Cash only in on site shops

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  • ATDel
    ATDel Forum Participant Posts: 335
    edited June 2018 #152

    Quite a lot of people actually, when you stand on the other side of the counter booking people in it is surprising how many pay by cash.

    as JK says school holidays quite a few people come into reception with cash, some with all their holiday money in an envelope and count it out. Not everyone has a lot of disposable income and the only way some people can afford to go on holiday is putting a bit by every week from house keeping and the like, a lot of the people who pay with cash are so called youngsters.

     

  • TonyIshUK
    TonyIshUK Forum Participant Posts: 296
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    edited July 2018 #153

    With the recent problems with banks ,  I would suggest carrying as much cash as you may need to spend.

    Proved right (smug emoji). When the local petrol station card system went down. Just me and the local gypsy had cash for a full tank.

    Rgds

  • EmilysDad
    EmilysDad Forum Participant Posts: 8,973
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    edited July 2018 #154

    Mmm? Carry £100 extra in my wallet just in case I need to fill my tow car 🤔

  • EasyT
    EasyT Forum Participant Posts: 16,194
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    edited July 2018 #155

    No need to carry an additional £100 if you have that already.  wink

  • EmilysDad
    EmilysDad Forum Participant Posts: 8,973
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    edited July 2018 #156

    but if I needed to brim my tank, it'd be £100 to fill it leaving me with an empty wallet & then I wouldn't be able to buy anything from the site shop. In 35+ years of carrying a credit card I've always been able to use it to pay for my fuel .... the chances of the system being down is slim - at best.

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited July 2018 #157

    But surely you only need to carry sufficient extra cash to purchase enough fuel to get you to the nearest petrol station who's card system is working. A  look on your sat nav and a quick  phone call to confirm card system is in use is all that's needed. Simples.laughing

  • EmilysDad
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    edited July 2018 #158

    But would you know before you brimmed your car that the card system was down? 😉

  • Goldie146
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    edited July 2018 #159

    About ten days ago we filled up the car (Discovery) with diesel plus a can of petrol (for the Quad), and by OH got to the till the card system had gone  down. He came back out to the car and between us we had enough cash to pay (£116). Meanwhile the rest of the queue were fiddling about with bits of paper and details and the pumps were switched off. 

    We don't always have that much, but we're never without (divided between the two of us).

     

  • Kennine
    Kennine Forum Participant Posts: 3,472
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    edited July 2018 #160

    What's wrong with using cash. It's legal tender. The Site staff buy those items from their own pockets, why should they not be reimbursed in cash. Lets face it, there are thousands of cash points throughout the UK why not use them. 

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  • obbernockle
    obbernockle Forum Participant Posts: 616
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    edited July 2018 #161

    I think the bits and bobs sold by site wardens is a little sideline making a small profit, for which they have to buy the stuff out of their own funds.

    On such a small scale they probably dont make much out of it for their effort. Introducing Card transactions is a step towards accounts and the good old Dept of Rev. Add that rigmarole to the  business and the little earner is not worth the bother.

  • JVB66
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    edited August 2018 #162

    There would have been a message on all the pumps adviseing of such

  • JVB66
    JVB66 Forum Participant Posts: 22,892
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    edited August 2018 #163

    On two occasions recently we have needed cash to purchase fish and chips both at popular destinations, in Hampshire in Hythe and Dorset in Lyme Regis

  • Bakers2
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    edited August 2018 #164

    Thats all outgoings! 1.75% of every transaction soon adds up. If it's on very small ticket items I suspect the wardens would need to cover that cost in the price they sell at as well as the bigger ticket prices. Next moan would be "Much cheaper elsewhere". If the wardens are happy to stock items I'm happy to pay in cash and a small premium. The alternative? Get in the car, walk, cycle to nearest stockists then return. Much easier to stroll or send the kids/grandkids over to purchase and enjoy your break 😁.

    Maybe the club could buy the gas supplies they ask the wardens to stock - that way a card transaction could ocurr. It might even lead to a reduced cost if gas as they would be bulk purchasers 😉.

    I'm never without a note tucked in my phone case these days. I rarely carry a handbag when out and about!

     

  • eurortraveller
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    edited August 2018 #165

    .....cash is on the way out...like Cheques.  

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  • EmilysDad
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    edited August 2018 #167

     would there? innocent

  • JVB66
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    edited August 2018 #168

    The F&C were great but as for foreigners the chippy by the clock tower is run very well

     

     

    By Eastern Europeanscool

    Lyme Regis west Dorset  a few miles from Binham Grangesurprised

     

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