Cashless society

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stonerblue said:
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Could not believe it when we all got told about it. He already left to retire. He lived with a flatmate who heard him fall, he shouted if he was alright and heard nothing and quickly went back to sleep. The next day he saw his friend slouched against a wall with his head at an awkward angle and clearly dead.
 
ShorehamCitizen said:
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Could not believe it when we all got told about it. He already left to retire. He lived with a flatmate who heard him fall, he shouted if he was alright and heard nothing and quickly went back to sleep. The next day he saw his friend slouched against a wall with his head at an awkward angle and clearly dead.
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No mate, I was surprised by all of your post.
 
Today I noticed the rubber on Mrs Mist rear wiper blade was hanging off. Like a loving husband I nipped along to the car spares shop. After complimenting the chap on his damn fine City shirt I asked for said item. My wallet, yes Biggie I do have one, was open with a tenner or twenty ready. 'That will be ten pounds' said the man and I handed him one of the queen's finest, (Charley is yet to make an appearance) thanked him and left. Only at the car did I see it was priced at £10.99.
Had I paid by card like most of you seem to do on here, I'd be 99 pence worse off. Yah boo sucks to yah.
 
I pretty much already am cashless. I rarely, if ever, carry any and there aren't really any places I go that are cash only. Indeed some are cash-free.
 
Blue Mist said:
Today I noticed the rubber on Mrs Mist rear wiper blade was hanging off. Like a loving husband I nipped along to the car spares shop. After complimenting the chap on his damn fine City shirt I asked for said item. My wallet, yes Biggie I do have one, was open with a tenner or twenty ready. 'That will be ten pounds' said the man and I handed him one of the queen's finest, (Charley is yet to make an appearance) thanked him and left. Only at the car did I see it was priced at £10.99.
Had I paid by card like most of you seem to do on here, I'd be 99 pence worse off. Yah boo sucks to yah.
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Did you get a receipt or is the wiper a black market jobbie ? :)

blue for life said:
Isn’t this topic the current favourite beef from the anti vax brigade?
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No, it's the anti tax brigade :)
 
Bill Walker said:
Did you get a receipt or is the wiper a black market jobbie ? :)


No, it's the anti tax brigade :)
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No Mr Walker you cynical old convict. It was a properly boxed, genuine part. I did not get a receipt as I had no intention of returning the said item. It was fitted to the car outside the shop so it could not be returned within a 14 day period should I have found it was not what I required.
If by some chance during a future stock take the item cannot be found and the £10, no doubt borrowed by the owner with all good intentions of returning it to the till well.....
 
Blue Mist said:
Today I noticed the rubber on Mrs Mist rear wiper blade was hanging off. Like a loving husband I nipped along to the car spares shop. After complimenting the chap on his damn fine City shirt I asked for said item. My wallet, yes Biggie I do have one, was open with a tenner or twenty ready. 'That will be ten pounds' said the man and I handed him one of the queen's finest, (Charley is yet to make an appearance) thanked him and left. Only at the car did I see it was priced at £10.99.
Had I paid by card like most of you seem to do on here, I'd be 99 pence worse off. Yah boo sucks to yah.
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Pics or it didn't happen
 
ShorehamCitizen said:
Sweden was doing it for donkeys even before a Chinese scientist decided to fuck about with science, then leak it from his lab and create a 'demic.

I see no harm in it really, a lot more convenient than taking piles of cash around.

Someone I used to work with in 2002, got assaulted by a bunch of yobs because they knew he used to carry loads of cash with him. They robbed him of his money and not long after that died of an epileptic fit, possibly caused by the beating.

If we lived in a cashless society back then, I doubt he would have even had that much money on him to be targeted, so would have still been alive today or lived longer.
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I understand your logic and have empathy for the loss of a friend.

However..the amount of people I know who have been attacked and robbed of large amounts of cash pales into insignificance when recalling the folk who have had their bank accounts cleared by online deception ,or simple multiple unauthorised deductions which go undetected for quite some time...

Another,unrelated problem with card transactions is the need for the retailer to input the purchase figures accurately..at a pub i frequent
A bar person somehow managed to charge a punter £900 TWICE during an evening...the said person did have a drink problem and was probably out her face at the time....and sadly no longer works there..,but it did provide a lorra laughs !
 
feelymcfeel said:
I pretty much already am cashless. I rarely, if ever, carry any and there aren't really any places I go that are cash only. Indeed some are cash-free.
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Two pubs Saturday night were cash only. Proper locals.

I knew one was but I got bored and went for a wander. The second had an older clientele so maybe it’s just their way of operating.
 
Germany is very far for cashless if you ask me. Had to draw cash every day, so many restaurants take only cash. Didn't expect that to be honest. One time i had an issue with my credit card and had to look for this southside bank phone number online. Luckily the support was able to solve the issue within some minutes.
 
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Maybe the people who just frequent card only places need to broaden their horizons a bit, going to the same places because they don't carry cash would be limiting wouldn't it.

I am off to the Science Museum tomorrow with the other half and we wont be using a card once even for the meal after, it's not because we are just planning it that way it's just that I haven't stumbled across any place that insists other than the Etihad.
 
I'm trying to work out which slot drone will have his card reader in - maybe we'll be able to order no frills sexual services from him via an app?
 
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