Paying

JP Liz V1

What does folks without cards do, a lot older do not have cards or want to use over bank charges, now places want contactless payments

phormium

I have only come across one shop, a petrol station convenience store that will only take contactless, all others I have used would prefer contactless but will take cash.

I used card initially but I think I damaged it giving it a rub of a disinfectant wipe and it won't work anymore and have reverted to using cash while I wait for a new one and it hasn't been a problem in general.

Beasty

It's not just the elderly. However this Is a relatively minor issue in the context of this virus and we all are having to adjust to doing things differently.

Emmersonn

Beasty wrote: »

It's not just the elderly. However this Is a relatively minor issue in the context of this virus and we all are having to adjust to doing things differently.

It is not a minor matter if you have not got a card.

AUDI20

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

What does folks without cards do, a lot older do not have cards or want to use over bank charges, now places want contactless payments

Over 60s don't have any bank charges on their account, not with BOI don't know about AIB

biko

I have not seen any shop reject cash yet. Card is just preferred.

double jobbing

biko wrote: »

I have not seen any shop reject cash yet. Card is just preferred.

Cash is still preferred in the establishments that have always preferred it for, ahem, accounting purposes (non chain stores, takeaways etc)

I've gone back to cash since cases flatlined. Using a card for payment is nothing short of demeaning, I played ball for 12 weeks but it's high time to get back to cash, the fastest most efficient method of payment.

Dial Hard

double jobbing wrote: »

Using a card for payment is nothing short of demeaning

You're going to have to explain that one for those of us in the cheap seats...

Heroditas

Dial Hard wrote: »

You're going to have to explain that one for those of us in the cheap seats...

Also how it's the fastest most efficient way... ???

WashYourHands

Dial Hard wrote: »

You're going to have to explain that one for those of us in the cheap seats...

(I use card nearly exclusively)


It's a loss of privacy. Facebook was able to tell me how many time I had used my Revolut card/app (+200 times). Unfortunately it didn't provide more information than that so I don't know what exact information was shared.


That doesn't happen with cash.

Creamy Goodness

WashYourHands wrote: »

(I use card nearly exclusively)


It's a loss of privacy. Facebook was able to tell me how many time I had used my Revolut card/app (+200 times). Unfortunately it didn't provide more information than that so I don't know what exact information was shared.

That doesn't happen with cash.

Don’t use Revolut then they include the Facebook SDK’s so that you can log in and invite friends pay friends etc.. My “traditional” bank doesn’t include Facebook SDK’s or geo locates my phone with a purchase I do in a shop unless I use Apple Pay. I’d go as far as to say if you want your privacy Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp should be deleted off your phone.

I don’t get the elderly thing either. Both my parents are in their mid 70’s, they only use cash when trades people are involved.

Don’t get me wrong I get the appeal of cash but I also get the greater appeal and especially the hygiene factor of cards/phones/etc. in a pandemic.

double jobbing

Dial Hard wrote: »

You're going to have to explain that one for those of us in the cheap seats...

Just feels wrong.

Heroditas wrote: »

Also how it's the fastest most efficient way... ???

I bought a hoodie today, 55 quid.

Had I been carrying cash, which I always was prior to this craic, I'd have 55 quid in my hand. Transaction done in under 7 seconds with receipt. If it was a transaction where I wouldn't want a receipt, transaction done and leaving till in under 3 seconds.

Unfortunately I've become so accustomed to not using ATM's I went into the shop with no cash on me, plain forgot to go.

Time taken to fire up the machine, enter PIN, be approved- probably 20 plus seconds.

Doing something that takes up to 8 times longer every day for 50 years until the day you die eventually accumulates into a lot of lost personal time.

It's a hateful method.

TheChizler

Is all the time spent finding and queueing for an ATM, putting in your pin, navigating the menu, and waiting for it to process time well spent?

With Google Pay I often have the transaction completed within a few seconds of the cashier running up the total.

double jobbing

TheChizler wrote: »

Is all the time spent finding and queueing for an ATM, putting in your pin, navigating the menu, and waiting for it to process time well spent?

Yes.

With Google Pay I often have the transaction completed within a few seconds of the cashier running up the total.

But not faster than by using cash. Never can be never will be.

TheChizler

double jobbing wrote: »

But not faster than by using cash. Never can be never will be.

Unless you're either very generous and rounding everything up to what notes you have available, or flinging a bunch of change at them and sprinting away, you're going to be a few seconds waiting for them to count what you give them.

Curlysue76

double jobbing wrote: »

Yes.



But not faster than by using cash. Never can be never will be.

Definitely faster to pay by card, I’m often on the till at my work and card is faster than waiting for someone to find the exact cash or for you to open till, lodge money and take out change.

See pros to using cash especially if one was on a tight budget but if you’re talking about saving seconds of your time probably best go with tap and go.

Cash is a payment method I associate with someone who's keeping a tight budget and making sure they don't spend more than they can afford. Debit card for those that have money and aren't too fussed, and credit card for those who are running up a debt.

Now, generally speaking, I pay with cash as a general rule of thumb. I find it helps as I do tend to budget tightly, otherwise I end up spending a fortune on absolute shite that I don't need or want, but I buy because 'it's there'.

Card is a lot faster than cash, though. Unless you always have exact notes (and no coins, as they'll need to be counted) and you're only paying with one or two notes, and don't want a receipt, card will be faster.

corsav6

I dunno, march in and slam a €20 on the counter while shouting "pump number 2 love" is about as fast as a transaction can be done.

thelad95

double jobbing wrote: »

Just feels wrong.



I bought a hoodie today, 55 quid.

Had I been carrying cash, which I always was prior to this craic, I'd have 55 quid in my hand. Transaction done in under 7 seconds with receipt. If it was a transaction where I wouldn't want a receipt, transaction done and leaving till in under 3 seconds.

Unfortunately I've become so accustomed to not using ATM's I went into the shop with no cash on me, plain forgot to go.

Time taken to fire up the machine, enter PIN, be approved- probably 20 plus seconds.

Doing something that takes up to 8 times longer every day for 50 years until the day you die eventually accumulates into a lot of lost personal time.

It's a hateful method.

I use my phone (which has no limit). I don't even have to open my wallet. Cash is disgusting and is very much on the way out. Expensive to count, heavy to carry around (coins can be a significant weight for f all value).

From a "demeaning perspective" I think you should contemplate how many arseholes that 50 euro note has been up or how many people have used to inhale cocaine, how many people have wiped their nose with their hands before handling the note, how many have handled without washing their hands in general.

I take out my phone and hold it to the machine. Only the checkout operator has to touch it and many retailers can just "send" the amount to the card machine without having to "fire it up".

Beasty

Emmersonn wrote: »

It is not a minor matter if you have not got a card.

I would say it is if you've been cocooning for 3+ months

I stand by my point

It is minor compared to many of the other "inconveniences" brought about by Covid-19. Banks are open and it's relatively easily remedied

pinktoe

biko wrote: »

I have not seen any shop reject cash yet. Card is just preferred.

Petmania in Galway were (possibly still are) rejecting cash in April. Some old guy hadn't a card and made no effort to facilitate him. I paid for him with my card, and he gave me the cash, but I thought it was bad form on their behalf as he was a regular. Think Petworld were rejecting cash also

thelad95

phormium wrote: »

I have only come across one shop, a petrol station convenience store that will only take contactless, all others I have used would prefer contactless but will take cash.

Since retail has re-opened, I've been to multiple shops that are not taking cash and honestly I think they'll keep it that way long term. IKEA, DID electrical, Woodies, Power City, Curry's all not taking cash.

phormium

Woodies where I am has been taking cash since they reopened.

Jim_Hodge

I haven't been in a store yet that didn't take cash. Some said they'd prefer card but still taking cash.

WashYourHands

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

Don’t use Revolut then they include the Facebook SDK’s so that you can log in and invite friends pay friends etc.. My “traditional” bank doesn’t include Facebook SDK’s or geo locates my phone with a purchase I do in a shop unless I use Apple Pay. I’d go as far as to say if you want your privacy Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp should be deleted off your phone.

I don’t get the elderly thing either. Both my parents are in their mid 70’s, they only use cash when trades people are involved.

Don’t get me wrong I get the appeal of cash but I also get the greater appeal and especially the hygiene factor of cards/phones/etc. in a pandemic.

I was answering a question. Not debating the merits of using Revolut vs traditional banks. Your traditional bank probably charges for transactions. That's another win for using cash.

Creamy Goodness

WashYourHands wrote: »

I was answering a question. Not debating the merits of using Revolut vs traditional banks. Your traditional bank probably charges for transactions. That's another win for using cash.

And I was adding to it that if people are concerned about privacy they shouldn’t use Facebook apps or app that embed Facebook code.

My traditional bank don’t charge me fees.

thelad95

thelad95 wrote: »

Since retail has re-opened, I've been to multiple shops that are not taking cash and honestly I think they'll keep it that way long term. IKEA, DID electrical, Woodies, Power City, Curry's all not taking cash.

Woodies are taking cash, so are DID. Pretty sure a friend of mine was in Curry's and paid in Cash, too.


You're talking out your hole.

gipi

My sister went to a Boots chemist a few weeks ago and they refused to accept cash.

She doesn't have a card of any type, (afaik she doesn't even have a current account!), so she had to leave without her purchases.

gipi

gipi wrote: »

My sister went to a Boots chemist a few weeks ago and they refused to accept cash.

She doesn't have a card of any type, (afaik she doesn't even have a current account!), so she had to leave without her purchases.

Unsure if there's any truth to it, but a cashier in Woodies was saying that they can't say no to cash as they're an Irish company, and it's only UK companies etc. that can say no to it.

Again, completely unsure if there's any truth to that, but most of the stores i see saying no to cash (Ikea, B&Q, HomeBase, Boots etc.) do seem to be stores that originated in the UK.

corsav6 wrote:

I dunno, march in and slam a €20 on the counter while shouting "pump number 2 love" is about as fast as a transaction can be done

Yeah but that only works if Petrol is the only thing you ever buy.

TheChizler

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Unsure if there's any truth to it, but a cashier in Woodies was saying that they can't say no to cash as they're an Irish company, and it's only UK companies etc. that can say no to it.

Legally they're all Irish companies, the only difference is where their shareholders live.

lisasimpson

Cash is good if your trying to budget and keep track of your spending. Also another positive for cash is in local coffee shops and eateries that is how the staff will earn tips. If you paid 4.95 in cash there is a chance to may throw the 5 cent change into the tip jar or a local club/society fundraising bucket

Padre_Pio

double jobbing wrote: »

Yes.



But not faster than by using cash. Never can be never will be.

You've obviously never been behind the biddy digging through her purse for coppers.
Or the lad in the pub searching all his pockets for a fiver.

A transaction takes the amount of time to tap a card, no more no less.

Deleted User wrote: »

Unsure if there's any truth to it, but a cashier in Woodies was saying that they can't say no to cash as they're an Irish company, and it's only UK companies etc. that can say no to it.

Again, completely unsure if there's any truth to that, but most of the stores i see saying no to cash (Ikea, B&Q, HomeBase, Boots etc.) do seem to be stores that originated in the UK.

No truth in that. Irish laws apply to every business in Ireland, regardless where they originate from.

lisasimpson wrote: »

Cash is good if your trying to budget and keep track of your spending. Also another positive for cash is in local coffee shops and eateries that is how the staff will earn tips. If you paid 4.95 in cash there is a chance to may throw the 5 cent change into the tip jar or a local club/society fundraising bucket

Strangely I'm the opposite. I've started a Revolt budget and my purchases are tracked through that, so I know where all my money is going.
Cash gets lost on me, in pockets and in cubbys in the car.
I get that if you withdraw 50, that's your limit, but I have no idea where that 50 is spent.

Thelonious Monk

I never use cash unless I'm buying something illegally!
Currently use a revolut card associated with Google Pay on my phone, it's great because even if I've no wallet with me it's not an issue any more as long as I have a phone.

ILoveYourVibes

biko wrote: »

I have not seen any shop reject cash yet. Card is just preferred.

Me neither.

VonLuck

double jobbing wrote: »

Time taken to fire up the machine, enter PIN, be approved- probably 20 plus seconds.

Doing something that takes up to 8 times longer every day for 50 years until the day you die eventually accumulates into a lot of lost personal time.

It's a hateful method.

And where does your cash come from? An ATM. And unless you're carrying around hundreds of euro with you in your wallet, you're going to be spending a lot more time going to, queuing at and using an ATM.

Geuze

double jobbing wrote: »

Using a card for payment is nothing short of demeaning,

During the hundreds of times I have used debit and credit cards to pay for goods and services, I have never felt demeaned.

Indeed, I consider this statement to be very odd.

Hundreds of thousands of people use cards to pay every day in Ireland.

Are all these events demeaning?

Clearly, they are not.

hmmm

We're in the middle of a pandemic and everyone is being asked to make sacrifices to protect people at risk - some of the sacrifices are large (closing a business), some are small (reduce the use of cash). If a company wants to reduce contact risk for its staff by telling them to accept card payments only, that's fine by me.

JP Liz V1

Is the motor tax office accepting cash in person at an office?