Cash only in on site shops

jspur replied on 04/06/2018 12:49

Posted on 04/06/2018 12:49

Can I ask the question about cash only being accepted in onsite shops?

I am sure this has been discussed, but I think it is weird in this day and age that reception staff/wardens only accept cash and do not take cards to pay for any extras you might require.

I realise that a machine obviously comes with a cost, but my reason for asking is that having just visited a C&M site, it was very hot and a young mother and her three young children came into the reception/shop area to purchase an ice cream for her children. When she asked if they take cards, she was told, no we only take cash, then the young mother said to her children they could not have an ice cream because she only had a card and no cashon her at all. The little ones were very upset and they all left having purchased nothing, so a lost sale.

I understand that the staff/wardens run the sale of essentials etc separate from the club, but in this day and age and with more and more young families taking up Caravaning or motorhoming they do not carry cash, we are a cashless society now and I think reception staff/ wardens need to address this issue.

I know before anyone says it that you should perhaps take some cash with you, but the younger generation are a cashless and online generation.

What do you think, am I being ridiculous?

 

 

 

EmilysDad replied on 05/06/2018 21:14

Posted on 05/06/2018 15:46 by

We usually pay site fees by card, but it would never occur to me to use a card to buy a pint of milk or ice cream.

When I was in Bowness a few weeks ago we twice bought an icecream from the van alongside the lake and also passed several times and trade was brisk. All the customers had cash ready. 

Posted on 05/06/2018 21:14

You're citing all these cash only ice cream vans & public loos, none of these have a card reader just feet away in the same room/office operated by the same staff. I'm  not saying that shops should take card payment for just a few quid, but if I'd picked some things up in the office as I was booking in, I'd expect to be able to pay for it all in one transaction 

replied on 05/06/2018 22:02

Posted on 05/06/2018 22:02

if I'd picked some things up in the office as I was booking in, I'd expect to be able to pay for it all in one transaction

No you wouldn't would you? How long have you used CC sites for?

If you did expect that then expectations would soon be changed wouldn't they. You would know next time. Life can be a learning curve but most soon catch on and know next time.

EmilysDad replied on 06/06/2018 11:34

Posted on 05/06/2018 22:02 by

if I'd picked some things up in the office as I was booking in, I'd expect to be able to pay for it all in one transaction

No you wouldn't would you? How long have you used CC sites for?

If you did expect that then expectations would soon be changed wouldn't they. You would know next time. Life can be a learning curve but most soon catch on and know next time.

Posted on 06/06/2018 11:34

Do you never ever change your view on anything? ...... I'm alright & just keep this things as they are.

And whether I can or not pay for it all in one transaction on my credit card, I'd still expect to be able to do so. It's not like the CC is some 2 bit organisation.

replied on 06/06/2018 12:03

Posted on 06/06/2018 12:03

Do you never ever change your view on anything? ...... I'm alright & just keep this things as they are.

Yes I do. I once thought deposits a good idea and then, after considering further, decided that it would not make any real difference.

I just don't stress over VERY minor drawbacks. Hell I persevere on this site as you do! I've has plenty of shit in my life and also lost many good friends and so I am sure that I can cope with taking cash to the shop. It is only a nuisance the first time, when you have an empty wallet, if at all. 

And yes I can accept that I am paying two different providers and that one of those providers doesn't handle cards: that does not need a degree to understand really.

A question for you. Why do you insist on attacking the poster? Play the ball not the man

JVB66 replied on 06/06/2018 12:14

Posted on 06/06/2018 12:03 by

Do you never ever change your view on anything? ...... I'm alright & just keep this things as they are.

Yes I do. I once thought deposits a good idea and then, after considering further, decided that it would not make any real difference.

I just don't stress over VERY minor drawbacks. Hell I persevere on this site as you do! I've has plenty of shit in my life and also lost many good friends and so I am sure that I can cope with taking cash to the shop. It is only a nuisance the first time, when you have an empty wallet, if at all. 

And yes I can accept that I am paying two different providers and that one of those providers doesn't handle cards as that does not need a degree to understand really 

Posted on 06/06/2018 12:14

Very true,and i think most people accept that it is the case go to most markets,  you can if you so wish pay the couple of pound to park with with plasticundecidedbut will probably need cash if you buy anything in the said market,wink and if you go to a lot of stores these days they have several "franchised" outlets and you can only pay for their goods at that franchise,you cannot pay for everything at one checkoutsurprised,as with site shopscool

SteveL replied on 06/06/2018 12:44

Posted on 06/06/2018 12:44

if you go to a lot of stores these days they have several "franchised" outlets and you can only pay for their goods at that franchise,you cannot pay for everything at one checkout

 

Very true. Keeps causing problems at our Tesco, which has recently let much of the upper floor to cloths Franchises. Folk keep turning up with a trolley load of shopping, expecting to pay for both.

young thomas replied on 06/06/2018 13:08

Posted on 05/06/2018 19:21 by Bakers2

Couldn't agree more on educating children about money. They learn from the physical not the abstract. Thus counting has always involved something physical be that beans or stairs 😉. Similar when it comes to adding, subtraction, multiplication.

Posted on 06/06/2018 13:08

also agree.....the physical.....

heres a good one.....Dunster Castle NT shop.....

three birthday cards....£7....

i gave the lady a £20 note and she started counting out the change...lots of 50/20p coins....muttering something about no pound coins....

so I said, hang on....here's two pound coins, that will help you and I only get notes back.....

blank stare.....

i said that's £22 I've given you....minus the £7 for the goods....ill have £15 back please....

blank stare....

call 'senior assistant', thankfully of an age that could count rather than read something from a till......

mind how you go....wink

EmilysDad replied on 06/06/2018 13:18

Posted on 06/06/2018 12:03 by

Do you never ever change your view on anything? ...... I'm alright & just keep this things as they are.

Yes I do. I once thought deposits a good idea and then, after considering further, decided that it would not make any real difference.

I just don't stress over VERY minor drawbacks. Hell I persevere on this site as you do! I've has plenty of shit in my life and also lost many good friends and so I am sure that I can cope with taking cash to the shop. It is only a nuisance the first time, when you have an empty wallet, if at all. 

And yes I can accept that I am paying two different providers and that one of those providers doesn't handle cards: that does not need a degree to understand really.

A question for you. Why do you insist on attacking the poster? Play the ball not the man

Posted on 06/06/2018 13:18

I'm  agreeing with the OP. You side with the CC every time .... You just don't like others to disagree with you. 

EmilysDad replied on 06/06/2018 13:24

Posted on 06/06/2018 12:14 by JVB66

Very true,and i think most people accept that it is the case go to most markets,  you can if you so wish pay the couple of pound to park with with plasticundecidedbut will probably need cash if you buy anything in the said market,wink and if you go to a lot of stores these days they have several "franchised" outlets and you can only pay for their goods at that franchise,you cannot pay for everything at one checkoutsurprised,as with site shopscool

Posted on 06/06/2018 13:24

Completely different. It's obvious at a market that different stalls are operated by different people. But it's bizarre that you pay different people for different items in the same CC office.

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.

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