On 2014-10-18 10:47 AM, Janet wrote:

>
> It's still common to shop with cash here... in fact many shops
> discourage card payments for small purchases under £10, because the
> card transaction fee they pay erodes their profit margin.
>

It may erode their profit margin but OTOH, it may be a sale they would
otherwise not have made. I was in a coffee shop one day last week and a
guy paid for a cup of coffee to go with his credit card.