Will you go

Sumitra replied on 24/04/2020 16:49

Posted on 24/04/2020 16:49

As soon as the lockdown is lifted.I ask because both my husband and I are over seventy and my husband has been notified that he is very vulnerable because of some health issues.I was thinking maybe a fully serviced pitch where we can use our own facilities?

JollyKernow replied on 28/04/2020 13:59

Posted on 28/04/2020 11:26 by rayjsj

Ha Ha,I am staying in because i choose to, and I was ASKED to, and am not starving.

As long as Cash is still legal tender it should be accepted as payment.  No change in that situation in the UK yet.

 

 

Posted on 28/04/2020 13:59

Afternoon

Thing is ray any vendor can choose what method of payment they accept, it's not a legal requirement to take cash.

A good while ago the method of payment was discussed in club site wardens shops and I was then pretty adamant about cash only. Now, if we get through this period unscathed we will be looking to rent a card machine and it will be strictly card only. I hope our sites go the same way too, no more trudging to the bank with bags of dirty money!!wink

JK

JVB66 replied on 28/04/2020 14:09

Posted on 28/04/2020 13:59 by JollyKernow

Afternoon

Thing is ray any vendor can choose what method of payment they accept, it's not a legal requirement to take cash.

A good while ago the method of payment was discussed in club site wardens shops and I was then pretty adamant about cash only. Now, if we get through this period unscathed we will be looking to rent a card machine and it will be strictly card only. I hope our sites go the same way too, no more trudging to the bank with bags of dirty money!!wink

JK

Posted on 28/04/2020 14:09

Ferry Meadows site wardens shop has card payment,available

DavidKlyne replied on 28/04/2020 14:10

Posted on 28/04/2020 14:10

A good while ago the method of payment was discussed in club site wardens shops and I was then pretty adamant about cash only. Now, if we get through this period unscathed we will be looking to rent a card machine and it will be strictly card only. I hope our sites go the same way too, no more trudging to the bank with bags of dirty money!!

JK

I shall take that as vindication as I seem to recall being shot down in flames when I suggested that wardens should have a cashless method of payment for goods they sell, particularly for the more expensive items they sell like Gas, Toilet Chemicals and Ice Creamsmile

David

JVB66 replied on 28/04/2020 14:16

Posted on 28/04/2020 14:10 by DavidKlyne

A good while ago the method of payment was discussed in club site wardens shops and I was then pretty adamant about cash only. Now, if we get through this period unscathed we will be looking to rent a card machine and it will be strictly card only. I hope our sites go the same way too, no more trudging to the bank with bags of dirty money!!

JK

I shall take that as vindication as I seem to recall being shot down in flames when I suggested that wardens should have a cashless method of payment for goods they sell, particularly for the more expensive items they sell like Gas, Toilet Chemicals and Ice Creamsmile

David

Posted on 28/04/2020 14:16

With smaller sites ,and the minimal amount that wardens,make out of the goods they sell ,it is not economical to have card payment facility, as it is not the club who have to stock the "shops" it all comes out of the wardens own pocket, gas and toilet chemicals included

Tinwheeler replied on 28/04/2020 14:21

Posted on 28/04/2020 14:16 by JVB66

With smaller sites ,and the minimal amount that wardens,make out of the goods they sell ,it is not economical to have card payment facility, as it is not the club who have to stock the "shops" it all comes out of the wardens own pocket, gas and toilet chemicals included

Posted on 28/04/2020 14:21

I reckon JK has taken that into account with his thinking, JV. He'll know better than most of the economic viability.👍🏻

EmilysDad replied on 28/04/2020 14:27

Posted on 28/04/2020 14:10 by DavidKlyne

A good while ago the method of payment was discussed in club site wardens shops and I was then pretty adamant about cash only. Now, if we get through this period unscathed we will be looking to rent a card machine and it will be strictly card only. I hope our sites go the same way too, no more trudging to the bank with bags of dirty money!!

JK

I shall take that as vindication as I seem to recall being shot down in flames when I suggested that wardens should have a cashless method of payment for goods they sell, particularly for the more expensive items they sell like Gas, Toilet Chemicals and Ice Creamsmile

David

Posted on 28/04/2020 14:27

I was about to say the same as you David when it was mentioned here a while back ..... and as you say, those that suggested the wardens should accept card payment were very quickly put down! 😏

DavidKlyne replied on 28/04/2020 14:31

Posted on 28/04/2020 14:16 by JVB66

With smaller sites ,and the minimal amount that wardens,make out of the goods they sell ,it is not economical to have card payment facility, as it is not the club who have to stock the "shops" it all comes out of the wardens own pocket, gas and toilet chemicals included

Posted on 28/04/2020 14:31

As I have probably pointed out before the infrastructure is already in place on every Club site to accept card payments. All it would require, if acceptable to both Club and Wardens, would be for the Point of Sale facility to be adapted to allow warden sales to use the system. Whilst Initially it would all go into the Club "pot" it would be easy enough to set up a means of transferring the miscellaneous sales values back to the wardens account less any transaction fees which would possibly be less than wardens setting up their own systems. 

David

Metheven replied on 28/04/2020 14:52

Posted on 28/04/2020 14:52

I thought it was a good idea when younger to play 'dirty', the thinking was it made you immune to a lot of 'things going around'. Does the future mean isolating ourselves in a virtual sterile bubble making us less immune to whatever is out there? Will social distancing be implanted into our way of thinking from now on, along with a 'touchy' attitude to people and material things. Will it ever be possible to ever go back to what was normal?

JVB66 replied on 28/04/2020 14:53

Posted on 28/04/2020 14:31 by DavidKlyne

As I have probably pointed out before the infrastructure is already in place on every Club site to accept card payments. All it would require, if acceptable to both Club and Wardens, would be for the Point of Sale facility to be adapted to allow warden sales to use the system. Whilst Initially it would all go into the Club "pot" it would be easy enough to set up a means of transferring the miscellaneous sales values back to the wardens account less any transaction fees which would possibly be less than wardens setting up their own systems. 

David

Posted on 28/04/2020 14:53

If it was that simple,it would already be in operation ,otherwise i would think a deposit system would also be in operation,  but then the wiz kids who understand could maybe advise

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