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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: 2) by AthanasiusKircher on Thursday July 11 2019, @01:40PM
FYI: The U.S. doesn't have the DD Guarantee, or anything like it. Sounds like a great idea.
You'll find this argument works differently for U.S. folks, as credit cards in the U.S. often have more protection for customers in the case of weird/unexpected/erroneous transactions than debit cards. For that reason, I exclusively use my credit card for all electronic purchases. I don't think I've ever used a debit card for a purchase in my life (though I have used direct debit transactions from my bank account when it helps to avoid fees and I trust the recipient).