Anyone else still pay by cash?

subjecttocontract

The problem with paying by phone/online/card is that there is a paper trail which is not always welcomed by people who want to stay 'under the radar'. It depends on the people you mix with.....we are all different. What suits one might not suit another.

wiseonesomeofthetime

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82013096#Comment_82013096

In my experience, other than NCP, I think, I have had to pay a "convenience fee" on paying for parking via an app, having also switched off all the other add-ons they try sneak in, like alerts when coming to end of your parking.

My biggest take from the 50 posts that I have read though is…….where can you buy coffee AND a cake for the fiver in your wallet? :)

subjecttocontract

We don't all eat cake.

Enzo_L

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82013042#Comment_82013042

Err … If you read my post again you'll see that I was I was responding to a post which asserted that "people that pay with their phone do a quick tap and they are done". I responded that I regularly see people delaying buses when paying with phones.

I didn't say anything about paying on buses with cards.

But it's easy for me to pay cash here because the bus fare is £2 to go anywhere.

HillStreetBlues

Reading the thread I'm somewhere between the two (cash is king, cash is evil).

Rob5342

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82013116#Comment_82013116

The shopping centre near me doesn't have an extra fee for paying online. They have posters everywhere with qr codes you can scan to pay but no machines anywhere. The only other option is tapping at the exit barrier but there is nothing to say that you can do that anywhere.

Nasqueron

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82013165#Comment_82013165

Do you even cycle bro :D

Nasqueron

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82013116#Comment_82013116

Local small coffee shops - I stop at places like farm shops which are out of the way so I don't need to carry some 10kg chain around with me. I have my phone though so it's unlikely I will ever use it. Otherwise in an emergency and near a bike shop, maybe 1 inner tube or something!

oldernonethewiser

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82012890#Comment_82012890

I use my phone in my local supermarket and it fails approx a third of the time. Don't know why, but slightly annoying. I usually have to present the phone to the reader again and it is okay. Just remembered that the reader in M&S sometimes goes in the huff.

redux

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82011763#Comment_82011763

I'm surprised by the parking, for two reasons

First a lot of parking meters were converted to contactless payment, connected via 3g mobile network, and without a coin box, and some abolished paper, so no need for staff attendance unless there were service issues.

More recently mobile networks switched off 3g, and many councils decided that having customers pay by phone call or app was simpler or cheaper than upgrading meters to 4g

Users don't have to wait by the machine. The number is written on it, and if paying by phone call once that code is entered you can move away slightly. Or using partner website or app it's possible to search by either code or location. I don't use parking apps, but I assume they might be able to use your location and present the nearest couple of places. This can be done sitting in the car, or (though they might say you're not supposed to leave before paying) while walking away or even at a pinch in the train or the visited venue.