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When The Cash Register Doesn't Take Cash

posted by FatPhil on Tuesday January 09 2018, @05:43AM   Printer-friendly
from the just-the-tip dept.

Justin Case brings us this story from NPR's Morning Edition:

Bluestone, which now has 20 stores in the U.S., went cashless last October.

A big reason: Nearly 90 percent of customers [...] never paid in cash.

Another reason: The lines move faster when employees don't have to make change.

"We see a lot of guests that pay for a meal with a credit card, but will always leave a cash tip. And I think people like doing that. People like palming a bartender a $20 or palming their server a $10. Palming the bus boy a couple bucks," said Fileccia.

There are also people, he said, who want to keep their meal off the books — if they're having an affair, for example.

No, businesses are not required to accept cash: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_tender

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  • (Score: 1) by doc_doofus on Tuesday January 09 2018, @04:25PM (2 children)

    by doc_doofus (6746) on Tuesday January 09 2018, @04:25PM (#620066) Homepage
    Until you remove any and all percentage based charges added to a bill/invoice, you will need pennies. So, you will never get rid of pennies, because the governments will always require taxes be charged to the consumer, collected by the retailer and submitted to them.
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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Gaaark on Tuesday January 09 2018, @05:26PM (1 child)

    by Gaaark (41) on Tuesday January 09 2018, @05:26PM (#620098) Journal

    In Canada, they DID get rid of the penny: if you pay cash, the decimal is rounded up or down (2cents or under, rounded down/3cents or over, rounded up IANAL/Financial accountant, your penny rounding may vary i have no idea, really... just pulling numbers out my ass). You either pay 0cents or 5cents, etc.

    If you pay debit/credit, you pay the pennies.... a good reason to pay cash if it will save you the 2-3cents....if you don't have a freaking life!!!

    :)

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