It begins - Meijer has stopped accepting cash at self check out

Democrats will ruin usa

dentist office called about my appointment. no more cash accepted. thats fine I now have insurance that will pay the entire bill. oh and mask up for entry into the office.

Glad we don’t shop there... hope y’all don’t either...
4/27/20
Whole Foods restricting some cash purchases...
Amidst concerns over the ongoing spread of the coronavirus, at least one national grocery chain has begun limiting the use of cash in some stores.
Last Friday, reports began to surface on social media of Whole Foods stores restricting or even eliminating cash payments. One Twitter user posted a sign that appeared at one of the Amazon-owned grocers' locations...
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you got that right.....

Not everywhere. New Jersey, in spite of having nearly every form of repressive law there is, actually has one requiring that all businesses MUST accept cash for payment, f tendered.

Go figure.

“While cash and coins are legal tender for all debts, there is no federal law that requires businesses to accept them in exchange for goods and services, according to the Federal Reserve's website.”
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Last Edited by Bad Pattern on 07/06/2020 12:35 AM

No, it isn't. Every self checkout I've ever used has accepted cash.

Seems they are the only one doing this for now or are too lazy to go get coins for their machines or to have people manage these self checkouts for maintenance.

Other stores do not have this message (yet?).

So what's Meijer doing wrong or why are they the only ones that can't get coins?

It was normal here during lockdown to prefer not accepting cash. Some stated that totally wouldn't accept it but ultimately would because money is money. Everywhere it didn't go from hand to hand to avoid skin contact but laid down on the counter.

They key word is legal tender for all debts. When you shop at a store you don't own the item till checkout thus are not in debt to the store.

Now a place like a restaurant where you order a meal, then settle the bill after the meal is consumed, you are in debt because you have already consumed the product without payment up front. So as much as a restaurant might try, they have to take your cash to settle the debt. If they won't you can pretty much walk out. If they call the cops, show the cops you have the cash to settle the debt, you tried to offer it to them and they'll probably let you walk free or force the restaurant to take the cash.

So is everything the government is up to today. Good Chuck and Best Fishes.