Yorkshire where cash is king

I've been in Yorkshire for the weekend.and the thing that really struck me was the large number of shops and pubs that have signs up stating they would prefer cash payment.
Some where cash only while others did not accept credit cards.

Is this the start of a national trend .or is it just a local outbreak of money saving by not paying cough , cough ,tax.

 

Probably just backwards Yorkshire folk who don’t like fancy new ideas like electric plus if there’s no cash what would they put in their mattress

 

Many shops up there still have old 10 bob notes in the till.

 

That’s a gr-gr-gr-gross exagger-eration
G-Granville!

 

Theres nowt wrong with a few bob saved in the wallet , this is my wallet as of october last year , and its the same today , whats the use of buying a wallet if your gonna take stuff out of it , as a stores man once said to me "stores are for storing"

 

They have to pay a fee to the bank for electronic payments

 

All their bank servers return the message "OW MUCH?!", I believe.

 

The chippies round our way only take cash (that's fish and chip shops not joiners) .
Cash is essential some times - We were in Tesco's a couple of weeks ago and the check out till rejected my bank card both contactless and chip and pin - luckily we had the necessary £27.50 between us.
It must be your card sir - but no I have only just used it at another shop and I went straight outside to the ATM and it worked Ok there - so don't rely 100% on cards.

 

As my old grandad Arkwright used to say

“I like what I buy and I buy what I bloody well like……….with T cash mind “

 

They do for cash as well plus they have to spend time going to the bank

 

A few places down here prefer cash.
The cost of renting card machines from banks are really quite expensive for a lot of smaller shops, so they prefer cash. Also, the amount of foreign barber shops that are opening up here, suggests that there is a lot of money laundering going on…

 

Ferret pelts?

 

Paying by cash? How quaint

 

here is a picture of me about to go into a pub in Yorkshire ,you have to style it for a 1940 s look so they know your reet for a few bob

 

Still got a few 9 Bob notes if you're interested Snotts

 

All you guys complaining about cash and mocking the Luddites - there's a good chance you'll live long enough to see days where cash is non-existent, all your transactions are in a govt issued crypto currency form from a digital wallet which are recorded along with all your other data on one central govt database (which can be trawled by HMRC for applying extra taxes as an when they see fit, NHS so they can refuse treatment if you bought more than 2 units of alcohol this month, any any other 3rd party private companies that have directors on the board who are MPs in whichever govt is in power at that time).

If you think this is conspiracy theory nonsense, I can assure you it's not. The plans are published and in the public domain (on the Gov.uk website no less) and have been for a while.

 

Why should we pay cash everywhere with banknotes instead of a card ?

I have a £50 banknote in my pocket. Going to a restaurant and paying for dinner with it.

The restaurant owner then uses the note to pay for the laundry.

The laundry owner then uses the note to pay the barber.

The barber will then use the note to pay for shopping.

After an unlimited number of payments, it will still remain a £50 value, which has fulfilled its purpose to everyone who used it for payment and the bank has jumped dry from every cash payment transaction made.

BUT

IF I go to a restaurant and pay digitally via Card,

- the bank fees for my payment transaction charged to the seller are 3%, so around £1.50

( and so will be the fee of £1.50 for each further payment transaction )

-for the owner re laundry or
- payments of the owner of the laundry shop,
- or payments of the barber etc.....

Therefore, after 30 transactions, the initial £50 will exist at only £5, and the remaining £45 has become the property of the bank … thanks to all of the digital transactions and fees!

Use it or lose it folks…

Once it’s gone we won’t get it back!

Cash is king!