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Cheques being phased out in Australia by 2030

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themadhippy:

--- Quote ---I find it amusing here when those ahead of me in the grocery checkout aisle take a much longer time to pay on-line than it takes me to pay cash.
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Aint that the truth.first comes the look of surprise that they've spent so much and need to actual pay,followed by a frantic search through  bags,purse ,pram,trolley,pockets  for the payment device,then the wait for things to connect followed by another attempt to get the 2 devices to talk to each other before discovering there over the contactless limit and need to remember there pin,but no rush the cashier first has to cancel the contactless transaction.

TimFox:
Very much the same in this country!

coppice:

--- Quote from: TimFox on October 09, 2023, 10:11:06 pm ---I find it amusing here when those ahead of me in the grocery checkout aisle take a much longer time to pay on-line than it takes me to pay cash.
(Of course, those who pay by check take even longer.)

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What kind of antique validation systems do your stores use? There are places in the UK where a card takes 30s to validate a transaction, like its some 1980s dial up terminal. Those are used in places with infrequent transactions. However, in high traffic places, like supermarkets, where the transaction time really matters, it only takes a second or two, especially for tap and go transactions, where I don't even need to tap in a PIN.

TimFox:

--- Quote from: coppice on October 09, 2023, 11:02:38 pm ---
--- Quote from: TimFox on October 09, 2023, 10:11:06 pm ---I find it amusing here when those ahead of me in the grocery checkout aisle take a much longer time to pay on-line than it takes me to pay cash.
(Of course, those who pay by check take even longer.)

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What kind of antique validation systems do your stores use? There are places in the UK where a card takes 30s to validate a transaction, like its some 1980s dial up terminal. Those are used in places with infrequent transactions. However, in high traffic places, like supermarkets, where the transaction time really matters, it only takes a second or two, especially for tap and go transactions, where I don't even need to tap in a PIN.

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Similar to the ones used in themadhippy's country.
I'm sure they passed the testing at the system manufacturer, but the real world is different.

David_AVD:

--- Quote from: tggzzz on October 09, 2023, 09:19:35 pm ---
--- Quote from: David_AVD on October 09, 2023, 09:12:31 pm ---My parents are in their mid - late eighties and use internet banking, tablets and smart phones, etc.

I don't know of anyone who has written or received a cheque in the last 5 years.

Tax refunds, etc all go straight back into your bank account.

Most of my customers use credit / debit card via the tap function, a few insert the card and a few use their phone / watch.

The phone / watch users are not always the young ones either. Some are in the 50 - 80 year old bracket.

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And bugger the others; they can go to hell.

Most people can see. Bugger the blind - it is uneconomic to enable them to be part of society.

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I have no idea which part of my reply you're referring to.

Are you saying the blind can't use credit cards but they could use cheques?

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