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No credit card? No smartphone? No parking: Parks Canada ditches cash option at Rideau Canal lots
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this post was submitted on 24 Oct 2024
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Never. If it did happen, it's almost certain that I wouldn't have the cash on me to pay for it anyway 🤷♂️I'd rather not walk around with more than $100 in cash on me.
Where does that come from? AFAICT there's no law that requires businesses to accept cash as a form of payment. Not in Canada, at least.
You are right about the fact that businesses are not legally obligated to accept cash. I was wrong on that.
As for e-payment not working, it happened to me at least 3 times since last year, and it fucking sucks.
I don't like to walk with a lot of cash on me, but if I know that there is a outage of payment systems, I can at least use the cash I keep at home to pay for my basic needs.
More options is good in any case. We are already tracked enough as it is, so I understand people that want to use cash.
Wow, I see. I would not have estimated that many.