GT49er
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A kicking, same as many people give them over here?
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[Travel] O/T Cashless Society
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A kicking, same as many people give them over here?
Bitcoin?
happypig
Staring at the rude boys
I'm happy enough using cards but I don't feel right going out with less than about £50 in my wallet. I also carry an emergency £20 in a capsule on my key ring.
I have a few hundred stashed away at home in case it's needed.
Brown coins and 5ps I get in change go in the charity tin, or left on the counter if there isn't one. Other coins from ten pee up go in a gallon whisky bottle which, when emptied, nets us about a grand.
I have a few hundred stashed away at home in case it's needed.
Brown coins and 5ps I get in change go in the charity tin, or left on the counter if there isn't one. Other coins from ten pee up go in a gallon whisky bottle which, when emptied, nets us about a grand.
Crikey, I only pay cash for less than £5!
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Yesterday. I got two fivers out of the cash machine.
Hungry Joe
SINNEN
Steyning Tea Rooms still doing a roaring cash-only trade.
theboybilly
Well-known member
Cash for me in the pub at least. I watch folk pay by card for every round of drinks so that if they are making a session of it there could well be 7,8,9 (and so on) transactions. I don't think I would want that. ( although it might come in handy remembering how much I had to drink next morning 
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Knocky's Nose
Mon nez est en Valenciennes..
Go on... what do you give to a homeless person in Sweden?
A Strawberry Moose... Abba-g of crisps, or a poke in the Ikea.... ?
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beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
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not sure what the fees are. many small shops wont accept payments under £5 and the reason i understand is the fee, swallows their profits.
Same here.
MattBackHome
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- Jul 7, 2003
- 11,719
Best scones I've ever had. In fact, the best afternoon tea I've ever had.
marcos3263
Well-known member
On the last Saturday before Christmas I took my 5 year old into Brighton to get some presents. We ran to the station in the pissing rain only for me to discover I had left my wallet at home. I couldn't make my son run home again and we would also have missed the train so used the contactless on my phone to buy a ticket. I got into town, did all my shopping, had coffee and food with no worries. I did go to the bank and used contactless cashpoint to withdraw £30 but didn't actually need it. I bought something over £30 and just had to put in my PIN. was so easy.
As I am extremely old looking I dont need to worry about ID for pubs etc so I just need to get a Yale contactless door lock and I can do away with all excess baggage.
As I am extremely old looking I dont need to worry about ID for pubs etc so I just need to get a Yale contactless door lock and I can do away with all excess baggage.
HMRC and the police will love a cashless society where every payment can be checked and monitored electronically. Also massive savings on security, eg banking of cash that usually involves one or two people framing an hour to lug a bag of cash to and from the bank.
Despite all that I feel I have greater control over my expenditure with cash.
No more throwing coins into a blanket being walked around the Goldstone pitch for charity!
Despite all that I feel I have greater control over my expenditure with cash.
No more throwing coins into a blanket being walked around the Goldstone pitch for charity!
Seagull kimchi
New member
Once apon a time our money was worth it's weight in gold/silver/copper. Now the treasury maintains possession of the true value of our labour and doles out tokens. Try trading those tokens in for precious metals if the economy tanks.
Knocky's Nose
Mon nez est en Valenciennes..
That's it. Right there.
The extra tax revenue which would come from being cashless would be even greater. Plus, how would organised crime and drug dealers operate? They'd have to use money laundering services or set up businesses to do it themselves. Best way - you catch them, worst ways - you get a wad of tax out of them.
Knocky's Nose
Mon nez est en Valenciennes..
Isn't every transaction via a crypto traceable?
Plus - many of the poorer drug users wouldn't have a Crypto account anyway, would they? For that, don't you need a bank account - then transfer to crypto - then that's traceable who they pay it to?
darkwolf666
Well-known member
Didn't you know all homeless people now have PayPal accounts or contactless machines!
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
- 35,288
the blockchain contains a public record of all transactions. link someone to an address and you can trace all transactions they make. need to adopt specifical anonymous crypto like Monero, Dash, Zcash to hide.
Knocky's Nose
Mon nez est en Valenciennes..
Which was my understanding.