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You can pay with cash at Coop. Most if not all cash registers allow cash payments. Most customers don't pay with cash.

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Yes but how does the cashier know what the price is?

How does the cashier open the safety box to reach the money?

Or open the cash registry?

I don't even think it is legal to accept money without a working cash registry for tax registration reasons.

But that was my point exactly. Sure, you can live in Sweden without even knowing how cash looks like so it is cashless in a way. But, if the cash register is not functioning then you are done* with or without cash in your pocket.

* I'd wager that if you know the prices and keep track of what you sell, you'd be fine recording the transactions after the fact.

I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s illegal to accept payment without offering a receipt with all of the correct info, which among a bunch of things include a unique incrementing receipt number.

It is more about being able to produce the receipt to the tax authorities. Even street hawkers have to have a certified machine in sweden now.

https://www4.skatteverket.se/rattsligvagledning/edition/2017...

> Yes but how does the cashier know what the price is?

My understanding was that it was just payment processing that was affected, not the point of sale systems. The scanners and things probably work fine, and I think they could accept cash payments without issue. It’s just not worth it when almost no customer pays with cash.

I'm quite sure that it was the whole POS. The Coop next to where I live accespts Swish (QR/mobile payment) and it was closed as well.

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