Man 生き残るs 10 months without using cash after making drunken bet

By Daily Mail Reporter
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Forbidden: James Allan 公約するd not to use any 通貨 with the Queen’s 長，率いる

A man has spent the past 10 months not using coins or banknotes to see if it is possible to live in a cashless society.

James Allan, 25, 公約するd not to 扱う or use any 通貨 with the Queen’s 長，率いる on it, 含むing even stamps, for a year as part of a drunken bet made last December in a pub that did not 受託する cards.

The web content editor said he 手配中の，お尋ね者 to see if it was possible to live a cash-解放する／自由な life, although he 認める that he thought his friend was the 支配する of the bet and not himself.

As a result he has had to rely 単独で on using credit and debit cards to buy goods and services.

He said: ‘It was all 権利 at first because I had a very supportive girlfriend who 保釈（金）d me out, but when the 関係 went awry in January, I realised how difficult it was going to be.’

Mr Allan, who believes he is the only person to ever try to live without using cash for a whole year, said he had now got used to only going to places that would 受託する 支払い（額） by card.

He has also changed many of his leisure activities from browsing the East End’s markets, to going to things that are 解放する／自由な or clubs that do not 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 you to go in.

But there have been some low points, 含むing not 存在 able to use supermarket trolleys because they 要求する a £1 coin to 打ち明ける them, and having to walk past a £50 公式文書，認める he 設立する lying in the street.

Another bad time was when he was 軍隊d to walk 10 miles across London one night because he could not find anywhere to 最高の，を越す up his Oyster card, while he has often had to make extra purcha ses in corner shops to 会合，会う the 最小限 £5 spend needed to 支払う／賃金 by card.

He said friends’ birthdays could be difficult if people decided to go to a pub or club that did not 受託する card 支払い（額）s, meaning he was not able to drink.

But Mr Allan, who lives in London, said the thing that had upset him most was when a 禁止（する）d his housemates were in 成し遂げるd in a small cafe and at the end, when a glass （機の）カム around for people to make 寄付s に向かって the cost, he had been unable to 与える／捧げる.

He said even though everyone there knew what he was doing and were supportive of him, having to pass on the glass without putting anything in it had been a ‘horrible experience’.

Another problem arose when he needed to put 負かす／撃墜する a £800 cash deposit on his accommodation, and he had to get his mother to come 負かす／撃墜する from Oxford to 扱う the 処理／取引 for him.

Earlier this year ビザ 設立する out about his 追求（する），探索（する）, and 申し込む／申し出d its support as he was using one of its ビザ payWave cards, which enables him to 支払う／賃金 for items costing いっそう少なく than £10 簡単に by touching the card against a sensor.

He said the best thing about having the support from ビザ was that if a machine he needed to use was broken, he could （犯罪の）一味 them up and complain.

Mr Allan said he was likely to continue to live without cash when the year comes to an end.

He said: ‘I keep changing my mind but I find money unbelievably vulgar now. It is filthy and dirty and I have really gone off it.’

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