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Dominos Australia has taken a controversial step in having five of its stores go cashless for pizza pickups in the name of reducing pickup time and queues. Dubbing the new system "tap and take" Dominos hopes that it will reduce waiting times, increase convenience, increase safety and reduce costs involved with handling cash so that they can "remain digitally agile and continue to meet consumer demands". The trial is not winning any points with Libertarians who believe that the government is pushing businesses to crack down on the cash economy with concerns about the government taking a big brother attitude to monitoring business cashflow. While a number of businesses in Australia are cashless, removing the option tends to put customers off with a number of businesses just bearing the loss of profit from customers who prefer to pay with cash.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 10 2019, @11:49PM
Seconded, just about every point you made, thanks!
Originally I came to say, who cares about Dominos pizza? I had some once--it was the only place open near the motel I landed in late one night...and never again.
We just had front clip and hood repaired after a low speed accident on an older car, cost about US$2000. The friendly collision repair shop at the end of the street only takes cash or checks--and they did very nice work. Usefully cheaper than the official estimate from the fancy shop that also does estimates for the insurance company. (There was no requirement to use any particular repair shop--the insurance settlement was also a check).
I have a few moderately expensive bicycles (over $1000) and when I buy and sell, it's always cash in person. Same for random small things purchased (or sold) using Craigslist.