A lot of small businesses don’t like credit cards. They pay Visa/Mastercard/AMX a percentage every time someone uses a Credit Card which eats into their profits.
In the US there is no mandate that says a business has to accept cash, credit card or check…obviously they will want one form or the other for you to pay.
13¢ copies at FedEx store, cards only.
Some Maryland counties used to have legal slots into the '60s. I put a nickel in, won, quit.
Last time I was in Vegas I realized I’d need change for the bus when I got home, changed a $1 bill. The slots advertised pay-offs around 97%. I noticed the change machine paid off 100%
If you’re willing to eat the cheap food and not-gamble Vegas is a cheap vacation - if you like Vegas. I don’t.
When I found an ascaris lumbricoides in my excreta I went to Huntington Memorial to use their library to read up on it. Their eggs were found on most paper money in Europe early in the 20th century.
When you get a chip in your head and every item in the store has an RFID tag, you can just walk out.
It only sterilizes when the light reaches. You’d have to put each bill in individually.
The standard contract sez no minimum
Back when I ran a grocery store I calculated that the increase in volume would make up for the expense. It seemed to work out that way.
Yes. Legal tender is only mandatory for ‘payment of debts’. I used to pay cash only, was miffed when the FedEx in Santa Monica refused cash. I had to go home to get my checkbook. I complained to the state’s AG, found that out. This was in the '90s.
I like cash. Just wash your hands. I think most of it is contaminated with meth or other drugs. My nephew was heading back to S. Dakota from N. Dakota and stopped for a breather at the casino. Had one dollar and put it in the machine and kazaam hit $10,000. All cash. The guards escorted him to his car and when he got home took his friends out for pizza. The guy that’s gonna cut some trees down for me would like cash too so I’ll just tell him to wash his hands afterwards.
Cash is ok, as long as it’s in $5’s or larger. To the candy and coke machine at work, a five dollar bill may as well be a credit card. If we ever get vending machines that take credit cards, I’m screwed.
I remember when some vending machines were completely mechanical and had no electrical hook-up. Of course, the machines that dispensed soft drinks in bottles had a refrigeration unit. I think about the machines that dispensed candy bars.
A couple gas station mini mart’s around here make you pay an extra fee for debit/credit under $5, normally pay in cash at those places so it’s not a problem.
I always wondered why the soda machines left outside in winter did not dispense frozen pop.
Maybe not. I worked in a building in the early/mid 2010s that had credit card purchases for sodas and snacks. It also had cash payments in both coins and bills. I don’t recall whether it took bills larger than $1.
The Post Office had stamp machines that would take $20.00 bills, change dispensed was Susan B Anthony $1.00 coins.
I haven’t used mass transit for many months, but when I did use it, the PATH train that runs between NJ & NY dispenses $1 coins for change when somebody pays for his ticket with cash. Just about the only way to get rid of those coins is to use them in the PATH ticket machine on the next trip.
They went to a kiosk arrangement at work. You load $ onto a card or use debit. Everything is unlocked and available to take from shelves, counter or refridgered coolers. You just stop at kiosk and scan your items. Cookies, candy and ice cream treats included B.L.E… 
Or in the dollar slots in Atlantic City
I’m not a fan of those $1 coins, either
If I get them, I make a point of paying with them next time I’m at a supermarket, 7-eleven or something like that
… if I went there, which I do not…
I go maybe once a year for a walk on the boardwalk. Not this year though.
This seems like the perfect task to give a child. Like, here kid, here’s 20 bucks (a big amount for a kid), go through these piles and set aside any coins that don’t look “normal”.
You’ve got to find that sweet spot though…the child is old enough to appreciate the basic value of money (i.e., the 20 bucks), but not so old that they would be tempted to keep the rare coin for themselves.
Knew about a teenager who broke into a neighbor’s house, stole the coin collection and SPENT it!
Kept watching my change. Nothing.
Usually when we visited the grand kids, I would leave a few dollar bills and change on our bed for each of them. Last time we were there pre-virus, my 5 year old left a dollar for each of us. He said “you always give us money so I wanted to give you some this time”. I saved the dollar thinking about what special thing to do with it.
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There might be some that could be found that way, but there are also subtle details that you may have to be looking for with a magnifying glass, and scratches, signs of wear, stuff like that, that determines value. That value is what you might have to pay to buy as a collector. But to sell, you usually have to go through a dealer as buyers want assurance that it is not a replica or just counterfeit, which is rampant in the coin business, and the dealer keeps most of the proceeds.