Cash only in on site shops

Our local fruit and veg shop can’t justify one on his turnover. So I doubt if it would be economic for Wardens. Particularly as it might not be in use all year.

I agree with you........

But we have just got back from Vienna and we found that many of the pubs, restaurants, attractions, public transport etc only took cash ( I had to go to a Volksbank to withdraw more...)

So rumours of the death of cash are premature!

If I can use my card to pay for my pitch, I'd expect to be able to use it else where in the shop. It seems another example of the Caravan Club being set in their ways.

It’s all down to the wardens running and funding the shops themselves, I guess.

But when I go into a CC site office, I don't see a difference between stuff on one side of the office & the other. I'm sure if there was a will there would be a way.

e.g. Years ago I used to buy cigarettes & lottery from Tesco & pay for it all in one go on my credit card. One week we shopped at Asda & I tried to do the same only to be told that as the money was going to 2 different people it was impossible to do. The assistant was stumped when I told her it was possible at Tesco. There was obviously the will because you can now pay for your fags & lottery on your credit card in one transaction at Asda if you so wish. 😉 

Ps I neither now smoke or do the lottery 

Apart from maybe replacing a gas tank, which as I understand it the wardens have to fund themselves, the only items I'm likely to buy from the site shop are small items, maybe a bottle of milk or an ice cream or eggs. So I think it's entirely reasonable to be asked to pay cash for them. There may be an argument for allowing cards for bigger items or for a minimum spend as in some pubs. Is there still a transaction fee payable by the vendor to the card company? If so it would hardly make sense to accept cards for small amounts.

There is a transaction cost but that is built into the selling price. The card readers are given out free and the funds appear almost instantly in the recipiants bank account.

If the guy who cleans my gutters does not take cash then why is anyone else wanting to?

The majority of "stuff" that is sold in site offices is funded entirely buy how deep the wardens pockets are and what sort of site they running,so to "purchase"a card machine and then have the added cost of the transaction on top, would just not be worth stocking anything added to that the cost of fetching everything,as the amounts that are stocked ,apart from gas which they has to be delivered, would not be viable for delivery

I think the OP does highlight an issue which is difficult to understand by anyone other than the old hands. I accept that having their own point of sale terminal would not be economic. However why can't the Club arrange for their wardens to have their own code for operating through the Club system. It might mean they have to wait a bit longer for their money but it would be one way of getting over the cash issue.

David

An alternative could be for the wardens to stop selling goods. They don’t have to do it so why don’t we be glad that they do and stump up the cash.