Re: Another move towards the end of cash?

Not too sure how i feel about this....I use my mobile to pay rather than my card (or cash) sometimes as it's a much safer option, saves my carrying my purse with my actual bank cards in, especially in packed places like here in London.
When i do get cash out of the machine i tend to get more than needed, if something costs £11 i get £20....
so on a personal level i wouldnt mind this app.
However there is a bigger picture...the devastation of so many jobs losses.
If there was an option 'do we want it or not' i would say no on principle.

Re: Another move towards the end of cash?

There was a discussion about this on the radio the other day following an announcement from the Chancellor that 'cash is staying'.
https://news.sky.com/story/1p-and-2p...-cash-11709612

We don't all live in big towns with access to banks and cash machines and we don't all have smart phones with internet access and 'apps' , I certainly don't it would be pointless here where we can only just get 2G on a good day.

Re: Another move towards the end of cash?

It's probably just that the timing is wrong just now but I'm sure it will happen as future generations won't know any other way. It happened with wages paid into bank accounts, and it's happening with books where most young people prefer a kindle to a bookshelf. Buying music over the counter will be a thing of the past and actually walking round a shop to buy clothes or electricals will also become extinct as the younger generations turn into the older generations.

Re: Another move towards the end of cash?

As the Human-Computer Interface (HCI) expands, and elimination of hard cash is one example of this, so the uses to which the link between a person and a data file on a server someplace will grow like Topsy.

And some form of hard link, an embedded RFI chip is a logical step towards something even more exclusive ranging from iris scan to some form of DNA identification (spit or swallow?).

Reading the runes I don't like where this will lead, and it will.

Re: Another move towards the end of cash?

Not worried, it will not happen while I'm still breathing, and when I stop I'm not likely to care that much

Re: Another move towards the end of cash?

I hate self service tills, they never work properly when I go to them & the assistant has to come & fiddle with them. Making a mockery of a quicker check out. I never go to them now. I would rather queue & chat to a person.
If our nearest Sainsburys did that, I'd not go, we have plenty of other supermarkets in this area.

Re: Another move towards the end of cash?

Most of the younger generation cant wait for this crap to
happen, they think it will save them so much time!
Time for what? Another weeks holiday on top of the 3-- 4
weeks off they get allready?
Perhaps when all this time saving has run its course they
will have time to watch all the robots doing what they
they should be doing, because that is what is really
happening, the robots ARE taking over, the question is who
are the robots going to be working FOR?
The question needs to be asked BEFORE the transition
takes place!
You may scoff!

Regards Donkeyman

Re: Another move towards the end of cash?

What about if you look at your smartphone, and you have 50% battery left so, you go into a store, but forget its a bit cold today, so, you make a purchase and select the App, Whoops, no battery left, time for cash, I think not.

Re: Another move towards the end of cash?

Carry a power bank with you, charge the phone in your car while you drive. Hardly a problem.

Re: Another move towards the end of cash?

Hi

Once we are cashless, then Big Brother really is here.

I do not use a VPN, I do however not have any Loyalty Cards and only use Cash Points in two places, one here and one in Prees where I used to live.

I use my Credit Card for diesel in the local supermarket, anywhere else I use cash.

I know the system, I was part of it.

Yes, the powers that be know where I am going when I buy an air ticket.

I take cash and exchange it on the streets, a much better Exchange Rate and no prying eyes.

I like being off the grid.

I use honesty boxes and cash in the Markets.

Tax Evasion?

The really big boys pay sod all.

Google, Facebook , Amazon etc.

I see nothing wrong in paying cash in hand for a few plants or eggs or someone scratching a living by carrying my compost and hardcore from front to back.

The real problem is the Big Companies.

It is not one of my Neighbours on a Minimum Wage, Zero Hours Contract wanting to earn a few Quid to buy their kids a Pressie.