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More places refusing to take cash
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | December 26, 2017 | Andy Newman

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; US: New York
KEYWORDS: cash
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To: artichokegrower
If you have the food and they refuse to take the cash, the debt is quitted.

ML/NJ

21 posted on 12/26/2017 5:11:23 PM PST by ml/nj
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To: artichokegrower

Legal tender for all debts, public and private, baby.


22 posted on 12/26/2017 5:11:33 PM PST by Lazamataz (The "news" networks and papers are bitter, dangerous enemies of the American people.)
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To: artichokegrower

Strange. The bills in my wallet say they are legal tender for all debts public and private.


23 posted on 12/26/2017 5:11:36 PM PST by fso301
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To: rgboomers

The note says that you cannot refuse cash for debt purposes. It does not say that you have to accept cash for purchasing purposes. That was to protect indebted people from losing their land or tools because somebody refused cash to settle a debt.

A smart retailer will be as flexible as possible, but there is no law stating that he must accept cash.


24 posted on 12/26/2017 5:12:26 PM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: artichokegrower

Just opened, and won’t be open long dictating rules to their customers.


25 posted on 12/26/2017 5:13:27 PM PST by JohnBrowdie
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To: rgboomers

I suppose paper doesn’t care what you write on it?

Meanwhile, I was thinking...

If a person has bad credit, they may not have a bank account, and no credit or debit cards, this means the business will discriminate against him for his financial disability. I find this quite entertaining.


26 posted on 12/26/2017 5:13:46 PM PST by Mark was here (Fake news = "Hands up ... Dont shoot")
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To: Drago

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Yes, it does.

That is the law in this country.


27 posted on 12/26/2017 5:13:53 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: artichokegrower

The tyranny that will arise when cash goes away will be worse than any yet seen.


28 posted on 12/26/2017 5:14:25 PM PST by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

I got around that by having the bank exchange a hundred for five 20s. But “no cash” is just odd.


29 posted on 12/26/2017 5:14:50 PM PST by darkangel82
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To: Jonty30

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Read the law!

Cash cannot be refused.


30 posted on 12/26/2017 5:15:25 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: artichokegrower

Paper money is all icky and has germs. Let me have it, I’ll sanitize it. CYAL8TR


31 posted on 12/26/2017 5:15:45 PM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~)
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To: Bryan24

“This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private.”

“They refuse cash payment, you don’t have to pay.”

By golly, you are 100% correct. I had over looked that fact. Thanks, I am now prepared for when I run into this situation.


32 posted on 12/26/2017 5:16:45 PM PST by rgboomers (This space purposely left blank)
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To: editor-surveyor

Only if you have a debt to settle.

https://www.federalreserve.gov/faqs/currency_12772.htm


33 posted on 12/26/2017 5:17:40 PM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: artichokegrower

My favorite coffee shop, The Village Pantry, only takes cash, so the universe is still in balance.


34 posted on 12/26/2017 5:18:59 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: artichokegrower
Bank transaction fees have gotten so high in recent years that I'm seeing more and more places that prefer cash. In fact, one local business I patronize regularly even asks customers to pay with personal checks instead of cash. Up until a couple of years ago they NEVER accepted checks at all.
35 posted on 12/26/2017 5:19:12 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("Tell them to stand!" -- President Trump, 9/23/2017)
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To: artichokegrower

“They are going to choose lots. I prefer a do over vote.”

They were put on George Carlin’s “List of People Who Need to be Killed” a couple of decades ago. As George said: “Tic Tacs are not a major purchase, get yourself some f*cking cash!” He also mentioned newspapers and cheese doodles, which are more or less the same thing.


36 posted on 12/26/2017 5:19:29 PM PST by vette6387
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To: Mark was here
If a person has bad credit, they may not have a bank account, and no credit or debit cards, this means the business will discriminate against him for his financial disability. I find this quite entertaining.

You can be pre-loaded credit cards at Walmart, or almost anywhere, really.

Of course, they cost a little bit of money to activate them.

37 posted on 12/26/2017 5:20:37 PM PST by Drew68
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To: editor-surveyor

They have to accept dollars...not necessarily cash:

https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/faqs/Currency/Pages/legal-tender.aspx
https://bucks.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/08/sorry-no-cash-please/
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-13/visa-begins-bribing-merchants-stop-taking-cash


38 posted on 12/26/2017 5:21:08 PM PST by Drago
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To: vladimir998
I have millennial age friends who marvel that I always have cash. It makes no sense to them. I always carry it because it is useful in emergencies and untraceable.

Same experience here. My millennial children use Apple/Samsung Pay and have 2 or 3 credit cards. They do not like handling cash and would not use it at all if they could help it. That said, they are pretty responsible with their money. They are constantly keeping track of their spend and use coupons to save money (usually in apps on their mobile devices) whenever possible. Their credit cards are automatically paid off each month. One of my sons has a gas station app that allows him to activate the pump as he drives up, he then pumps his gas and by the time he gets back in the car, he has his gas receipt already on his device. There are some slick apps out there.

As for cash being untraceable, I don't think that is the case anymore. Every POS has those surveillance cameras with facial recognition. If the government was so inclined, they could probably see where you spent all that cash unless you really went undercover and made your purchases in side alleys and such. Also, I'm pretty sure that the serial numbers of all bills are recorded in ATMs and could be traced back to the point of withdrawal. For example, if you used a $20 bill to buy gas in Topeka, Kansas, the government could probably determine that same $20 bill was dispensed to you at an ATM machine in Joplin, Missouri earlier that day. They can then call up your photo from that gas station in Kansas and confirm your identity.

39 posted on 12/26/2017 5:22:38 PM PST by SamAdams76
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To: artichokegrower

While 99% of my traveling expenses are on credit cards, I do use cash and as others write, what if power is out or, for a restaurant, their Internet access is down? Will they close? What happens if it is down for hours or days? Bye, bye.


40 posted on 12/26/2017 5:22:52 PM PST by Reno89519 (PRESIDENT TRUMP, KEEP YOUR PROMISES! NO AMNESTY AND BUILD THAT WALL.)
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