Salvation Army - why don’t they do this?

I always carry money.
Well, usually unless I've spent it.

Use it or lose it.
Like cheques.

I always carry cash with me, about £20 and I like to have a cash stash at home of a couple of hundred.. it's really useful for odd jobs I need doing in the house..

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I notice that all the poppy collectors had card readers.

Me too. It must surely be worth the cost.

I notice that all the poppy collectors had card readers.

I pay for nearly everything with my credit card, as I earn cash back on it, but I always have my purse with me with some money in it.

My local butcher only accepts cash or cheque, never seems an issue. All the regulars know this, and if a visitor comes in, they have to go and get cash from the ATM.

The butchers do a good trade, so obviously not a problem for them.

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.

We all day “oh I don’t carry cash any more” and then bewail its absence!
Why not make a point of carrying a small amount - remember “ use it or lose it” ?

Recently I stopped to fill up with petrol (dangerously low, I know, not my usual habit) and when I went in to pay the computer systems were down and they could not take card payments (or sell anything, so bang went my teatime sandwich)
The pumps had been closed behind me and I would have been happy to leave my name and address and pay the next day, but as it happened I had just been to a cash point and had £50 on me, just a £ or so short of my total. The staff were only too happy to settle for that.
So as I said, why don’t WE make the effort to carry a few £coins and low denomination notes?

Just had a quick Google not all card machine companies allow donations it is rather more complicated for a charity to get a card reader than a business/sole trader 🤷‍♀️

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.

I imagine the cost of the card reader unit aalong with fees charged by the provider.

A lot of new generation smart phones are able to do the job of a basic card reader (my nail lady uses her Samsung Galaxy)