Our window cleaner is paid by BACS. He charges 30pounds* every two months.
*My keyboard has a problem. I have to use the @ key to type a ", and can't type a pound symbol at all - I just get #. If I use the # key, I get \.
Our window cleaner is paid by BACS. He charges 30pounds* every two months.
I don't think anyone is arguing about doing away with cash completely, Katharine. If it does 'disappear' it will only be when there ceases to be a use for it and all avenues that used cash are covered by other means of paying for something. Technology is changing all the time and I am sure somebody will come up with a solution to cover the areas you mention before it does.Katharine wrote: ↑24 Feb 2022, 14:40 I know I'm sounding like a one-woman crusade for keeping cash, but I've just thought of yet another reason to use it.
What happens if children go on school trips? Whenever mine visited a zoo, castle or whatever, we were told we could send a small amount of spending money with them, usually just a pound or two for them to buy a small souvenir from the gift shop. Then there are local fetes/Christmas bazaars etc. £1 for a strip of raffle tickets, 50p for a jar of home made jam etc etc. A small donation every November for a poppy?
Give me time, and I'm sure I can come up with even more reasons why I always need cash on me, and can't imagine how it could be replaced with on-line banking etc.
No, maybe not arguing as such, but I get the impression that several people on here rarely have cash available and therefore can't see a need for it/think it's easier to live without it. Assuming that the people on here reflect the wider society, I'm just wondering how people get by in the situations I've mentioned before. Presumably they never give small children a bit of spending/holiday money, visit local fetes etc. Or maybe there's more technology out there than I realised, for example I didn't know that the poppy appeal could be done on-line, I've only ever seen the boxes in shops or people standing with trays outside supermarket etc.Boatbuilder wrote: ↑24 Feb 2022, 15:19
I don't think anyone is arguing about doing away with cash completely, Katharine. If it does 'disappear' it will only be when there ceases to be a use for it and all avenues that used cash are covered by other means of paying for something. Technology is changing all the time and I am sure somebody will come up with a solution to cover the areas you mention before it does.
That reminds me of the days when people stopped being paid in cash. Many then said, "I don't trust the banks," preferring to keep their money in a biscuit tin or under the mattress.