[Albion] Cashless Amex en route...

[AmexRuislip]

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[BNthree]

This is absolutely not true. All you need is:

1. an Android phone with NFC (the technology used for phone payments) - e.g. an LG G3 from eBay at about £50 (that's buying outright, and you can sell it again on eBay for about £50 if you want to cash in) - https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_..._ItemCondition=3000&_nkw=lg+g3&rt=nc&LH_BIN=1
2. a free Pay As You Go SIM, e.g. GiffGaff - https://www.giffgaff.com/free-sim-cards - you'll pay 5p for the <1MB of data you need to make the transaction (or possibly even free, if you can connect to the AMEX WiFi).

I bought an new and unlocked Motorola off Amazon 3 years ago for £105. Still works fine and it still gets system updates etc. Pay £5 a month for a sim only contract with 2gb of data (which admittedly is a special deal but these often crop up) Does everything I need. Definitely shows it can be done cheaply without £50 a month contracts with fancy new phones.

 

[Gwylan]

I bought an new and unlocked Motorola off Amazon 3 years ago for £105.

You have to be careful buying phones off Amazon. I bought a refurbished Xperia off them last year and after about a month, it stopped working. Upon investigating, I discovered that the phone had been blocked as it had been stolen, leaving me £100 out of pocket. Amazon seem to be a bit careless about checking the providence of the gear that they flog.

 

[BNthree]

You have to be careful buying phones off Amazon. I bought a refurbished Xperia off them last year and after about a month, it stopped working. Upon investigating, I discovered that the phone had been blocked as it had been stolen, leaving me £100 out of pocket. Amazon seem to be a bit careless about checking the providence of the gear that they flog.

Good advice.

This was a brand new phone sold by Amazon themselves rather than a reseller using the Amazon system.

 

[Acker79]

Could we do the same for the toilet? Ya know where they call your number out

There'd be too much confusion, everyone would either be a number one or a number two.

 

[LamieRobertson]

There'd be too much confusion, everyone would either be a number one or a number two.

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[schmunk]

Could we do the same for the toilet? Ya know where they call your number out

Aren't the toilets already cashless...?

 

[LamieRobertson]

Aren't the toilets already cashless...?

Nope spend a penny......and ya know the second bit is what i was referring to ya rascal

 

[Invicta]

St Marys do this and seemed to work pretty well. You buy token(s) and then collect at half time. They have a chunk of pre-poured pints and then just pour. You handover the tokens so no transaction so fairly quick.

There is meant to be a system for getting bottles of Heineken in ESU with a token but they fail miserably. Either no tokens or no beer at half time.

 

[pearl]

Nope spend a penny......and ya know the second bit is what i was referring to ya rascal

contactless?

 

[Washboard Didgets]

Not read the whole thread, but for those with kids:

https://www.gohenry.com/uk/

 

[BNthree]

https://twitter.com/OfficialBHAFC/status/1284121196691324929

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[Biscuit Barrel]

"Once the stadium and superstore is able to welcome fans and supporters back, no cash or cheques will be accepted for any purchase made within the stadium."

I am going to miss pissing everyone off behind me in the food kiosk as I will no longer be able to pay for my halftime pie and pint with a cheque.

 

[AZ Gull]

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[Seasidesage]

More insidious control from the man, next it'll be breath tests to buy a beer, mark my words.....doomed I tell thee.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

What is this 'Cash' of which you speak?

 

[schmunk]

More insidious control from the man, next it'll be breath tests to buy a beer, mark my words.....doomed I tell thee.

What's next? No bartering?

 

[Seasidesage]

What's next? No bartering?

I have a perfectly good bag of magic beans for next season already....

 

[A mex eyecan]

will we still be encouraged to throw coins into the blanket as they carry it around the pitch?
i certainly hope so as it would take ages for us all to wait our turns and use contactless