RE: What is the EFF doing exactly?
This may be a hopelessly naive question, but is it possible to refuse payment in cash? Is it really good for all debts public and private? James ---------- From: kamml@secret.org Sent: Monday, September 09, 1996 3:23 PM To: cypherpunks@toad.com Subject: Re: What is the EFF doing exactly? Fedex will not accept cash in New York City. I have tried to pay cash and been refused. I have talked to customer service and confirmed that they will not accept cash in NYC although they will elsewhere.
On Mon, 9 Sep 1996 jbugden@smtplink.alis.ca wrote:
This may be a hopelessly naive question, but is it possible to refuse payment in cash? Is it really good for all debts public and private?
James I think this was mentioned a while back. If I recall correctly, a business may not refuse cash for a debt already incurred, but may refuse to allow you to incur said debt. That is, while cash is legal tender, a business may still refuse it, on the principle that they may not be compelled to provide service to any person or class of persons. In this case, class of persons == those w/cash.
So, no, if you already had a contract or obligation, they may not refuse payment in cash. They may try. However, walking up to a store counter or a FedEx depot is a different matter. One only has to wonder about restaurants which want to refuse cash...do you pay before eating, then? Ask for proof of credit before opening service? So far as I think... -David Molnar
jbugden@smtplink.alis.ca wrote:
This may be a hopelessly naive question, but is it possible to refuse payment in cash? Is it really good for all debts public and private?
^^^^^ Legal tender is good for payment of debts (ie. a legal tender), but not necessarily good for *creating* those debts. Gary -- "Of course the US Constitution isn't perfect; but it's a lot better than what we have now." -- Unknown. pub 1024/C001D00D 1996/01/22 Gary Howland <gary@systemics.com> Key fingerprint = 0C FB 60 61 4D 3B 24 7D 1C 89 1D BE 1F EE 09 06
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