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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: 2) by darkfeline on Tuesday January 09 2018, @09:17PM

    by darkfeline (1030) on Tuesday January 09 2018, @09:17PM (#620220) Homepage

    I think that interpretation gets trumpeted a lot by people playing at being a lawyer (with the caveat that while I'm not a lawyer, I'm at least capable of critical thinking).

    If a company sues you for damaging their one of a kind MacGuffin, they must accept US currency, cash, to settle that debt. They cannot somehow force you to procure a replacement MacGuffin for repayment, or payment via credit card (although the company and the courts may agree to charge extra for the processing and transport of a large amount of physical currency).

    However, eating at a restaurant is a normal exchange between buyer and seller, even if you pay after. If the restaurant did not make their payment policies clear, you might end up settling or going to court, but you are NOT cleared of "debt" by default.

    Now, if you eat and pay (or not pay), the restaurant is satisfied, and then they turn around and sue you for civil damages later and win the case somehow, they are obligated to accept US currency, cash, for the repayment. They cannot force you to repay using a credit card for example.

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