Businesses can no longer charge extra if you pay by card

[Mackem00]

It's the card companies to blame. I avoid them where possible like most "middle man" companies who hold small businesses to ransom like justeat and the like.

Get a tenner out the cash point, then buy said Coke. No fees incurred.

Genius. Too difficult for many it would seem.

 

[Paddy O'Dors]

Get a tenner out the cash point, then buy said Coke. No fees incurred.

Fuck off with your common sense solutions.

The shopkeeper should feel honoured, having Frijj's 80p.

 

[Geronimo]

Rather they stopped those piss taking cash points charging.

Everyone knows real blerks use proper money.

Why does anyone use them ?

There are more around that don't charge.

 

[James]

Fuck off with your common sense solutions.

The shopkeeper should feel honoured, having Frijj's 80p.

There's often no cash point around local village centres though. Our local shop charges 50p for card transactions no matter how much you spend. It's nothing but greed really and I loath the odd time I've had to pay.

 

[Typhoonftm]

Fuck off with your common sense solutions.

The shopkeeper should feel honoured, having Frijj's 80p.

Then absorb their fee for his privilege of using a f***ing card for said 80p.

 

[RossTheNinja]

Lots of small businesses get charged 15p or so a transaction... Expect your can of coke to go up in price...

Some do take the piss though

Does it not cost businesses getting their cash to their bank and in to their account? (actually don't know how this bit works)

 

[AlpineExile]

Fuck off with your common sense solutions.

The shopkeeper should feel honoured, having Frijj's 80p.

60p after the card company has taken its cut, so bang goes his profit margin.

 

[Fletch]

need to stop all the fees when you buy concert tickets

 

[monkeytassle]

need to stop all the fees when you buy concert tickets

£5 booking fee standard. What the fuck is this aside from outright theft.

 

[ANonnyMoose]

I hardly ever use cash these days, what sort of third world country is the UK becoming?

 

[Epping]

I hardly ever use cash these days, what sort of third world country is the UK becoming?

I use cash loads.. proven you spend less and keep tabs on your dosh better.

To easy to tap..tap tap and then you check your account and go bloody hell

 

[AndrewP]

It's about time they got rid of cash like. Even the vending machines at work have a car machine built in now.

 

[japs]

Does it not cost businesses getting their cash to their bank and in to their account? (actually don't know how this bit works)

It does, but suspect a lot of local places won't cost for time counting/banking etc....as they are in the shop anyway.

 

[Paddy O'Dors]

Then absorb their fee for his privilege of using a f***ing card for said 80p.

They will, by charging him over a quid instead.

 

[RossTheNinja]

It does, but suspect a lot of local places won't cost for time counting/banking etc....as they are in the shop anyway.

Seems strange to me. They are saving time on counting it up, bagging it and transporting it to the bank. Unless they walk to the bank, there's fuel costs an arl.

 

[NeilP]

Who should pay the card fee for your card purchase?

My opinion is that the retailer is getting additional business with no risk of default (the card company carries the risk of non-payment by the customer) and so they benefit from spending that may not have otherwise happened. I think the retailer should therefore pay the fee but I'm aware that opinions will vary.

They can always refuse credit card payments, I don't think most debit cards carry the same fees, or at least they didn't, not sure about now. That's the problem, we become accustomed to getting a bad deal and it becomes accepted practice.

By the same token customers can opt to pay with cash or debit card, but businesses would lose out because customers lose spending power.

 

[Paddy O'Dors]

It's about time they got rid of cash like. Even the vending machines at work have a car machine built in now.

Completely? What about things like the bonus ball sweepstake at work? Or slipping a couple Ayrton's in a birthday card? Will always need some cash.

 

[AndrewP]

Completely? What about things like the bonus ball sweepstake at work? Or slipping a couple Ayrton's in a birthday card? Will always need some cash.

You could easily do a sweepstake without cash. As for money in a birthday card, aye that would stop, you could just give them a top up code to top up their money card.

It's coming, it'll take a long time, too many old people, but electronic transactions have overtaken cash transactions already.

 

[Some Random Guy]

Why does anyone use them ?

There are more around that don't charge.

When I lived down Deerness Park in Hendon the closest cash points were all ones that charged. There was one in the post office on Villette road that didn't charge or town if I wanted a free withdrawal. That was pretty rank, I worked down Littlewoods at the time so was stuck paying fees a lot, and that could mount up in cost across the month.

Things seem to have moved on a bit since then thankfully.

 

[Hulkster]

This will simply cause prices to increase, victory all around!

When it feeds through to inflation it can be blamed on Brexit.