Businesses that are "cash only"

So either tax dodging or just being a sketchy, untrusting landlord….

Correct. That is 100% legit and it saves the small business 1% or whatever Visa and other credit cards / banks charge the shops that take those. A nephew student has a part time job and he is paid cash and gets payslip and all deductions returned to Revenue, so all legit.

His parents pay for most things by card, I remember them saying the main thing they needed cash for is / was to pay a teacher at school for grinds for another offspring.

Always handy to have some cash. Over the years I have been in places without electricity eg small shop, elec cut off due to storm damage, but was able to buy food basics and firewood with cash.

Also have seen no broadband, bank I.T. breakdown etc.

You claim the number is tiny, then provide even more examples. And this after you have already shown yourself an unreliable witness in actually noticing places that are card-only

Brewdog never announced anything, the premises opened as card-only.

Getting rid of something that doesn't actually turn away any significant number of customers, but is expensive and risky to handle is never a gimmick, as much as you seem to like that word.

Additionally, cash only businesses have decided that they can afford to turn away paying customers, so that's another bit of your argument undone by yourself.

I never provided any examples, they were all yours. The number you provided is tiny. There are more 'no card' shops around my local area than there are 'no cash' that you've named in that area of the city centre. It's impossible to know the exact number, but there are a load of shops/diners/cafes/take-aways around Connolly that also don't take cash. Take a walk down Capel Street, or Marlborough Street, or Parnell St and see how many won't accept cards. The numbers are nowhere near the same. The previous poster trying to say they are comparable is just plain wrong.

Brewdog never announced anything, the premises opened as card-only.

They never announced anything about being cash only before they opened? And just expected everyone to know beforehand? I find that hard to believe.

Getting rid of something that doesn't actually turn away any significant number of customers, but is expensive and risky to handle is never a gimmick, as much as you seem to like that word.

What makes you say it doesn't turn away a significant number of customers? The place is empty most of the time, with the few busy times generally being the couple of hours around 5.30pm. The time I was there was for a kid's birthday was on a Saturday lunchtime and it was empty. It's hard to say if that's partly due to location though. It's a choice they have made, but claiming it does no significant harm to their bottom line is pretty silly.

Additionally, cash only businesses have decided that they can afford to turn away paying customers, so that's another bit of your argument undone by yourself.

You're missing the point. The cash only places are making up for the shortfall of card payments by under-declaring their cash intake, defrauding the tax man and upping their profits. You can't do that the other way round. They're making MORE money through illegitimate means than they are losing through turning away customers with card. That's WHY they're doing it in the first place.

Will you stop, there's umpteen ways to dodge tax if you want, even taking payment by card. And no I won't be putting up here how!!

My local authority takes rent payments in cash. I doubt they are on the fiddle (in that department anyway).

I use cash where I can to be fair, but thats just me. I like having cash on me as a few times I have left my phone behind me at home as I dont like being contactable. I use the card no problem where I can also.

In smaller businesses I will try to use cash if I can as I know they have charges from the bank. That being said I have seena few places that are cash only, always very quiet yet the owner is sitting inside with a newish Q7 parked outside :)

Overall cash or card only doesnt bother me

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My local chipper and a local Chinese tacks on 50c for card transactions. From what I understand, the payment terminal subscription is around 25 euros a month + 0.25c per transaction and the usual 2%. I'd imagine they are essentially eating the 25 euro cost and the 50c counters for the transaction fee and percentage.

That's explicitly illegal and has been for some time. They are also overpaying for their card terminal.

charging extra violates the T&Cs of the terminal.

well a person who is charged extra , could get the transaction reversed. So I imagine they are …