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> My supermarket, for example, only has electronic cash registers.

That's insane to me, in the EU anyway it's not permitted to only accept electronic payments..

> Retailers cannot refuse cash payments unless both parties have agreed to use a different means of payment. Displaying a label or posters indicating that the retailer refuses payments in cash, or payments made in certain banknote denominations, is not enough.



>That's insane to me, in the EU anyway it's not permitted to only accept electronic payments..

That's not the case. There are individual laws in each country that govern this.

https://fullfact.org/online/UK-not-only-europe-country-legal...


I guess I was taking the recommendation as a regulation, my mistake.

Either way, there should be no reason grocery stores don't accept cash imo.

https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/cash_strategy/faqs/html/index...


They have to accept cash in the US as well. The post you're replying to is just saying that they can't ring anything up or accept any payment without power.


> They have to accept cash in the US as well.

Only in a handful of cities and states. There is no federal law requiring businesses to accept cash for goods and services.


Ah okay, that wasn't clear to me, I imagined only being able to use electronic payment types.

But in this case, an emergency, I would assume someone would still know how to take a manual payment receipt!




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