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sc0tt said:
If you don't want to take card don't offer the facility to do so.
My heart bleeds etc...
I am of the same thought. I have paid for a 70p bottle of water on my Amex card. Couldn't care less how much it costs the shop to process it. It is my preferred method of payment and if it is accepted I will pay using it. My heart bleeds etc...
I generally pick up any change I drop if I have any which is very rare. All my change now goes in a jar and I put it in my sons bank account which adds up to nothing really.
nicanary said:
They are seriously considering about it. I still don't understand why people walk around without any cash on them. Would they pay for a packet of gum with a card?
I haven't used cash for about 2 weeks and can't see when I will need to use cash in the near future. I did 5 weeks in the States and used $100 in cash the rest was card spends.Edited by megapixels83 on Friday 19th December 22:07
OK. To get this back to what I was meaning. She was a young mother, dropped her purse, picked up the higher value coins, was in a queue for about 5 minute's, didn't seem at all embarrassed about picking up, but left the lower value coins.
In this so called age of "austerity" don't people value 54p? I do! OK she might be minted, I have no idea,(doubt it, as she was buying two watches for 10 quid) but leaving 54p on the floor? WTF!
Is money that worthless?
And no, I'm not fantastically rich, just "Comfortable" with my earnings.
In this so called age of "austerity" don't people value 54p? I do! OK she might be minted, I have no idea,(doubt it, as she was buying two watches for 10 quid) but leaving 54p on the floor? WTF!
Is money that worthless?
And no, I'm not fantastically rich, just "Comfortable" with my earnings.
DWS said:
OK. To get this back to what I was meaning. She was a young mother, dropped her purse, picked up the higher value coins, was in a queue for about 5 minute's, didn't seem at all embarrassed about picking up, but left the lower value coins.
In this so called age of "austerity" don't people value 54p? I do! OK she might be minted, I have no idea,(doubt it, as she was buying two watches for 10 quid) but leaving 54p on the floor? WTF!
Is money that worthless?
And no, I'm not fantastically rich, just "Comfortable" with my earnings.
A lot of us have been through the frustration and harrassment of shopping accompanied by a young child. Maybe she'd had it "up to here" and having to bend down for the smaller coins was the last straw. Just a thought.In this so called age of "austerity" don't people value 54p? I do! OK she might be minted, I have no idea,(doubt it, as she was buying two watches for 10 quid) but leaving 54p on the floor? WTF!
Is money that worthless?
And no, I'm not fantastically rich, just "Comfortable" with my earnings.
As I've said previously, I would have picked up the lot. It all adds up.
PS Sheer coincidence, but I'm just back from feeding my bosses' cats (don't ask) and I saw something glinting under the lamplight, and picked up 21p in small coins. Cleaned them in some Kleenex, happy days, now I'm 21p richer. Better than a night with a dead policeman.......
Edited by nicanary on Saturday 20th December 20:44
justanother5tar said:
Card for everything. On the very rare occasion I have any change I throw it in little ones piggy bank.
Our local Halfords (I was there for a wiper and a sponge!) was unable to take car payments this afternoon, it was greet skipping past every single other person who didn't have £20 in cash on them 
Patch1875 said:
We put all change 20p and under into a big optic bottle and save every year for holiday spending money, had £450 this year.
Same here. I keep all change acquired, no matter how small, and empty my wallet/pocket on a daily basis into a large metal tin and once a year we empty it.It's quite amazing how much money you end up with in coppers and 5/10/20/50p etc.
I once saw a guy I know emptying his bulging coin wallet out and chucking all coppers out onto the pavement in disgust.
It was 12 years ago and I've never forgot it... What a total idiot. Literally throwing money away in the street.
DWS said:
OK. To get this back to what I was meaning. She was a young mother, dropped her purse, picked up the higher value coins, was in a queue for about 5 minute's, didn't seem at all embarrassed about picking up, but left the lower value coins.
In this so called age of "austerity" don't people value 54p? I do! OK she might be minted, I have no idea,(doubt it, as she was buying two watches for 10 quid) but leaving 54p on the floor? WTF!
Is money that worthless?
And no, I'm not fantastically rich, just "Comfortable" with my earnings.
I'd pick it up, I would rather give it to someone than throw it away but usually my loose change goes into a jar that eventually ends up in the kids bank accounts or money boxesIn this so called age of "austerity" don't people value 54p? I do! OK she might be minted, I have no idea,(doubt it, as she was buying two watches for 10 quid) but leaving 54p on the floor? WTF!
Is money that worthless?
And no, I'm not fantastically rich, just "Comfortable" with my earnings.
nicanary said:
I always pick up coins I've dropped. Why wouldn't you? If you don't it's sheer laziness, unless you've got a disability. And, as has been said, technically it's dropping litter, and punishable with a fine, which would be more than you've dropped.
I walk looking down all the time, it's amazing how much you can pick up. Found a tenner once. And as for people who pay by card for everything - think of the retailer. They have to pay a charge to their business bankers for every card transaction, whether it's a debit card or a credit card. Even for small amounts, it all adds up - the shop I work for pays charges of about £2/300 per month because people can't be bothered to get cash out of an ATM.
Shops pay cash handling charges for delivery of change and removal of notes. Cards remove/reduce the theft risk too. I walk looking down all the time, it's amazing how much you can pick up. Found a tenner once. And as for people who pay by card for everything - think of the retailer. They have to pay a charge to their business bankers for every card transaction, whether it's a debit card or a credit card. Even for small amounts, it all adds up - the shop I work for pays charges of about £2/300 per month because people can't be bothered to get cash out of an ATM.
hacksaw said:
JPJPJP said:
If I drop a coin it is rare for it to hit the floor!
I'm the same, proper Yorkshireman! In fact, that's how copper wire was invented, 2 Yorkshireman fighting over a penny...DWS said:
I was in our local shopping centre at Lunchtime queuing to pay for something. The 20 something girl with a baby in a buggy dropped her purse spilling a load of change on the floor. She picked up the higher value coins but left 54p in silver and copper. Just walked off!
I picked it up and gave it to the army chap who was collecting.
How much would you consider not picking up?
Why didn't you give it back to her? (Or at least offer it to her?)I picked it up and gave it to the army chap who was collecting.
How much would you consider not picking up?
OdramaSwimLaden said:
I still think that sellers of the Big Issue should carry card machines...it would invalidate the excuse they get most of all.
1. Ignore them. 2. Don't make eye contact.
3. Don't give any indication that you are even aware of their presence.
4. Most definitely, NEVER, EVER, give them any money.
Small change is shortly to be a thing of the past.
For years all the big transactions in life have been "electronic".
Withe NFC based payment technologies and the general improvement in processing capability "micropayments" will shortly be the norm.
Londoners are used to it already with their Oyster cards. Within a couple of years this will be ubiquitous. In my lifetime we will certainly see an end to physical cash.
It will be strange: I still carry a couple of hundred quid in my wallet as a matter of course. It can take me six months to spend it...but for some odd reason I can't not do it. Dinosaur.
For years all the big transactions in life have been "electronic".
Withe NFC based payment technologies and the general improvement in processing capability "micropayments" will shortly be the norm.
Londoners are used to it already with their Oyster cards. Within a couple of years this will be ubiquitous. In my lifetime we will certainly see an end to physical cash.
It will be strange: I still carry a couple of hundred quid in my wallet as a matter of course. It can take me six months to spend it...but for some odd reason I can't not do it. Dinosaur.
Wow this thread has some strange opinions, are some of you living in 1994? They just came out with contactless all over the place to allow you to pay for small transactions without cash, and only allow you to use it up to £20. I use it to buy everything from pints in the pub to a pint of milk in the shop and the tube
My wallet has only 4 slots for cards and nothing else, I have one contactless payment card which I use for everything and if I ever end up with change then I throw it all in a bowl and use it for a takeaway every 6 months. I wish they would get rid of cash entirely, it is redundant.
My wallet has only 4 slots for cards and nothing else, I have one contactless payment card which I use for everything and if I ever end up with change then I throw it all in a bowl and use it for a takeaway every 6 months. I wish they would get rid of cash entirely, it is redundant.
Wacky Racer said:
I can't believe that anyone on here wouldn't be bothered to bend down an pick up 5p if they knew they had dropped it on the floor, even the well built PH company directors......
To be fair, 5ps are uniquely difficult to pick up from shiny surfaces. I too find the concept of dropping and leaving money bonkers. I remember doing catering on the Henley Regatta. Liberally stuffed with utter Tossers. Rich Tossers too, so the amount of banknotes just dropped and discarded in the mud was quite staggering.
Found a mobile phone and took some time and effort in the pouring rain to return it to the owner, who didn't bother saying thanks. Wish I'd stuffed that into the Thames. Phone or owner...
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