[David9694]

A new catch-all Tea Shop thread for those miscellaneous new stories that don’t quite fit with parking, crashing into buildings or trapped/prisoners in their homes. 

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[David9694]

Yes, it’s often guess the app

Yes, it’s often guess the app – why can’t there be just one? 

I wonder how much over payment there is /was with cash machines – like £1 goes in for an 80p fee. I stopped carrying coins around 3 years ago.

Cash is required for a passenger ferry I occasionally use, spur of the moment donations like to the village brass band today and our fish & chip shop only takes cash. 

[brooksby]

I hate it when you’re

I hate it when you’re expected to download an app or register on a website for what’s basically a one off transaction (ordering a snack in a cafe, parking a car, etc)

[Awavey]

Yes it’s absolutely about
Yes it’s absolutely about saving the council money, but they always claim its “easier” to use, to sell it to people.

[Awavey]

They do,once you battle
They do,once you battle through all the registration parts, but you need a good data signal still which is not always guaranteed.

[Hirsute]

The apps work well -easy to
The apps work well -easy to use.
Apps – you can extent your time with no hassle, you can pay ahead eg station , you can pay from your bed if you have parked overnight and the charges kick in from 8.

[Hirsute]

Not just that, machines get
Not just that, machines get vandalised and the money is stolen too. Gets a bit expensive after just 2 events.

[brooksby]

I had assumed it was nothing

I had assumed it was nothing to do with it being easier. It’s cheaper for the council, because they don5 have to pay staff to go around emptying machines, and That Is All That Matters.

[Awavey]

I’m old enough to remember
I’m old enough to remember such things also,and the carbon paper card imprint machines,and I’m not a pensioner either yet but East Suffolk council car parks have swapped to this cashless system and I’ve alot of sympathy with these OAPs if their system is as convoluted as ours.

Ive spent longer navigating the phone system,its speech recognition needs more work, than Ive needed time to park. No one can convince me that it’s easier than just popping a 50p in a machine & printing a ticket.

[hawkinspeter]

David9694 wrote:

Triggered. I’m not a pensioner, but I am old enough to remember when cheques were a thing in shops (and when shops were a thing).  I remember debit cards becoming a thing (credit cards already were, but M&S and John Lewis didn’t accept them for a long time.) 

It must be a blast in the quaint shops of Cirencester.  My blood pressure is better these days:

“that’s £74.99” Rummage for cheque book, rummage for pen, items moved to create writing space, “how much again?” “£74.99” “what’s the date today? / Do you have stamp/who’s it to?” “Bloggs ltd”. Rummage for cheque card, assistant hand-writes the number on the back. In Halfords, the till had a slot on it which imprinted more info on the back. “can I change it if it’s not right?” 

I remember the original credit card machines that used carbon paper to imprint the details onto paper that you then had to sign

[David9694]

Triggered. I’m not a

Triggered. I’m not a pensioner, but I am old enough to remember when cheques were a thing in shops (and when shops were a thing).  I remember debit cards becoming a thing (credit cards already were, but M&S and John Lewis didn’t accept them for a long time.) 

It must be a blast in the quaint shops of Cirencester.  My blood pressure is better these days:

“that’s £74.99” Rummage for cheque book, rummage for pen, items moved to create writing space, “how much again?” “£74.99” “what’s the date today? / Do you have stamp/who’s it to?” “Bloggs ltd”. Rummage for cheque card, assistant hand-writes the number on the back. In Halfords, the till had a slot on it which imprinted more info on the back. “can I change it if it’s not right?” 

 

[Hirsute]

I see their cunning plan.
I see their cunning plan. They want cheques to be accepted as pensioners get confused if they have to use a card machine. Shops will lose out.

[David9694]

Cotswold pensioners despair

Cotswold pensioners despair at parking payment ‘technology’

“Us pensioners get confused, and I only wanted to stop for half an hour and it would be difficult to find such a small amount paid on your bank statements.

“Another lady was wandering around for over ten minutes trying to find a way to pay as well. We are jeopardised as pensioners as we have no clue.”

no sale for me. You claim to be totally flummoxed by a debit card parking machine, yet you are safe to drive?

https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/cotswold-pensioners-despair-parking-payment-7956056

[David9694]

A five year gap 2015 to 2011

A five year gap 2015 to 2011 in the MoT history and pretty modest mileage 2021 to 2022.  I bet all it’s got are a few minor scratches to its Barbie paintwork, bit of T-cut. 

[Rendel Harris]

That’s weird, this morning it

That’s weird, this morning it as definitely showing as “Vehicle details could not be found”. I withdraw the something fishy allegation, though I still reckon she’s trying for replacement rather than repair!

[hawkinspeter]

hirsute wrote:

[quote=hirsute]Seasonal one. Not a good ad for armoured personnel carriers though ! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-64082342%5B/quote%5D

I hope that “wedged in a hedge” takes over from elf on a shelf

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