Salvation Army - why don’t they do this?

Thanks Squiffy. I'll give them a try. I've not heard of them before.

Its better to teach kids the value of money with cash. They spend on a card and wonder where its all gone in a flash.
Cash and card all the time for me.

Sum Up hand held card reader cost £20.00. Sum up charge 1.69 %=transaction fee which I think is reasonable given the time saved in banking cash. Even the street beggars carry them round here.

SumUp card readers cost about £20.00 . Sumup charge 1.69% transaction fee . Personally I think that's reasonable given the reduced admin time to pay money in, accounting, and the likely extra donors who don't carry cash.

I wish I knew how all these clever payment methods work. I've only just got used to flashing my credit card at the till in Tesco's.
I've never learnt how to get or use a QR code and have no idea what a banking app is. Is there some handy leaflet I could get that explains all this new stuff in words of one syllable?

I'm only 73 - technology is likely to change many times before I pop my clogs!

I agree (the use of) a card reader costs money, but I think most people, also these from the SA, have a smartphone with online pay facility? When in London I pay my copy of the Big Issue with my phone 🤷🏼‍♀️

The other thing is for some you need a signal, I recently went to an event up in the Dales and they were sending people to the nearby shop to get cash as the wifi wasn't working

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I agree.
And all these charities who still supply little envelopes to pop your coins or notes in. Who has real money lying around anymore?
Question, Do charities not get free card readers given them? I assume they get reduced fees on transactions too? I've no idea really.

No they don't, they have to pay the same as any other organisation, no reduced fees either

Always have some cash in my purse. Always use parking app too so no need for coins BUT today the app wouldn't work and I didn't have enough coins to pay. People definitely treated me with suspicion as I walked round the car park asking if anybody had change for a £10 note, really felt people thought I was on the fiddle somehow. One old guy offered to pay my parking for me but I declined although thanked him profusely, I wondered if others I'd asked thought that was what I wanted. Eventually a young woman with a pushchair changed the note for me. Won't be getting caught like that again.

We have dona machines in our church - and they are well used by people who don't carry cash

I still carry cash

Kate1949

I never feel comfortable if I don't have a bit of cash in my purse. I'm not sure why. Old habits I suppose.

I need £1 coins for the cash machine. Doesn’t everyone? I don’t want to use a card for half an hour’s parking!

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WWJD?

Well, I suppose the collection boxes went round on Remembrance Sunday because the collection in church on that day goes to the RBL, not the church.

Aldom

Allira

Can you imagine the collections in church, especially on the Sunday just gone, being by card reader?

They'd have to sing about six hymns to get round.

People were putting notes of various denominations into the baskets.

Our parish church uses a card reader.
The card reader is on the hymn book desk, near the entrance. Everyone uses the reader (if they don't Direct Debit) either before or after the service. Just a different system to the collection plate going round the church during a hymn.

A little friend told her mother when they saw the Vicar. “There's Jesus”. When asked why she said “We sing Hear the Pennie’s dropping listen as they fall, everyone for Jesus, he shall have them all. He ( The Vicar) gets the collection box. How would he cope with a card reader?

Let’s not lose cash altogether. It’s not hard to keep some handy. I like to have some coins for buskers, and also give the Big Issue sellers a pound for themselves, as opposed to buying the magazine. I appreciate that at least they are trying to do something other than sitting on the pavement.

I usually have a bit of small change in my coat pocket and a £5/£10 note in my phone case.

I find both are necessary. I mainly need the cash for the car park machine which has annoyingly stopped taking cards…. am not using apps for it on account of possible scamming.
Also, I find taxi drivers generally prefer cash although they often have readers. Even in London I usually find a notice up saying they prefer it.
I find some places are cash only, others card only so I reckon you need both though I mostly use my card.
I am gradually getting rid of my copper coins though, about time they were phased out and that silly £x.99p nonsense stopped.

Mine is a small business Boz - I like everything "through the books".

Interesting, my complaint is the opposite... the charity collectors in my local Morrisons, my favorite shop, only have card readers and I don`t like that, I want a pop in tin for my cash!

I always carry a card and some cash. For smallish amounts I just ask which is preferred. Very often it is cash.

People will ask for cash more and more, I believe, as it need not go through the books, especially small businesses since the budget.

Chardy, I have a business card reader that I use only for the occasional craft fair. It does charge me.
It charges 1% but I did have to buy the gadget at about £30.
It's less than 1% if you pay a fixed monthly fee.

I can't understand why you wouldn't have one to be honest.
If you are actually operating as a business (and pay tax) it will be deductible anyway as a legitimate expenditure.
Mine will also send receipts to the customer by email if they want one.

I should have added that they offer a choice of about 3 charities, from which you can choose your preference.

Https://anglodoorstepcollections.co.uk

Athrawes You could contact Anglo Doorstep Collections. They are very good and I use them regularly ( does decluttering ever end?!🙄😆)