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billy hill
16 Nov 09 12:33
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[rant]Just went to cafe/coffee shop for a sandwich. One till. and some stupid cow in front of me wants to buy a sandwich and a drink and a pack of crisps with a debit card. Why can't people prepare themselves for the week ahead by having some cash on them. Should be minimum spend £10.

Same in pubs too[/rant]

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By:
HH Sultan Vinegar
When: 16 Nov 09 12:36
agreed. Students buying a bag of *****with a cheque is the pits.
By:
Manchester Untied Dave
When: 16 Nov 09 12:36
I would pass on the 2.5% handling fee. Then again, I would probably have no customers!
By:
dk1986
When: 16 Nov 09 12:42
I hate it when people buy a few groceries, then get a lucky dip on the Lotto, then produce their card for payment.

You can sense everyone in the queue thinking "You absolute fecker for causing an unnecessary hold-up!"
By:
Joe Jordan
When: 16 Nov 09 13:00
I fume when the women stand there watch the girl run it through the till then they start searching in the bottom of their bags for their purse ..
.." LOOK you knew you HAD to pay , why didn't you get your purse out instead of wasting 5 minutes of everyone's time !! "
By:
Slippy Blue
When: 16 Nov 09 13:03
Tesco Direct yesterday, I spotted someone using a debit card to buy a newspaper!
By:
Joe Jordan
When: 16 Nov 09 13:04
thats ^^ the pits .
By:
dk1986
When: 16 Nov 09 13:06
Remember I was once waiting in a long queue in Ikea just to buy knives and forks. As the cashier readied himself for me, I was already there with the exact change in one hand, and with my two boxes in my other hand held facing him so he could quickly scan my items. I asked for him to keep my receipt. Transaction time: about 8 seconds. Like to think he was awe-struck by my no-doubt unprecedented efficiency.

NO MESSIN'.
By:
DublinSlim1
When: 16 Nov 09 13:09
dk I would expect nothing less from you.
JJ... agree 100%
By:
cdog
When: 16 Nov 09 13:10
dk1986 - that's the sort of customer every shop would dream of.
By:
Lux capacitor
When: 16 Nov 09 13:11
The worst are people who use the ticket queue to find out train times , info etc when normal people would use the web or phone
By:
madsimon
When: 16 Nov 09 13:12
its amazing all the chit chatters who cannot afford to waste an extra minute in a shop yet find time to post on here all day!!
By:
dk1986
When: 16 Nov 09 13:13
I just wish other people would exact the same levels of care and swiftness. :)
By:
The Leopard
When: 16 Nov 09 13:15
dk####

'..... in Ikea just to buy knives...

You tooling up...?
By:
DublinSlim1
When: 16 Nov 09 13:16
I wouldn't blame him if he was after this weekend!!
By:
dk1986
When: 16 Nov 09 13:18
Busted :0

Vg Dublin!
By:
Joe Jordan
When: 16 Nov 09 13:40
The Leopard

dk said Fork off :^0
By:
Joe Jordan
When: 16 Nov 09 13:41
never go out with less than a tenner
-----------------------------------
I go out with an Alto :D
By:
DublinSlim1
When: 16 Nov 09 13:44
I hope you're very happy together
By:
Petrus Romanus
When: 16 Nov 09 13:45
Manchester Untied Dave 16 Nov 13:36

I would pass on the 2.5% handling fee. Then again, I would probably have no customers!

Yeah, what is it with this handling fee cr@p ? Fvcking banks invented cheques for our convenience then decide to tax people on their use. Complete kuntz.
By:
dk1986
When: 16 Nov 09 13:45
Pleasing.
By:
The Snake
When: 17 Nov 09 01:44
Credit/Debit cards are just as quick to process as cash nowadays anyway, especially when you PIN it
By:
jack12321
When: 17 Nov 09 08:10
I always use my debit card to buy a single chocolate bar from the shop for 40p :^0

Usually don't have cash on me anymore, just never need it.
By:
V4 Vendetta
When: 17 Nov 09 08:50
Joe Jordan 16 Nov 14:00

I fume when the women stand there watch the girl run it through the till then they start searching in the bottom of their bags for their purse ..
.." LOOK you knew you HAD to pay , why didn't you get your purse out instead of wasting 5 minutes of everyone's time !! "


This one drives me up the wall too. It's incredible.
By:
billy hill
When: 17 Nov 09 10:49
The Snake 17 Nov 02:44
Credit/Debit cards are just as quick to process as cash nowadays anyway, especially when you PIN it


No they aren't. Fiver in till and a few coins change = a few seconds.

Chip and Pin
Cashier enters amount into till. Then into chip and pin handset. Enter card. Check amount on chip and pin handset. Enter pin whilst shielding hand. Press green button. processing...
Please remove card.
By:
Lee Ho Fooks
When: 17 Nov 09 16:38
Joe Jordan 16 Nov 14:00
I fume when the women stand there watch the girl run it through the till then they start searching in the bottom of their bags for their purse

Didn't have to look far down for my absolute shopping hate
By:
Old Gregg's Designer Mangina
When: 17 Nov 09 17:21
haha I love men
By:
Gary Binosh
When: 17 Nov 09 17:35
madsimon 16 Nov 14:12


its amazing all the chit chatters who cannot afford to waste an extra minute in a shop yet find time to post on here all day!!



Brilliant post :)
By:
The Negotiator
When: 17 Nov 09 17:37
Guilty.

Used card to buy bottle of coke :(

Went to self service checkout tho and was super quick!
By:
Huggy
When: 17 Nov 09 18:26
Sorry chit chatters,i use my debit card regulary at the local Tesco express for items less than a pound.

ps,once did it for 0.34p :)
By:
Reyes
When: 17 Nov 09 18:30
we need micropayments on a card.

just swipe it and go, no pin, nowt.

Works in Finland
By:
punterfleecer
When: 17 Nov 09 19:33
if that's true then,

plenty of fraud in Finland they won't care to mention

"we need to look better than the UK, that's all it matters"
By:
Reyes
When: 17 Nov 09 19:43
set max value of say, £5

set max value per day of say, £10

you lose card, your own fault.

like dropping a tenner
By:
ladycakes69
When: 17 Nov 09 19:44
god huggy when i use to wrk in a shop , i used to refuse to take a card for less than a quid , even though i shld have
By:
Max Cady
When: 17 Nov 09 19:49
what about cash machines, some real annoying people take an age just to get a 10 pound note out

god knows what some of them do on it, I must take about 20 seconds max to get some cash out
By:
punterfleecer
When: 17 Nov 09 19:50
lose my card, my own fault?

but it's ok if someone else can pick it up and steal my money?

away tae fυck!
By:
stevie_p
When: 17 Nov 09 20:02
i went to use mine for £3.78 , was told that there would be a "wee 50p handling charge for transactions under a tenner"
just like that , just a wee 50p charge as cool as u like , as if it was the most normal thing in the world.
just a wee 50p charge.
feck right off.
then im the koont for saying it doesnt matter ill go elsewhere.
By:
punterfleecer
When: 17 Nov 09 20:07
for £3.78, it would have cost the shop 11p for you using your card

visa charge 3% of transaction............so if you were only buying a packet of cigarettes the shop would've made a lost selling it to you via a visa card hence the transaction charge
By:
punterfleecer
When: 17 Nov 09 20:07
loss not lost, sorry
By:
punterfleecer
When: 17 Nov 09 20:09
and I understand Asda and Tesco wouldn't charge you just for a pack of fags, but I wouldn't think it affects them much

of course if Asda starts doing it, it would dent their reputation
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