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Roland Perry · December 17th 18, 03:48 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In message , at 16:19:44 on Mon, 17 Dec
2018, remarked:
Meanwhile vast swathes of both the public and private sectors are
operating in the 21st century with employees placing orders and making
payments online. Eg use of payment cards was common when I retired 13
years ago. There were naturally limits on how much could be charged on

A lot of sole traders don't want the hassle or the fees from lugging a card
machine around when they go to jobs.

Not just that, but huge numbers of traders simply don't take cards.

ObTransport (just): there was an item on the TV news last week about
Holyhead as a ferry port, where they did a vox-pop about the potential
impact to local business should the port become a casualty of a hard
Brexit. One was in a shop selling I think general gifts, and there was a
sign on the door as they went in saying "cash only".

My wife's hairdresser on the High Street only takes cash.
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Roland Perry