Re:Simple Personal Finance Tracking with GnuCash
by madengr on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @08:17AM
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Have you actually seen disabled PIN pads? I have seen places refusing cash (which I believe is illegal), but the PIN pads are easily wiped down between uses.
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Re:Simple Personal Finance Tracking with GnuCash
by syntheticnature on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @09:43AM
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Federally, assuming you are speaking of the US, a business refusing to take cash for goods/services is not illegal, as you are not paying a debt:
https://www.federalreserve.gov/faqs/currency_12772.htm
Business owners should note that state and local laws can and do vary on this topic!
https://blogs.findlaw.com/free_enterprise/2019/08/is-it-lega...
Re:Simple Personal Finance Tracking with GnuCash
by Mediterraneo10 on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @09:41AM
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Yes, in Poland I have seen a few shops where the clerk and the PIN pad are behind a sealed glass barrier and there is no way to hand the PIN pad over to the customer. The clerk holds the card reader up to one side of the glass, you hold your card up to the other side, and the contactless transaction manages to reach across the glass.
Also, refusing cash is perfectly legal -- and increasingly common -- in a number of countries.