Some of you all live in some very strange places.  I can't think of a single retail establishment anywhere in the pacific northwest, rural or urban, that doesn't take cash, I've never heard of or encountered such a thing.  I not infrequently see people pay a tab of several hundred dollars in cash at Costco.

I did encounter an insurance office once not letting me pay a premium due in cash (there were issues with my checking account I was sorting out).  I was annoyed but it was understandable as professional offices typically don't maintain a cash drawer, I simply had to get a cashiers check from my bank.  While I don't use their services hardly ever I think hotels and car rental companies usually require a debit or credit card (which affords them some security) but I've never known a food vendor to not take cash.

The video wouldn't work for me, but this is clearly not in the United States. So what did he do, just walk out and tell them to send him a bill?

He placed the exact change in coins on the counter, said he is leaving the exact amount of legal tender owed for his strawberries, and walked out as they tried to block his way while offering verbal protests.

He placed the exact change in coins on the counter, said he is leaving the exact amount of legal tender owed for his strawberries, and walked out as they tried to block his way while offering verbal protests.

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Oh, how clever. So they probably can't prosecute him for shoplifting, since he paid for the stuff. I wonder how this would be handled.

Which all means that before countries can switch completely to CBDC’s, they first need to change their laws making cash legal tender for all debts.

But doing so forthrightly would engender large scale instability and revolt.

So there needs to be another pretext for doing so:

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There are a lot of little ways to attack this. They've already been having "cash shortages." Years ago they removed the larger dollar bill denominations for "fighting drug crime." There are also the laws surrounding "fighting drugs," which just happen to work for the purpose of eliminating cash, too. If we see further closure of stores, they might increasingly require online sales and delivery only. This is happen to some degree in the big cities, and these same people have willingly been moving digital already, so it's an easy transition to make there. Stores might require QR codes for entry due to another event, such as Lockdowns 2.0 or martial law because of Right-Wing terrorism.

All of these things are happening in small ways, but we are missing the big event. It might tie into the inflation and an eventual economic event, but the wealth consolidation is moving along just fine so far. Those of us who earn a wage are the ones suffering the most.

Definitely the way to go: choose one small item and have the exact money, no need for change. That man did something great! You cn hear clapping in the background.

Dollar general only takes cards.  I walked out and left the stuff. 

Good for you, Viva! That meant more work for them, having to put it all back on shelves.

Now the self check out at Whole Foods just became credit card only recently.  

( I have  used credit cards.  It’s really loan sharking.  It’s best using cash.). 

Dollar general ticked me off.   They are moving fast to cashless society.