Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Business Banking

[Ken Rentiers (rentiers]

On Dec 2, 2006, at 9:51 AM, Tom Reynolds wrote:

> I heard on the radio about a month or so ago where a D.C. area  
> coffee shop
> or cafe or some such doesn't accept cash.  Some people were going  
> to take it
> to court, but (and others can chime in here) even though the  
> currency says
> "This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private" there's
> nothing that says a business has to accept cash (or can penalize it  
> for not
> taking cash).
> Think it was on NPR in the AM...
> Best regards,
> Tom Reynolds
> Tulsa, OK

I'm for that. If an enterprise demands all payment due be made in  
hundredweights of plucked chickens that is their own damn business.  
Literally and figuratively.

-ken-