Yes there are exceptions, but the general rule is that payment in cash are limited in amount. I was just illustrating parents comments that having cash payments limited in amount is not science fiction.
Depends on the jurisdiction I guess ? I just checked, and around here cash is the only type of payment that cannot be refused, and if they get caught trying they would be fined 150€.
Yes, it seems like a lot of misunderstandings here hinge on not paying attention to or making incorrect assumptions about the word "debt". You cannot refuse cash payments for an existing debt, but you can make non cash payment a condition for engaging in a transaction at all.
I was curious how this was legal, but it looks like they're only required to accept cash as payment for debt. As long as no service is provided before you pay then it's legal to refuse cash.
There's definitely not a legal limit for what can be paid in cash in Germany. Withdrawals or deposits of several thousand euros might lead to banks looking into it to prevent money laundering and there are stores who refuse to accept cash at a certain point, but it's not an official thing.
There is a requirement to accept cash as payment for debt. This does not apply to the typical retail case, where the seller can simply not proceed with the transaction.
Legally no one has to accept cash except for "debts, public and private". If a business is selling you something, they can stipulate any form of payment since it isn't a "debt".
Or, rather, it cannot collect additional legal penalties for nonpayment of debt for the time period after a tender of payment in legal tender is made. A business may refuse payment offered in exchange for goods and services that have not yet been provided.
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