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Should buskers have a set payment?

Cork busker Allie Sherlock recently received some backlash about her card reader being set at €3 for tipping

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15.28 25 Jan 2022


Should buskers have a set payment?


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Cork busker Allie Sherlock recently received some backlash about her card reader being set at €3 for tipping. Is it too much? How much would you tip a busker? Busker David tells Andrea about his card reader "sometimes I set it to €1 - I have even set it to €5 at times"

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