第2208期封面故事: 有了八達通, 你失去了什麼?
封面故事(Part 4):反霸權行動者 龐一鳴
反地產霸權、一年生活不光顧地產商的龐一鳴,問他有沒有用八達通,他說只有坐港鐵的時候會用上,平日光顧小商戶,多用「散銀」消費。雖然八達通公司其中的股東是新巴,與地產集團有關,佔3.1%股份,但他暫時尚無意停用八達通,他會先研究一下才決定,「我現在關心的,倒是這種付款方式,用機器完成交易,生活中人與人之間透過說話、接觸的交流環節,又少一重,付錢找續正是買賣時,彼此交談交流的機會。」此外,八達通跟手機一類的服務相似,條文裏有很多隱藏位,消費者容易掉入陷阱而不知,就像去年的「賣私隱」事件,或最近發生的手提電話遊戲事件,巿民在不知要收費而下載了遊戲,無端花錢。
(Part 9):「散銀」的沒落
九七回歸前,香港曾出現「散銀荒」,不知多少人還記得?當時坊間有這樣一個看法,把殖民地有關的東西留一點,做紀念或等升值,於是有人把「大餅」、「神沙」留着不用,結果巿面出現「散銀」不足的情況,有店舖因此找續零錢時,以郵票代「毫子」,然而自八達通出現後,取替「散銀」,零錢的存在意義愈來愈低,昔日「挖穿銀包」找「散銀」湊數坐車、買東西的片段,已成回憶。現在即使閣下有無數「散銀」,更會變成煩惱,因為不少商戶寫明不收「散銀」,即使「散銀」也是錢、是法定貨幣;付款者也沒有違反《輔幣條例》,即一元以上面額的硬幣(包括一元、二元及五元),每次付款最多不可以超過總值一百元,而一元面額以下的硬幣(包括一角、二角、五角)付款,最多不超過總值兩元。
反對地產霸權的龐一鳴,卻把「散銀」當寶,他不光顧地產商相關的店舖,他不去大集團超巿,去街巿買餸;不去連鎖快餐店,「幫襯」茶餐廳;不坐巴士,踏單車或走路。他用零錢多過八達通,「小商店、街巿都是付現金,反而不收八達通。唯一坐地鐵會用八達通。」他說。他出門身邊總帶上「散銀包」,家中還有一個儲滿「大餅」的月餅盒。但他發現,近年商販拒收「散銀」的情況,愈來愈嚴重,這當中有什麼問題呢?他一位社工朋友告訴他這樣的故事,有個近乎獨居的少年人,父母終日不在家,一天他發現「糧草」用盡,家裏再沒有吃的,身上的八達通已負值,要增值麼?但他根本身無分文,莫說至少五十元的增值額,但餓得要命,最後他在家「翻箱倒槓」,終於湊到二十元「散銀」買飯盒。這個小故事,啟發了龐一鳴。
他給中學生上通識課活動,其中一課,就是要學生用「散銀」去街巿買餸,結果,商販不是在學生哀求下勉為其難收下,就是堅決拒收,親證「散銀」被歧視的社會實況,「許多學生覺得,小商戶不願收毫子,是因為大家用八達通,少了毫子供找續,但這次活動後,發現主要原因是銀行找換毫子要收手續費,為免增加成本,商販當然不願收毫子。」根據香港法例,商戶拒收毫子,並沒有違法,但筆者想補充,不願收「散銀」的小商戶,其實也處於兩難,一邊不收「神沙」,另一邊也不願安裝八達通,因為每項交易要抽取1.75%給八達通公司,若生意額每月不夠八萬元,還要交二百元行政費,小生意無疑少賺一筆。結果,他們不是拒收「散銀」,就是把貨品價錢全定為「齊頭」數,避免收「神沙」。
香港許多貧窮家庭,每日生活得「錙銖必較」,用錢不是一百幾十為計算單位,而是「一蚊幾毫」,「散銀」於他們而言,每分每毫都有價值。雖然「神沙」沒落,跟八達通出現未必有因果關係,但我們想像一下,如果愈來愈多商戶為了拒收「散銀」,而將貨品價格從幾毫零錢提升到一元整數,以方便找續,那麼,對於貧苦的一群,是雪上加霜。
撰文:鄭靜珊 攝影:周耀恩、司徒振強、冼偉強、謝浩然
散銀的出路,又是繳回地產霸權,因為大集團係唔會拒收散銀的。名符其實的賺得一文得一文。
The entire feature is great,I’ve been using as much cash as possible after reading that.Thanks for posting it so I can share with others.
交易簡化成只有「嘟」一聲, 人與人的關係上像是若有所失, 但又拿不出什麼理據去反對
有太多理據去反對了,只有「嘟」一聲,不容市民有渠道自由去查閱過去的交易,這就已經夠過份了吧。人際關係方面,在小店中,付款前後是店主和顧客大量交談的時候,只有「嘟」一聲的交易伯,令人不再習慣說話,有天到小店幫襯也不懂和不願和店主聊天…
龐生,
你好,我是「香港設計評論網誌」的 blogger Ka Hing,我寫了一篇文章及link up了你在JCCAC的演說,希望你不介意及多多指教. Cheers.
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在國內, 可以用銀聯機給錢,也可以給散銀。無論你給到多麼散,人們也會照收。
這個可是大陸的其中一個可愛之處吧。
對,一個社會可愛與否,有時不在於擁有什麼,而是在於民眾沒有被禁止不能做什麼。
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