Cash only in on site shops

l can see why the situation is as it is, but nevertheless it is still 'odd' and a bit of a pain for the customer....

however, not an issue for us as we don't normally buy 'stuff' in the site shop and collect required things when out and about..

Do you know, I sometimes think, if I were a warden reading some comments on here, I'd be tempted to say "stuff the lot of you!" I'll check you in, maintain the site, make sure everything's working, even come out after hours when you trip the EHU, but if you want any extras there's a whole load of shops down the road ... off you trot!

Fortunately the club's wardens don't adopt that attitude, they do the best they can and, in my experience, they do it very well but still some seem to expect more of them! 

That's really all I expect of a warden  🙄

'You just don't like others to disagree with you' ....... do you and prefer to attack posters that have a different view. 

As far as the OP regarding paying by cash it is for me a triviality. 

It's never been a situation I've encountered in CC office/shop & it's only reading this thread that I've found this out.

I dont suppose it is that obvious. I remember we only found out about it the first time we bought gas. As others have mentioned for milk, ice cream etc we had always used cash.

Not an issue though, although I don't carry a lot of cash, I always have enough for a 6kg gas cylinder. Personally I don't see it as an issue, the reasons for it have been explained and to me make sense. These days I don't always expect to use plastic, or cash. Both extremes exist and if you want to use the outlets you make sure you have the means to pay.

As it's Wednesday, which for us is chip shop takeaway for dinner day.

The chippy doesn't take cards, only cash. It's always full.

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Ever noticed establishments owned by similar ethnicity folk, only work in cash no matter where in the land you are 

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Thinking further, independent  ice cream sellers seldom accept other than cash 

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Our daughter has a payment card, a Henry, that gives her responsibility with her pocket money, gift money etc. She can use it as a debit card, or for cash withdrawals. Even at age 11 she knows ice cream on CAMC sites requires cash. If she hasn't budgeted or withdrawn cash for our well planned trips, no ice cream. Its called tough love.

At school her lunch account is operated by thumb print, with the budgeted amount each month credited by us.

We can monitor both, but have found her sensible enough to manage herself.

Same as her mobile phone, as she travels 20 miles by bus each way she got a mobile on starting senior school. Initially we had concerns over mobile data usage and set a limit with no top up facility. At start of the summer term she realised she needed more data and used her pocket money for the data increase and each month stays within the limit.

It is a different world than we were brought up in, but by applying the same principles, checks and balances, we have all learned to adapt.

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Would be easier if car parks used the same mobile app. Park, open app, click button, return later. Know where the car is as the phone has paired with it and makes a record automatically. 

Sounds like you're being very sensible in raising your daughter in this respect 😉.

I like the idea of Henry having grandchildren overseas I'm not aufait with the modern 😂. I was concerned that moneybox and a few $ were considered as playthings .

Still no official acknowledgement or response 😉  on the subject of the thread.

Ps enjoy your fish and chips.  

One reoccurring element to this discussion seems to be gas. Perhaps the club could take control of it then you could pay for it by card . Unless the wardens get a kick back for selling it ,which I have no problem with,as it's my fault if l run out , not theirs.

There seems to be a few red herrings appearing in this thread. Surely it is simply about whether there should be more payment options in site reception, especially when buying more expensive items like gas and toilet chemicals etc? I carry a reasonable amount of cash with me but buying either of those items would put a dent in that cash. I probably wouldn't want to buy ice creams with a card but can understand how others could be caught out if they are not used to carrying cash around. Just because things have always been done one way doesn't mean that  is the right way to continue. Whilst what is on sale on sites is under the control of the wardens the Club would need to be involved with collating information and perhaps negotiating  a deal that would allow wardens to have access to reasonably priced means for electronic payment. You could always have a minimum £5 spend, mind you that won't buy a family ice creams on a Club Site!

David

Apologies for the terminology in my above post . Where I come from "kick back" means a bonus .