Cash

[1hooper]

From NYRA today.


Cash will not be accepted for food and beverage purchases during the 40-day summer meet, with the exception of the Post Bar, Shake Shack and Papa Rosso.
Cash will continue to be accepted for wagering, admissions and merchandise.

www.nyra.com/saratoga/news/nyra-highlights-new-food-and-beverage-offerings-for-2024-summer-meet

 Cash will also be accepted at the blue cooler located next to the blanket.

[shoes]

I'm looking at a $10 bill right now and it says on its face: "This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private." Would that not apply here?

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is it time to attack this
on constitutional grounds
hoopster?
i c a lucrative class action
involving unionized beer-vendors
thru-out the u s of a

[1hooper]

A bill has been introduced but I can't imagine there will be any action before the end of the 2023 - 2024 session in Congress.
www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4128

[1hooper]

From The Federal Reserve website.

Q Is it legal for a business in the United States to refuse cash as a form of payment?

A There is no federal statute mandating that a private business, a person, or an organization must accept currency or coins as payment for goods or services. Private businesses are free to develop their own policies on whether to accept cash unless there is a state law that says otherwise.

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please don't get me started
on the UCC 
i have much bigger problems here

[mysaladdays]

I went to visit my nephew in FL and I swear I would have starved to death without him because every place wanted me to order thru an "app" with a card or digital wallet.

It's just how things are these days......as an older person I always just say "it's their world now, I am just living in it." LOL

We didn't grow up this way but they did.

I might also point out something that many do not thinik about......that I know from living in a very warm climate.   The amount of notes at stores down here that have notes on doors or at register that they don't accept sweaty, wadded up money,  (and I can see their point!)  .......nobody wants money from your sock, boot, bra, decolletage, etc.   Let alone sweaty hands.    And I myself wouldn't touch it.  EWWW!   

It's infinitely more santitary to  just use a card or pay with your cell phone wallet.  Faster, too. 

When I am at oaklawn the condition of the bills the tellers give on the racing side reflects this...wrinkled, threadworn, folds, crinkles....... I have to walk over to the casino side and exchange them for nice bills.......otherwise I cannot even get almost ALL the bills the tellers give me in any of the automatic wagering machines (when lines are too long I just use the machines instead of a teller) and bills have to be nice and stiff to use in machines.   

Of course I was taught to "respect money" so when I get bills, all are faced the same way in my wallet, and stored flat.   That's just part of how my organizational mind works though.   

[shoes]

So US currency is in fact, not necessarily legal tender for all debts, public and private? Or possibly buying a product or service is not creating a debt?

[eye123]

      The new Saratoga jingle.......don't leave home without it. 

[docd]

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[mysaladdays]

Hey and when you go to your hotel next year, make sure you stop at the store and buy some personal care products, because:


"Starting in January, hotels in New York state with more than 50 rooms will no longer be able to provide small bottles containing 'hospitality care' products.

It's a new state law to help reduce waste. Small bottles refer to any bottle under 12 ounces"

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Jul 10, 2024 18:07:29 GMT -5 eye123 said:

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      The new Saratoga jingle.......don't leave home without it. 

be advised...
many places don't accept
amex.
even your black card
i was shocked when i saw 
a statement to that effect 
at the bottom of
a $400 tasting menu
HERE! in chicago!
knot even dubai!

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Jul 10, 2024 21:48:19 GMT -5 mysaladdays said:

Hey and when you go to your hotel next year, make sure you stop at the store and buy some personal care products, because:


"Starting in January, hotels in New York state with more than 50 rooms will no longer be able to provide small bottles containing 'hospitality care' products.

It's a new state law to help reduce waste. Small bottles refer to any bottle under 12 ounces"

reduces theft too!
i remember when the palmer house 
started bolting down their
(bottled) yardley hand soaps
bummer

[turffan]

Delta Airlines (and I assume others) don't accept cash for in-flight purchases. I can kind of understand that as it's probably a pain to make change and slows things down.

On a related note... there are restaurants and other businesses in our area that add 3% to the bill if you use a credit card. So I guess that they see cash as a legal tender.

[phlierfreak]

cash cash cash this topic has been up for 2 days now. When will someone start a Tango thread? fair is fair.