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No Bob, the Cantina is not for hooligan type of comments typical from immature English soccer forums members, we try to have a nice, constructive and informative chat there, however as on the soccer stadiums always someone jump the fence.Quote:
Originally Posted by bob10
Just because we can talk about issues that are not allowed in General Chat it does not mean that the topics can be of interest.
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Originally Posted by Hymie
The more money you have the better you can "Pull the wool"
Murdoch's $880m ATO payday blows budget
Not one word from Govt. about that small hole in the budget?
$880,million Ouch!:eek:
As someone else said easy to say 1/5th of the milk was off or we dropped a 10kg bag of beans and another was mouldy, how can you disprove it?
And get charged by the bank for the transaction of counting th coins. It's a lose lose situation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gerokent
They don't have to disprove it. The ATO are exempt from 'innocent until proven guilty'. They run on 'Guilty until you prove your innocence'. Ever been audited? They don't have to prove squat - you do. If they suspect your figures, you better have a good accountant...Quote:
Originally Posted by frantic
Lots of cab drivers now have private eftpos machines so they collect a portion of the card surcharge themselves and CabCharge gets nothing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hymie
Reg. wasn't silly. He saw this coming and sold his privately owned Cabcharge to the taxi industry.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies
Funny you say that.Quote:
Originally Posted by d@rk51d3
When the morning tea truck arrives at work I encourage those paying by card to wait until those paying by cash (especially the right amount) have purchased their pies.
Talk about time wasting, those with cash grab a pie, pass $3.50 in exact change to the lady and it's all over...7 seconds max!:D
The cashless generation on the other hand, open their wallets, retrieve their cards, the lady acknowledges, retrieves the EFT machine, enters vendors code, enters price, takes card from punter, swipes or pay waves, waits for initiation, dialling, establishing connection, transacting, approved, would you like a receipt? printing.
On a good day, 25-30 seconds. Sometimes 30-40. How do I know, I measured it to prove the point!
Why I care?
The lads get 15min for morning tea. With 15-20 in the line some days, I don't want them to spend their mornos in line. I'd rather they spend it eating and relaxing.
So, I agree with you, it's about their time!:D:D:D:D:p:p:p
Ralph
In my business it is cash or cheque only. We have looked into getting EFTPOS but it costs to much. Last time we checked the bank wanted $30 per month plus 4% of OUR money.
Now I know that this does not sound a lot, but in a small husband and SWMBO business, costs are increasing at a faster rate than we can recover and it all adds up.
In thirteen years we have lost only three one off customers, so we are miles in front.
Many years ago I was in a check out line at Big W on Christmas eve.
There were about ten people before me with eight paying with card and two with cash. I timed the transactions. Cards 40 seconds, cash 10 seconds
Now if you do the maths and all ten used a card, that is five more unnecessary minutes that I did not have to be there if they paid cash, and this is assuming that the card transaction goes smoothly.
Another case. I was at Woollies when the person before me was asked would you like any cash out which she declined.
A short time later here is the same person in the bottle department in front of me purchasing alcohol with the card. If she had taken cash out at the last purchase she could have used it here, saving me time.
As much as I dislike cards I do use one on rare occasions, if I get caught short of cash or I stumble upon something unexpectedly that I want, which brings me to my next point.
I once used it and 30 days later the statement arrives, with a company name that I did not recognize. After much thinking the penny dropped as the company name was not the same as the trading name. This was just one transaction. Same would apply with my business. If I had EFTPOS my company name that would show up on your statement would not be my trading name that you would know me by.
So how the hell do people that probably have 90 odd purchases a month keep track?
Pay Wave has changed all that IF the customer has the card out and ready like I do.
Little old ladies and gents are another matter, but then they would be fishing around in pockets or purses for 5 minutes for cash anyway.
Regards Philip A
In the early days of BHP in Whyalla, payroll officers were escorted by 2 guards armed with hand guns and shot guns!