[Hesman]

[Cyclopath]

[Schroder]

All the people chiming in about their pass getting them in the gate and this is just fine with them apparently haven't used the campgrounds. Unless you've reserved and paid online you have to pay some other way, unless you can get a phone signal to be able to pay online on the spot. I'm not going to write all my credit card info with my CVV code and all my other personal information and drop it into an unattended box. I carry a few checks for that purpose. State Parks & developed campgrounds with showers use tokens for those but you have to get those tokens from a machine on the side of the building that takes dollar bills. I always end up with extra tokens.

[Randito]

[Cyclopath]

[yorknl]

OK. Sure, cash is sometimes involved with crime, drugs, massages, etc. It's also used to buy newspapers, lunch, rubber erasers, groceries, soda, freeze-dried meals, cans of isopropane fuel, earplugs, and on and on. No, really, it's true - some people not living in history museums DO use these cash for everyday transactions, with zero chance of identity theft! I don't really appreciate the NPS or anyone else pushing their security issues onto the rest of us. Others have already pointed out the absence of wisdom for dropping credit card into into a box at campgrounds; it's a valid concern, and I don't really like the idea of writing checks much either unless there's a way to do it without the account number on one. I also think discouraging access for the unbanked and others without plastic is a subtle form of discrimination. "Sorry, you'll have to turn around and drive to (wherever) to buy a card" isn't very welcoming. UNFORTUNATELY THOUGH... A couple of people have mentioned the hypocrisy of a US Government agency not accepting cash issued by, effectively, the US Government. Note though the mention of "....all debts, public and private" on currency. If you're outside the pay station, you owe no debt to the NPS and they're not obligated to let you in unless you pay on their terms. The same logic applies to Dick's or wherever else - if they haven't given you food, there's no debt and cash can be declined.

[Chief Joseph]

Up until maybe half a dozen years ago I used cash for nearly everything, I only started using CCArds to get the points to earn cash back. But I get 2-3% so the establishments charging 4% on card purchases are smart imo. Although if I am drinking in the bar I think I save money paying cash instead of a card, since I usually pay as I go, so no big surprise at the end of the night.

[Bruce Albert]

[catsp]

[catsp]

[catsp]

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

[Slugman]

Only criminals are “unbanked” against their will. People need to stop sympathizing with criminals, drug addicts and morons. Also, it is a stupid lie to say this is the security problem of the institution that won’t accept the cash. Sorry, it is the criminal scum who you love that cause the issue, not the victims.

[yorknl]

Thank you Slugman for calling me a moron and a lover of crime. What else do you know about me that I don't?

[neek]

[Cyclopath]