Posted on 12/26/2017 4:54:24 PM PST by artichokegrower
The other day at Dig Inn, a just-opened lunch spot on Broadway and 38th Street in Midtown Manhattan, Shania Bryant committed a customer faux pas. She placed her order for chicken and brown rice and yams, and when she got to the register, she held out a $50 bill.
“Sorry,” the cashier told her. “We don’t take cash.” Not, “We don’t take $50s.” No cash. Period.
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Hope that's true and that the Stop 'n Robs will be the first to get them. As an inveterate watcher of Investigation Discovery, I get pist every time I see some perp abduct the 12-8 am female clerk (later found raped and dead) and the detectives can't identify him because "the film is too grainy".
If they don’t have a LARGE sign in all 100 common languages used by residents of the state and not verbally reinforced at the time of ordering, then if you ate the meal, then you have a debt (the bill) and if they don’t take cash ... then tough dog feces on them. Let them get a police entity and see what happens when you offer cash to settle the debt and then subsequently sue the establishment for slander and false arrest.
When cash goes away folks will need the mark of the beast to make purchases.
You’re such a snot, unfortunately, that you won’t be viewed as an example of wisdom.
As bad as crime is I understand. But, I don’t like it.
“You’re such a snot, unfortunately, that you won’t be viewed as an example of wisdom.”
The truth is wisdom. Always. What I posted was true. Whether or not you “view” it that way is irrelevant.
No cash? No sale!
Stupid on the restaurant’s part as they have to pay a fee for taking credit cards. They make more money with cash.
After some research, I found this:
The Coinage Act of 1965, specifically Section 31 U.S.C. 5103, states: "United States coins and currency (including Federal reserve notes and circulating notes of Federal reserve banks and national banks) are legal tender for all debts, public charges, taxes, and dues. Foreign gold or silver coins are not legal tender for debts."
All this means is that the US Federal Reserve system must honor all US currency. As the US Treasury points out, there's nothing in the law that says that private businesses have to accept it for all transactions.
So apparently businesses ARE free to refuse cash without relieving the buyer of his financial obligation. I stand corrected.
I was curious when Delta in Atlanta refused to accept any US dollars so as I could gain access to the Skycrap lounge or whatever it is named. I thought US dollars were legal tender. NOPE. Credit card only I was told. Must have been my whitish skin tone. Or maybe I was Christian. Beats me.
I assume all the convenience stores have these cameras but most likely, certain "protected" groups are probably immune from prosecution unless they do something really bad. If you are a white guy at a 7-11, don't even think about slipping that pack of chewing gum into your pocket. You will be arrested at your home an hour later.
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A restaurant tab is a debt!
No it isn’t. Not legally. Last time I checked, a private business can still dictate terms of service. If the restaurant doesn’t take cash there’s nothing you can do about it other than paying by card or find another restaurant that takes cash.
We have places here that only take cash. A debit card is considered cash but they won’t take it.
That’s the nice thing about choices.
My kids and husband rarely have cash. I’m old so I always have cash, lol. I prefer cash.
They have venmo and apple pay and whatever else there is out there.
My husband was setting up the ipad he gave me for Christmas and asked if I had apple wallet and I said nope.
None of mine are useless or don’t see the necessity of reserves, guns, etc., but they don’t carry cash.
Thank you for this post.
Nope.
It’s Manhattan. It won’t be a problem.
Yes it can, by a private business, for purchases (not a debt). RME
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The law requires the acceptance of “Legal Tender,” which is any form of US money, to settle all debts, public or private.
Nice try globalist!
The tab for a meal consumed is a debt.
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