing any larger amount (which have to be ordered), request them for smaller amounts if they have them. 10k in 50s is easier to carry than in 10s and 20s..... better exchange rate too.

Although you can get some odd reactions passing them in the UK 

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When I travel over, I'm a bit baffled by the number of places that are 'cash only'.

Here in Denmark, I never carry cash, at all. If I can't pay contactless, we use an app called 'MobilePay'. So it takes me back in time when I'm over in the UK, having to walk around with a pocket full of cash, especially when going to any stadium.

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4 hours ago, Danish Valiant said:

When I travel over, I'm a bit baffled by the number of places that are 'cash only'.

Here in Denmark, I never carry cash, at all. If I can't pay contactless, we use an app called 'MobilePay'. So it takes me back in time when I'm over in the UK, having to walk around with a pocket full of cash, especially when going to any stadium.

Scandinavia generally seems to be ahead of the game when it comes to cashless payments. We've a lot of catching up to do.

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Take a big city centre - in my case Liverpool where I spend a lot of time - it is rare anyone uses cash at lunchtime to buy food. In fact its sort of annoying when someone does. I can go weeks without paying in cash for anything except at Port Vale! Cash is very much on the way out.

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22 hours ago, Wrex said:

The government doesn't like cash as it helps builders and small businesses avoid paying tax. Funnily enough the likes of Google and Amazon are 100% online and therefore cashless but the government is happy for them to pay zero tax. Maybe builders could club together and promise well paying jobs to and spend fat sums on 'hospitality' for politicians and top civil servants. Then suddenly we'd start becoming a cash only society.

Probably the biggest load of tripe I’ve ever read

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4 minutes ago, CAVALIER said:

Probably the biggest load of tripe I’ve ever read

Actually it's not that far off the truth....... cash is a problem for controlling money laundering and crime..... and it's yet another way of gathering information.

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11 hours ago, Warren said:

Take a big city centre - in my case Liverpool where I spend a lot of time - it is rare anyone uses cash at lunchtime to buy food. In fact its sort of annoying when someone does. I can go weeks without paying in cash for anything except at Port Vale! Cash is very much on the way out.

Where is it going to?..... to phase it out everyone, no matter what their circumstances, would have to be given a bank account.... that's not as simple as it sounds..... banks wouldn't need tellers so massive redundancies and closures, everything being centralised into a data storage facilities which every consumer outlet would have to be hooked up to.... including vending machines, air machines at garages, pay as you enter toilets, arcade and gaming machine, weighing machines, condom machines, charity collection boxes, car boot sellers, fund raising activity...... etc etc etc.

The more access given to cards the more information is likely to be hacked, cloned, lost or misused..... if you don't mind that it's fine but where do you go when it comes back to bite you in the ass.

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