I know I posted about this maybe a year ago but cannot find it. As godawful as they already were, understaffed, overpriced and rising, they've really taken the cake this time. They are NO LONGER ACCEPTING CASH?!@$ They have a lot of nerve trying to screw over regular people without platinum cards or private jets. How do they stay in business? Their employees hate working for them. Let's all tell as many as possible about the horror that is public storage and hope they'll just vanish.
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Public disgrace er storage
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Milo Willamson
Extreme Android User
Emergency Room Storage? Really hospital attire you are planning of handing it over? Seriously you are not thinking clearly.
Last time i was in the UK I found exactly the same at some businesses, especially small places like little cafes and coffee shops. From what I understand if a place accepts cash, someone has to go to the bank with the days takings, or they have to keep it in a safe on the premises. Either of which might be encourage robberies, as well as costing the business more. Although here in China Ii've yet to see a places that still doesn't accept cash, but most people use their smart-phones to pay, with either WeChat Pay or AliPay. No cash payments in the UK started during the Covid plandemic,
I thought all places in America would now accept things like Google Pay, Apple Pay, tap and pay, etc? Where you just use your smart-phone, or whatever VISA or MasterCard you have. Like they do in the UK. You don't have to be a millionaire or have a private jet. LOL
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Not everybody has that stuff or wants it. Some people don't have access to banking. Then there are those who are old school and wary of using cards. This brings me back to that book I'm still looking for, Hook Line and Sinker, about the founding of the credit industry. Apparently the guy thought he was doing folks a big favor by allowing them to buy things and pay for them later, but really it turned into a big mess. Credit card debt is right up there with student loans and medical as far as bankruptcies. By the way, I have found many listings for that book title, but they're all either about romance or actual fishing gear.
It's all a big conspiracy so that they can control your money.
How easy would it be to have someone to simply hit the delete button, on your account.
How easy would it be to have someone to simply hit the delete button, on your account.
As a work-a-round, you can always get a money card at your local grocery store and load enough cash onto it to cover your storage fees.
ozonetrooper
Android Expert
I have not had cash in my wallet inna long time now.
What I do not pay online via CC or bank account, gets a plastic card for services rendered.
I am retired on a budget so it is not like I got any cash anyway ...
What I do not pay online via CC or bank account, gets a plastic card for services rendered.
I am retired on a budget so it is not like I got any cash anyway ...
Almost everywhere in the UK uses card as default, and while most accept cash there are plenty that don't, e.g. cashless outlets have been the norm in universities here for a few years now (many young people never carry cash), while self-service terminals in shops are frequently card-only now even if they weren't originally.
Some businesses used not to accept cards because they charge fees, but there are costs associated with handling cash as well, as Mike has said. In addition to which business bank accounts here typically charge businesses fees for depositing or withdrawing cash. Hence it's possible, especially if most customers are using cards, for cash transactions to cost a business more than card ones.
This got me thinking what business might really need to use cash transactions these days, and the first answer that came to mind was "anything that's a front for money laundering", since the distinctive feature of cash transactions is the lack of any independent or verifiable record of where the money came from.
Some businesses used not to accept cards because they charge fees, but there are costs associated with handling cash as well, as Mike has said. In addition to which business bank accounts here typically charge businesses fees for depositing or withdrawing cash. Hence it's possible, especially if most customers are using cards, for cash transactions to cost a business more than card ones.
This got me thinking what business might really need to use cash transactions these days, and the first answer that came to mind was "anything that's a front for money laundering", since the distinctive feature of cash transactions is the lack of any independent or verifiable record of where the money came from.
The first cashless facility I visited was the new baseball park in town. With the many vendors on the concourse, and the ease of palming off a considerable sum during a game, plastic transactions makes sense. I don't do credit cards but I use a debit card for such transactions. I'm old school and carry cash but find I use it less as time goes by.