Comment on Phonecall campaign to tell MasterCard & Visa to stop censoring adult content
Blackmist@feddit.uk 9 hours agoIt’s mostly small places that don’t. I think they started during covid so they didn’t have to physically take anything from the grubby customers, and found they didn’t lose much (if any) business over it.
Cash still costs money to handle, either for the time or wages of taking it to the bank, or paying somebody to collect it every day.
I guess it helps that contactless payments are now ubiquitous. Practically everyone has a phone, and readers like SumUp and Square can be had for a few quid.
But then there are places that still only take cash, because it’s easier to hide that from the tax man.
dkppunk@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Recently, I’ve actually found the opposite to be true in the US. Smaller places prefer cash because they can avoid the CC fees that they get charged for every single swipe. Many places have a sign at the register that they add an additional ~3% to the bill to cover fees which it can be avoided by paying in cash. I’ve started using cash over the last year to avoid the additional charges, especially for takeout.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 7 hours ago
We had a card surcharge ban bought in a few years back. The shops aren’t allowed to charge extra, and unless you’re employing family members or not declaring the cash (and for a lot of small takeaways, it’s probably both of those) it probably works out more expensive to handle the cash.
dkppunk@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
That makes sense. I wish we had that here, but I’m happy they at least are required by law in my state to tell people about the surcharge.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 5 hours ago
I guess that Americans are used to seeing charges applied at the point of sale anyway, for sales tax and so on.
In the UK there price on the shelf is the price you pay, and if for some reason it isn’t, then you can guarantee several arguments a day.