[The Apprentice]

I agree with everyone about the Orwellian overtones to this but also what if there is some kind of natural disaster that stops these devices from working such as a hurricane. What good is your smartphone or whatever then. I personally use cash all the time. I don't buy anything on the Internet these days except train and plane tickets. Support your local shops because they are disappearing at a rapid rate. I haven't bought anything from Amazon for the last 5 years since I found out the terrible effect they were having on other businesses and the awful way in which they treat their workers.There's nothing cool about paying by card or a mobile device, however you pay it's just a means to an end not an end in itself.

I have never bought anything from Amazon and when I buy from Ebay I try to find the small shops who are local to me if possible, Sometimes you can pypass Ebay if there is a phone number and buy direct.

I have a smart phone but rarely use it other than making films as it way cheaper than buying a new video camera and just as good these days, I think I have texed only three times in my life.

Where we are the neighbours always have deliveries from the local supermarkets some hardly ever leaving their house in weeks, what a sad existance this must be.

I agree always shop at your local small outlets if you can, here we have a few left but they are not being replaced when they retire, some shops are owned by the same companies, one has the three largest outfits, Edinburugh Woolen, The Mountain Warehouse and another which has just closed, and when they do close they are still empty to the tune of at least 6 shops on the last count.

Nat West and Yorkshire banks have gone, and there are no shops left other than food outlets that make anything, it just gets better every day.