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Re:In our cashless society, we need to take digital jail ser... by jakobdabo on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @07:05PM (#30435685)
Lost in the sense of look around how people are spending their money. I'm very happy for that law, and hope common sense will prevail and cash will be around for a long time. But you can't deny that vast majority of money transactions in the modern world is cashless. Hence my point that the battle is lost - if you take away average person's right of using their credit cards or bank accounts, how are they supposed to pay their bills or buy food?
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Re:In our cashless society, we need to take digital jail ser... by 14 on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @08:58PM (#30436637)
I just realized last night that the self check outs at Walmart don't accept cash, as far as I can tell, and that the only choice is to use their regular till but that is staffed by one person so it is always a long wait which is what I am sure Walmart has planned to discourage its use.
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Re:In our cashless society, we need to take digital jail ser... by heavyset_go on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @09:46PM (#30436960)
> I just realized last night that the self check outs at Walmart don't accept cash

The machines fall back to credit/debit only when they need to restocked with cash or coins, or if the machine needs to be serviced. Some stores don't want to pay for the labor needed to maintain their cash features.

The last time I was in a Walmart was over a year ago, but their machines took cash.

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Re:In our cashless society, we need to take digital jail ser... by 14 on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @09:48PM (#30436979)
I looked and these ones do not. I wonder if the helpers could print out a receipt and walk you over to customer service and check out there but these machines do not have the ability to take cash or dispense it like some I have seen at other places. I will bother to ask the helpers next time I am up there.
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Re:In our cashless society, we need to take digital jail ser... by throwaway0a5e on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @09:31PM (#30436868)
>I just realized last night that the self check outs at Walmart don't accept cash, as far as I can tell

They do where I live.

All of the purpose build self checkout machines at Home Depot are cashless but all the ones that can be operated by an employee do cash when in self checkout mode.

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Re:In our cashless society, we need to take digital jail ser... by ddingus on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @07:24PM (#30435868)
Falling back on cash helps here, but you are not wrong.

It is an important matter! Needs to be worked through, rights established and enforced.

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