Anonymous wrote:I don't know about DC, but a lot of vendors at Farmers' Markets in the suburbs have signs that say "Credit Cards Accepted; Cash Preferred." Visa charges a 3% fee on all transactions.

Its insane that no one has moved in with an electronic payment system that really undercuts swipe fees. Probably more of a regulatory barrier than technical one.

Anonymous wrote:I don't know about DC, but a lot of vendors at Farmers' Markets in the suburbs have signs that say "Credit Cards Accepted; Cash Preferred." Visa charges a 3% fee on all transactions.

Cash is the payment of choice for those who evade taxes. The IRS has no idea how many tomatoes you grew in a given year.

I don't know about DC, but a lot of vendors at Farmers' Markets in the suburbs have signs that say "Credit Cards Accepted; Cash Preferred." Visa charges a 3% fee on all transactions.

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Anonymous wrote:Running a business in DC sounds as awful as being a landlord in DC.

Yes you are forced to use legal tender of the US.

The eye roll was a nice touch. Unfortunately you are wrong. But DC having to pass a law forcing businesses to accept cash should have tipped you off.

There is no federal statute mandating that a private business, a person, or an organization must accept currency or coins as payment for goods or services. Private businesses are free to develop their own policies on whether to accept cash unless there is a state law that says otherwise.

https://www.federalreserve.gov/faqs/currency_12772.htm

Anonymous wrote:Obviously because lots of people can't get credit cards. They aren't saying you have to be cash only, they are just saying that if someone can only pay with cash, you need to be able to make change and no refuse to do business with them just because they can't get a credit card.

I’m a Trump supporter and agree with this 100%. This cuts across party lines. It’s about decency.

Anonymous wrote:It's a policy which makes it easier to rob businesses. Cashless business can't be robbed.

Another ill-considered leftist policy which will provoke a backlash from Congress.

I think you'd be surprised how much the right likes cash since the gummint can't track or control cash transactions.

DCUM participants just plain suck. You really do. You’re either a bunch of clueless idiots or total hypocrites.

Not everyone can get a credit or debit card because not everyone has good credit or a checking account. These people have the right to spend their US dollars in US businesses. And the poster who says they shouldn’t be allowed to do that in more expensive restaurants is an ass. Who are you to decide what’s expensive and what isn’t? You’re all about small government expect when it comes to protecting the poor, then you want to legislate where they can and cannot eat.

So many of you have absolutely no inkling of what’s going on right under your noses. Not everybody in DC is a rich white snob with enough time to engage in petty and endless drivel in sites like this.

Anonymous wrote:It's a policy which makes it easier to rob businesses. Cashless business can't be robbed.

Another ill-considered leftist policy which will provoke a backlash from Congress.

Yeah, let's just install metal detectors in every school, armed rent-a-cops in every place of business, and let them go cashless instead of fighting crime.

Anonymous wrote:"Legal tender for all debts, public and private" baby

*standing golf clap*

If you all really want the government and all the POS companies along with Amazon and Apple to have access to 100% of your purchasing history, then fight it all you want. But money is legal tender. It's good and people should use it more, in fact so Visa stops taking a cut off the top.

Anonymous wrote:There are a ton of prepaid cards out there, including some with zero fees that can be loaded with cash for free at walmart and other locations. Lots of people choose to use cash not because they don't have a card (many of them do have cards), but because they don't want anyone to be able to track their under-the-table or illegal income.

Or they are using the official US currency to conduct business.

Anonymous wrote:It's a policy which makes it easier to rob businesses. Cashless business can't be robbed.

Another ill-considered leftist policy which will provoke a backlash from Congress.

It's been the law for A LOOOOOOOOOOOONGGG time that businesses have to accept legal tender. Perhaps think before you speak.

Anonymous wrote:Does this apply to Uber and food delivery apps?

They are online businesses so no.

But to answer OP. You can't refuse US money. It's legal tender and therefore has to be accepted. How is this not common knowledge?

Anonymous wrote:Running a business in DC sounds as awful as being a landlord in DC.

Yes you are forced to use legal tender of the US.

Anonymous wrote:It's a policy which makes it easier to rob businesses. Cashless business can't be robbed.

Another ill-considered leftist policy which will provoke a backlash from Congress.

Doubt it, when states like Montana, Missouri, North and South Carolina have joined the ranks of New York, Massachusetts to prohibit cashless businesses.
https://97x.com/these-are-the-states-where-retailers-must-take-your-cash/