Even though this restuarant in Bend,OR started a one year experiment of only accepting credit/debit cards and no cash I hope that other restuarants around the USA don’t follow this trend. This restuarant in Bend,Oregon accpets cash again. Every time I dine out I don’t like to pay with a credit card because I have enough stuff on my credit card. Debit cards are very high in identity theft in my area.
I live in the Southern California area. I hope that the no cash policy doesn’t start here.
Here is a copy of the article of the restuarant in Bend that experimented with this no cash policy.
http://www.creditcards.com/No-cash-businesses.php
I’m in my late 20s and still dine out with my parents in their late 50s. My parents feel that its much safer to pay with cash in terms of credit/debit fruad and identitiy theft.
If more restuarants follow this policy me, my parents and others are going to be very upset.
I’m worried.
have a very small bussiness where my customers pay me with cash. I use that cash to put gas in my car, get coffee, eat out and buy groceries with.
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Some frineds of mine can’t get bank accounts so they cash their paycheck at a grocery store or check cashing place.
If restaurants and eating places only accept credti and debit people could file lawsuits that those without bank accounts or credit cards could not dine there.
If restuarants handle your card they are also exposed to germs.
There are people who don’t have credit or debit cards. Mall Food courts get 50% of thier bussiness with cash. Some don’t even take credit cards and are cash only.
I disagree with Lisa A;s answer. Anybody that thinks this is okay is out of their mind.
As for mall food courts many food court patrons are mall employees who use check cashing stores and young kids who don’t have credit or debit cards.
I wonder if this restaurant had been robbed recently. That’s the only reason I can see them not wanting to have cash in hand. Credit card companies actually charge merchants a fee for each transaction, plus it takes longer to pay with a card. This was just silly and I can only see paranoia over theft as their only rationale. As long as the government is still minting cash, I don’t see this catching on.
July 2nd, 2009 at 11:51 am
Not as ridiculous as ‘rediculus’, sadly.
July 4th, 2009 at 6:37 am
While I agree that the customer should have the choice of cold hard cash, I wonder if the restaurant was hoping to create a complete audit trail of revenue and tips.
(Not to mention the phenom that people tend to spend more if it’s on plastic.)
July 4th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
In this day and age, no, I don’t think this is ridiculous. I think it’s a very interesting experiment, and a great idea. It is especially fitting for a restaurant, and I think the health department should consider making it mandatory for restaurants.
I visit a food court once in a while. There are certain small counters where only one person works. At those counters, they are not allowed to accept cash. Other counters that have two or more people do accept cash. One person handles the money, and one person handles the food.
I really do not want the same person who handles my money to handle my food. Money is filthy, and should be nowhere near food. Food handlers should not be allowed to handle money. Paying with cards only keeps things sanitary. The cashier and the customer don’t even have to come in to contact with the same items at all, avoiding disease transmission. The customer can just swipe their own card without the cashier handling the card at all.
July 8th, 2009 at 5:52 am