Cashless Society?

I save spare change, my grandson keeps an eye on it....

Well, the coins etc. are useful as are notes though as a rule I try and put as much expenditure on my debit/credit cards as possible, Even paying by way of 'apple pay' on my phone. I can get quite used to this and over the past few years tend to use less and less cash.

Haven't tried paying by bit coin yet!  Where are the experts when you need them?

Had  to  get  a  replacement  6kg  propane  from  Old  Hartley  last  week,  first  thing  the  Warden  said  was  " Yes  We  do  have  a  full  bottle,  BUT  CASH  ONLY  I'M  AFRAID "

How are some of the smaller sites such as CL's going to operate, as many are not now accepting cheques and are cash only?

There was a discussion on Radio 4 the other day about Sweden which is virtually a cashless society already, with most of the major banks no longer accepting hard cash, even from shops.  

As already listed in this thread there are lots of reasons that seemingly require cash however as we progress it will become easier and cheaper for companies and individuals to use electronic transfers. Many don't now because they see it as an extra inconvenience. Take Nellie's point about CL's. Their customers will become younger and I expect that generation won't accept cash/cheques only so they will be forced to change. Even 12 year old Joss has an Osper card which she likes people to load any Birthday/Christmas money onto so she can decide to use as she wants.

David

I have found that an increasing number of 'small traders' are now preferring BACS as a means of payment.  We do this with a few of the CLs we stay on regularly - it's always for a minimum of 7 nights and I do it whilst we are there, giving them time to check their bank accounts before we leave.  Our coalman actually asked me to pay by BACS rather than give him a cheque because he gets the money virtually immediately, doesn't get charged by the banks for handling cheques and since we no longer have a bank in our small town, he avoids having to travel miles to pay it in.

Is that so it doesn't go through the CAMC 'books' ?  That's the reason I pay most tradesmen cash.

My understanding of the sales of Calor on club sites, is that the bottles and gas belong to the wardens rather than the club, hence the cash only basis.. 

Other things in the site shops do too.

Correct

'eckky thump Bill,  are  you  owning  up  to  conspiring  with  others  to  defraud  HMRC ( i.e.  US )  of  a  bit  of  income ??    I'd  never  ever  believe  that  of  a  C&MC  Member