I don't do cash!

JimmyMolloy

What is it with people these days. Sitting in the shop earlier, queue was ten deep.

Everyone was buying small items, mainly a total of a few euros.

And why was there a queue?? Everyone was paying with laser.

Was out at a club the other night, two young wans ahead were paying in with laser, and what were they going to do inside, but individual drinks and pay with these cards??????? Yer wan said to the burd at the till "I don't DO cash".

What a farce. How about people stop being so ignorant and get a twenty euro note and get on with it. USING A LASER CARD DOES NOT MAKE YOU LOOK POSH.

Random

As this isn't R+R I'll tell you you're wrong. Using a Laser card is more convenient than queueing for an ATM.

phasers

but money makes my handbag heavier

Biggins

Anything over certain amounts, I pay by Laser.

JimmyMolloy

Random wrote: »

As this isn't R+R I'll tell you you're wrong. Using a Laser card is more convenient than queueing for an ATM.

I don't care for your convenience. And anyway are you telling me that the 30 seconds it takes to use the ATM is quicker than the one minute you take for every purcjase with the laser.

Latchy

Wish I could buy £5 pound 3V cards in uk instead of £20 ones ,would make paying my boards subscription that much easier .

Novella

I don't do cash either Not 'cause I'm posh though. 'Cause I don't fcuking have any.

Random

JimmyMolloy wrote: »

I don't care for your convenience. And anyway are you telling me that the 30 seconds it takes to use the ATM is quicker than the one minute you take for every purcjase with the laser.

You see, it's not the 30 seconds. It's the queue full of old ladies, kids and women with handbags that takes far longer than 30 seconds.

**Timbuk2**

Laser is awful.

Visa Debit is the shizzle!!

Captain Chaos

JimmyMolloy wrote: »

I don't care for your convenience. And anyway are you telling me that the 30 seconds it takes to use the ATM is quicker than the one minute you take for every purcjase with the laser.

Then you have the whole month of December when you are lucky to find an ATM that either has money in it or a que with less than 20 women.

JimmyMolloy

Random wrote: »

You see, it's not the 30 seconds. It's the queue full of old ladies, kids and women with handbags that takes far longer than 30 seconds.

I go to the ATM all the time, never had to wait more than a few minutes.

That is obviously not the issue. PEOPLE LIKE TO POSE WITH LASER CARDS.

Everyone has got a laser card, it is no big deal.

Celticfire

What's the point in having it if you don't use it?

fullstop

JimmyMolloy wrote: »

I go to the ATM all the time, never had to wait more than a few minutes.

That is obviously not the issue. PEOPLE LIKE TO POSE WITH LASER CARDS.

Everyone has got a laser card, it is no big deal.

Poor people don't because it would be pointless.

mp22

it costs 20 cent per transaction so price of pint ect + 20 cent makes sence to use it ???:rolleyes:

Wazdakka

JimmyMolloy wrote: »

I dont do cash

I asked him, and he said he wouldn't do you either

Random

JimmyMolloy wrote: »

I go to the ATM all the time, never had to wait more than a few minutes.

That is obviously not the issue. PEOPLE LIKE TO POSE WITH LASER CARDS.

Everyone has got a laser card, it is no big deal.

Can you tell me where these ATMs are please?

Also the minimum withdrawl from an ATM is €20 ..... I don't know how often I've had that in my account .. but I'm just glad the likes of Dunnes / Tesco will take my laser for my €3 sandwich for lunch sometimes.

Biggins

Celticfire wrote: »

What's the point in having it if you don't use it?

...Reminds me of a joke about priests but anyway...

...some folk do like to pose with it but for me, if I am buying something big and expensive, it saves me having to go to a bank machine, take out and whats worse, possibly be seen taking out a great wad of cash.

Laser, debit or credit card - they have their pro's and cons but some of us (a lot of us) are not posers.
We have genuine reasons for using them.

JimmyMolloy

Random wrote: »

Can you tell me where these ATMs are please?

Also the minimum withdrawl from an ATM is €20 ..... I don't know how often I've had that in my account .. but I'm just glad the likes of Dunnes / Tesco will take my laser for my €3 sandwich for lunch sometimes.

All over the place. A tip dont go a 1pm or 5pm.

I do not want to sit behind the likes of you for ten minutes during my lunch.

**Timbuk2**

They are safer than carrying around cash, that's why many people use them.
Simple as.

JimmyMolloy

Biggins wrote: »

possibly be seen taking out a great wad of cash.

Paranoia.

Have you been reading the Sunday World lately?

Random

Where are you shopping that you can sit down while queueing? I'd like to go there.

And don't go to the ATM at 1pm .. lunchtime .. I have few other times to go because I don't have time to go before work etc.

As I said anyway ... it's easier to budget as well with a Laser and you're wrong.

The main problem in this whole thing is people in shops not knowing how to use Lasers etc

thelordofcheese

**Timbuk2** wrote: »

Laser is awful.

Visa Debit is the shizzle!!

Limed for truth.

JimmyMolloy

**Timbuk2** wrote: »

They are safer than carrying around cash, that's why many people use them.
Simple as.

Another sunday world reader.

I can't recall any spate of robberies over a €20 note. Catch yourselves on and stop watching those cop shows on tv.

Biggins

JimmyMolloy wrote: »

Paranoia.

Have you been reading the Sunday World lately?

You got to be kidding! Thanks but no thanks.

Captain Chaos

mp22 wrote: »

it costs 20 cent per transaction so price of pint ect + 20 cent makes sence to use it ???:rolleyes:

TSB= no bank charges, pays to shop around.;)

JimmyMolloy

Random wrote: »

And don't go to the ATM at 1pm .. lunchtime .. I have few other times to go because I don't have time to go before work etc.

You are not that busy.

Random wrote: »

The main problem in this whole thing is people in shops not knowing how to use Lasers etc

Yeah and the fact that most users do not know the right way up for the card, that enter needs to be pressed after the number and also the verification time.

LASER IS A JOKE.

TheZohanS

JimmyMolloy wrote: »

All over the place. A tip dont go a 1pm or 5pm.

I do not want to sit behind the likes of you for ten minutes during my lunch.

Jimmy the world isn't a perfect place.

You'd be better off behind someone that's paying with Laser than someone that has to count out handfulls of coins.

Suck it up.

**Timbuk2**

JimmyMolloy wrote: »

Another sunday world reader.

I can't recall any spate of robberies over a €20 note. Catch yourselves on and stop watching those cop shows on tv.

If you're so brave, why didn't you say anything to the 'annoying' Laser users in the shop rather than noting it your head and posting it on an Internet forum when you went home?

JimmyMolloy

Biggins wrote: »

You got to be kidding! Thanks but no thanks.

well why are you so scared about your safety??? what real world examples have you got??? cops cars and criminals is not reailty.

fullstop

mp22 wrote: »

it costs 20 cent per transaction so price of pint ect + 20 cent makes sence to use it ???:rolleyes:

And you don't get charged for the ATM? Well I don't get charged for either, student a/c FTW

blubloblu

**Timbuk2** wrote: »

Laser is awful.

Visa Debit is the shizzle!!

How?

**Timbuk2**

blubloblu wrote: »

How?

Well, with Laser you can't really use it online except if you're booking flights with Aer Lingus or something.

With Visa Debit you can use it anywhere that accepts Visa (which is pretty much everywhere).

Biggins

JimmyMolloy wrote: »

well why are you so scared about your safety??? what real world examples have you got??? cops cars and criminals is not reailty.

LOL Trust me. Its not my safety I do be worried about LOL.
That said, usually I have wife and kids with me when down town so I'm not lumping them sometimes with a great wad of cash!
There's too many gobschites around to stick a virtual sign on their backs saying "Open Season - Target Here"

Whats some folks problem - really!
So ye have to wait a fews seconds more! For gawds sake, get a life and worry about other things that are more important, like your general health, your taxes and the roof over your head.
Jeeze, some need to get a life indeed!

Shryke

Laser is great for me. Both using it and taking it in the shop where I work. It takes five seconds to process and you don't get mangled old badgers counting out their coppers when you hand them back their change. I find the systems in some places take longer to process than others but that's not lasers fault, it's the retailers system. It's also very handy as regards running out of change. That's not a problem with laser. I'm very happy about it. And ya, no queing for th atm.

JimmyMolloy

Another thing.

DO people not recognise the lack of privacy that comes with going "cashless"?

applehunter

Laser is great but everybody should have at least a score on them for small purchases.

Biggins

JimmyMolloy wrote: »

Another thing.

DO people not recognise the lack of privacy that comes with going "cashless"?

Yep, but not as big(?) a risk as pulling out ones wallet/bag/whatever and letting others see maybe what cash you have in it, by them looking over your shoulder or along side a counter?

Personally, I'd rather let them see my card than the amount of 50's/100's I might have on me.
How do some think thugs actually decide who to mug? They watch and observe the CASH more often!

Using a laser/Credit card for big buys IN A PUBLIC shop place with folk around you such as a supermarket/TV retailer, etc is a lot better than the highstreet.
Can't remember the last time I read about someone getting mugged at Dixons!

mental07

JimmyMolloy wrote: »

PEOPLE LIKE TO POSE WITH LASER CARDS.

Everyone has got a laser card, it is no big deal.

Nobody poses with a laser card, people use them because they're convenient. Money comes straight out of the account, and you can get cash back if you want.

Random

JimmyMolloy wrote: »

Another thing.

DO people not recognise the lack of privacy that comes with going "cashless"?

It's true. You've all heard of the secret government dept section 98 right?

MikeC101

JimmyMolloy wrote: »

Another thing.

DO people not recognise the lack of privacy that comes with going "cashless"?

So people not wanting to carry large amounts of cash around in case of theft or pickpocketing are paranoids who read the Sunday World (that they presumably pay for with laser), but those who believe that "the man" is using your laser transactions to count how much toothpaste you buy in a week aren't...?

MikeC101

Random wrote: »

It's true. You've all heard of the secret government dept section 98 right?

I've never heard a thing about them before. They must be good. Real good.

congo_90

JimmyMolloy wrote: »

I don't care for your convenience. And anyway are you telling me that the 30 seconds it takes to use the ATM is quicker than the one minute you take for every purcjase with the laser.

I work in this sector.
Laser transactions are faster on a pos device (the till) than any atm typically 11 seconds..

anyways if I had the cash (typically i carry no more than 50 on me) so if needed I will pay by laser but I try for things over a certain amount. I wouldn't pay by laser for a packet of crisps

Are you just jealous of those who have laser cards? There's more than one member of staff in the shop/ pub/ club.

ntm laser is far more secure than cash.

JimmyMolloy

MikeC101 wrote: »

So people not wanting to carry large amounts of cash around in case of theft or pickpocketing are paranoids who read the Sunday World (that they presumably pay for with laser), but those who believe that "the man" is using your laser transactions to count how much toothpaste you buy in a week aren't...?

http://couponing.about.com/od/smorgasbord/a/pricecustom_2.htm

Oh the innocence.

JimmyMolloy

applehunter wrote: »

Laser is great but everybody should have at least a score on them for small purchases.

Finally someone with some respect for others.

**Timbuk2**

JimmyMolloy wrote: »

http://couponing.about.com/od/smorgasbord/a/pricecustom_2.htm

Oh the innocence.

Linking from about.com

Fail.

JimmyMolloy

congo_90 wrote: »

Are you just jealous of those who have laser cards? There's more than one member of staff in the shop/ pub/ club.

:eek::eek:

What?

AIB demanded that I take a laser, they disabled my old card that I had for ten years.

I dont want anything with a chip.

MikeC101

JimmyMolloy wrote: »

http://couponing.about.com/od/smorgasbord/a/pricecustom_2.htm

Oh the innocence.

LOL!

Ah the hilarity.

Firstly - the article refers to online shopping, and credit cards - where the store gets a lot more information by very virtue of the fact that you have to provide your address for delivery.

Secondly - in regards to LASER CARDS, which is what you're ranting about - I couldn't care less if "the man" is aware I bought 5 DVDs in Gamestop lastweek, and also used it to pay for a round of drinks a few weeks back when I ran out of cash and didn't want to go in search of an ATM.

How will that affect me in the least?

I have however made a mental note to use my laser card as much as possible in future, and hope to see someone in the massive queue that will form in the 20 seconds it takes to complete my transaction apoplectic with rage, staring at me, as I flaunt my oh so exclusive laser card (don't do cash, dahling!), planning their next rant on boards!

Truly, some people have very little to worry about.

Biggins

JimmyMolloy wrote: »

http://couponing.about.com/od/smorgasbord/a/pricecustom_2.htm

Oh the innocence.

So what is being said now (in order to prove Lasers are evil?) is that profiling is just a bad thing? Like everything else, pros and cons.
I'll let you into a secret - thats life!

The one thing that companies who depend on the public for their survival will listen to is a drop in sales

O' the horror!

We're each individuals. We have our own individual rights as to how to complete a transaction. If one thinks Big Brother is looking at one too much, just stick with the cash and stop moaning about others that have opted for another choice.

Jeeze!

MikeC101

JimmyMolloy wrote: »

:
I dont want anything with a chip.

I thought the tinfoil hat cancels out the mind rays the government beam into our heads through chip and pin technology though?

congo_90

JimmyMolloy wrote: »

:eek::eek:

What?

AIB demanded that I take a laser, they disabled my old card that I had for ten years.

I dont want anything with a chip.

I dont work for AIB so I can't help ya there.
Well if you don't want anything with a chip contact your bank and request a non maestro card (atm card).

If you're worried about privacey the magnetic strip on the back has the same details as the chip does. The only difference is if you choose to use it as a chip and pin (laser ) card.

Anyways as another poster said, carrying cash for small sales is best but as others have pointed out. Large sales like a new phone, tv etc.. then I would rather use laser than carry large sums of money around.

ejmaztec

JimmyMolloy wrote: »

:eek::eek:

What?

AIB demanded that I take a laser, they disabled my old card that I had for ten years.

I dont want anything with a chip.

Not even a matching one on your other shoulder?:P