On 9 May, 09:14, Boltar wrote:
Not true. Other walks of life tend to offer *only* card payments when they
can't justify the cost of handling cash. For example, some all-night petrol
stations offer only credit card payments at the pump. Westminster have
started to abolish cash payments at parking meters.

The petrol stations probably do that for security reasons for the
attendent. You probably can't buy anything from the shop using any
form of payment either.

Eh? Creating a vending machine that accepts cash isn't exactly mystic
Martian technology. The fact that petrol stations have chosen to pick
card-only machines strongly suggests that this is a lot cheaper for
them than offering a cash alternative.

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