It's possible they were running low on change when the photo was taken.

or perhaps they were waiting for someone to come in who could open the safe.

This happened once at a store I worked at. We came in and the safe had frozen up and instead of opening late, we went ahead and opened and just took credit cards and checks while we waited for the safe company.

"The U.S. Treasury says that's fine, stores don't have to accept cash. We're just worried the people in Pigeon Forge know something about the U.S. dollar that we don't. "

So what are they paying with when they swipe their credit cards in the middle of Tennesee? Marshmallows? Yen? RenMinBi?

Very ignorant statement, and a pointless post.
Next.

I dont understand how it can be legal for a store to not accept cash. Just doesnt make sense.

@parad0x360: It basically comes from the fact that they can deny service to anyone for any reason, including payment method.

When I used to work retail, one time my store didnt have any cash. This was because that particular day was a holiday and all the banks were closed. My store couldn't make any financial transactions that day, hence the lack of cash.

This "lack of cash" means that all that may be in the register is $20, $50, or $100 bills. We couldnt make change with the lack of smaller bills. Hence we were "credit card only" because of the emergency.

@BlueModred: Yes, that was part of the joke.

Don't leave comments that unnecessarily editorialize on your perception of the quality of the post. You're wasting commenter space and disrupting the whole point of the commenter section.

In fact, let me jump in right now and say that if you're leaving a comment to register your absolute, soul-killing disgust at how stupid this post is, DON'T. Move to the next post. This is a bad habit that needs to be broken.

I dont blame them. If i had a store, i would only accept puppies as payment.

That B&BW looks very similar to the one in Fullerton, CA.

I hate almost every store in that entire plaza.

@BlueModred:

So what are they paying with when they swipe their credit cards in the middle of Tennesee? Marshmallows? Yen? RenMinBi?

Sigh. I know that using "US Dollars" as both a unit of currency (which applies to CREDIT transactions as well) and as a generic way of referring to actual US currency (i.e. legal tender) can be confusing, but really, dude, this joke is nowhere near as funny or cutting as you think it is.

Very ignorant statement, and a pointless post.

I agree. hopefully you'll put a little more thought into your next one. ;-)

@Chris Walters:
I really do apologize, I didn't realize it was supposed to be a joke...
I'll go cower in a corner embarrassed.

@Chris Walters: How about a "stop blaming the poster" article?

I agree that it's pretty easy to move on. There are plenty of posts in the sea and each one is unique, like a flower. Some flowers are lame, but that doesn't mean I have to say "You're ugly, flower, and nobody likes you. It'd be better if you were never born."

inconvenience... it's spelled inconvenience...

@Chris Walters: Can you pounce people a little more often? Please? It's so very appreciated.

Hey Blue, you know that Naruto is for losers? Are you Asian at all?

@rdldr1:
And you eat puppies... (I think that's what your avatar is...)

I'll take being a loser... lol, but seriously, I don't get the joke here...,

and Chris, my bad for the post. I just don't get it.

@rdldr1: Wait, and what does Asian have anything to do with it?

@parad0x360: I agree it may not make business sense, but it's legal. I actually think it's been discussed on Consumerist before; cash is "for all debts, public and private". Seeing as how you don't have a debt to the store before entering it, they can refuse cash.

@BlueModred: No problem. It wasn't the world's greatest joke. I save those for my emails.

AH. Makes sense then, gotta prioritize after all. :-)

WAIT!!!
I get it!!! OOOOOOOOOOOOH. The inconvenience of the DOLLAR!
Hoho. Not enough sleep for me apparently!

D'oh!
It only took like 25 minutes. rofl.

@BlueModred: I shouldnt have said I dont understand because I do. I guess i should have said its stupid.

If they somehow had no change then fine but otherwise all stores should accept cash.

I wish more stores I visit would refuse paper checks.

There was probably a problem with the register or the safe. or maybe they didn't have any change for some reason.
I would be nice to know how long the sign has been up...
...even nicer if the OP called or walked in and asked what was up.

If in Pigeon Forge and you're going to blow your cash on something as silly as Bath & Body works, you might as well just take it up the street to Dollywood. At least then you can ride some roller coasters for your $50.

They don't accept cash or employees who can spell.

See: inconvenience

I would imagine that they didn't have any change.

@Chris Walters: You're basically saying "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all." That's really lame.

that just kind of happened at the store I work at, we forgot to order 10's so I had to give change in 5's when possible, now we got the new money order in so we have 10's

If you are putting this sign up because you can't give change, aren't you just putting the WRONG sign up?

The correct sign would say:

"Exact change only. Credit/debit/mondex cards also accepted. Sorry for the inconvenience. -- The Management"

Since you could easily accept cash if the customer has the change (and you'd probably be glad of it, too).

A. The dollar has finally collapsed as I have fortold The Fed would do in all my rabbid rants.

B. The store was out of change.

hmmmmmm.

Maybe they got a "teach you to not have change at your bussiness move" pulled on them. Like the one I pull on the poor dumb immigration guys in Managua every time I land there. It's $5 to get through immigration and I always pay with a $100. Bastards never have change. I think 1 or 2 more years of this tactic and they will learn.

@BlueModred: Quatloos.

@joemono: You can debate or argue or voice a different opinion. That's the kind of rich response that adds to a post and benefits other readers.

You can also trash the "mission" of the site, insult and/or blame the OP or one of us who posted it, or deliver a pronouncement on whether or not it meets your editorial guidelines for the site. This is all meta-commentary and doesn't help add to the discussion. It turns each post into a Hot-or-Not contest where the most vocal readers tell everyone whether it's worth being on the site. Readers can decide for themselves and vote with their attention. Unfortunately, I suspect too often a lot of readers avoid the comments altogether now because of the frequent meta-commentary--which is a shame, because a lot of the time there's some amazing info in there.

So, argue away, but about the content of the post.

@ColoradoShark:
Indeed!
I'll see your Star Trek, and offer the Wheel of Time:
Crowns.

@FromThisSoil: That word is always f'n with me. Sometimes I screw it up so bad even spell check can't clean it up.

One pizza chain has stopped accepting cash here, but for a good reason. Last year, two employees were murdered for a couple hundred bucks in the register. Turns out it was an ex-employee who had been fired for stealing.

I'm wondering if this isn't just a case of a poorly written sign. Without knowing the facts, I'm guessing that this sign was meant to infer "Our machines only take credit cards - Not debit", rather than credit being the only form of payment... I could be wrong, though.

As made clear, there could be many reasons why cash wasn't being accepted. The fact it is hand written and looked pretty new resembles that as well.

If you had went in and asked, you might have found out the answer instead of getting a picture and a half story.

@Chris Walters: Thanks for jumping in on that

It's even more fun when it's a state institution that refuses to accept cash. There's a couple of departments around my Uni which will only accept credit/debit cards.

I jumped to the end because this is so stupid. Has anyone bothered to note that the sign misspelled "convenience"? I've been to Pigeon Forge and their school system is essentially three three Winnebagos duct taped together in an empty lot behind an abandoned Shoney's. Perhaps the shops don't take cash because no one can make change or read what is printed on the bills?

The American point of view of 'OMG I HAVE A RIGHT TO PAY WITH CASH IF I WANT AND YOU CAN'T STOP MEEEEEEEEE' is pretty silly. Join the 21st century, folks. It's called plastic.

Oh, and also, don't bother, Ron Paul crew. lol fiat money lol

@GC: the problem with that logic is you're putting all your trust into private corporations. A lot of people do not trust all their money to said places.

On top of that you got a even more people now than ever before I'd imagine that have such bad credit that if they can't get a card.. then she shouldn't be using it.

There is a news stand around the corner was robbed so many times a week that they decided to accept only credit transactions.

@Michael Belisle: Probably. You get a run of people giving you nothing but $5s and $20s and your singles dry up in a hurry, particularly if you're working off of a single till.

Or it was possible that they weren't able to process debit cards either. Either way, BFD.

This story is WORTHLESS. The tipster openly admitted that he did not get the full story. Now we're making assumptions about why the sign is there.

The ultimate in irony would be if they had a problem with their phone lines (can't run credit cards) or their credit card machine broke down in some form.

Would they go to a barter system? ;-)