In Oregon, isn’t it illegal for “a place of public accommodation” to refuse cash payments? If I go to a store and offer them cash and they won’t take it, can I legally walk out without paying ? —Local Cash Haver

You can legally walk out of any store without paying, Haver, as long as you don’t take anything with you when you leave. What you can’t do is go to a cashless sex shop, load up your cart with girthy purple dildos, and use a disingenuous offer of cash payment as an excuse to take them home for free.

That’s not to say it’s legal for sex shops (or any other shop) to be cashless. A lot has changed since the last time we answered this question , notably the passage of 2022’s SB 1565, requiring most retail establishments to accept cash as payment. Plenty of places have been flouti

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