Why I’ll be backing cash

YOUR report outlining the drive towards a coinless society (“New trial to test a ‘coinless’ Scotland angers fundraisers and the homeless”, June 20) leaves more questions than answers.

Doubtless, while charities and homeless people will be disadvantaged by the move, card companies will be laughing all the way to the bank.

It may be easier to use a debit or credit card in a shop but the financial circumstances of some less well-off people could make them ineligible for a card or even a bank account. Additionally, a £100 contactless limit on a card may entice some to go beyond their means and lead to debt.

I think there is still room for a dual system and we shouldn’t jump headlong into banishing coins. I, for one, have resolved to continue using cash at every opportunity in an effort to preserve this facility and manage my finances in the best way possible.

Bob MacDougall, Kippen.

WHILE reading about the coinless trial, my first thought was “what an utterly stupid idea” and the more I thought about it, the more ridiculous it seemed.

How many millions of people give their children a few pennies to buy a packet of crisps or a carton of juice on their way to school? What would happen if we were coinless? Would children have to carry a debit card?

Why don’t the pen-pushers just leave thing as they are? We have managed perfectly well up to now. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.

Eleanor Andersen, Larkhall.