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Has the proliferation of pay by phone car parks changed your shopping habits?

B3B3 Posts: 27,505
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If there was just one, I wouldn't mind. But, even within a town, there can be several different apps. They all expect you to give information that I'd rather not give to all and sundry.  

In London. Keen but lazy.

Has the proliferation of pay by phone car parks changed your shopping habits? 19 votes

Yes
42%
Lizzie27BraidmanmadpenguinErgatesBigladEmptyheadtimeHumblebeajanetrooney23jturgfZl 8 votes
No
57%
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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    I don't have a smartphone, can't use them. They annoy me to hell.  I usually head for the nearest supermarket with free parking.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Bit behind times were we live,  only once did I use my credit card in a car park,  that was in a woodland,  but all I had to do was put the car number and show the card like any contactless payment.  In our town they just have the ones where you put your car number in and put money in the slot.
    We haven’t got phones that you put apps on so no good for us.
    The only time we go out is for appointments and that’s very rare,  we’re not ones for driving around for recreation. 

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904
    I refuse to get a smart phone. My current phone was very high end in it's day and does the interwebs and all who sail in her. It has everything I need, except signal, but that's not the phone's fault. 
    It does not, however, do apps.
    Thankfully, since moving to civilisation, I do not have to deal with these things...yet.
    Long may it continue.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    No
    Waitrose don't charge to park
    Devon.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited August 2023
    I don't mind those ones at all @Lyn but I don't want to give my bank details to the app companies that expect you to set up an account.
    Some even expect you to pay an additional fee for the convenience
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    Yes
    We had a rotten experience last year visiting in Woodbridge, Suffolk when we found we had no coins at all in the car as usual, our fault I know. Tried for the first time on my newish smartphone to pay via the app, didn't even know what an app was,  couldn't see the screen because of brilliant sunshine, couldn't hear or understand the instructions and threw a complete wobbly and ended up in tears/rage. Luckily for us, an extremely kind passer-by just gave us the £2 in coins needed. I am normally quite a confident person but it threw me unexpectedly. Must be getting old!

    It rocked my confidence in being able to cope in strange towns and carparks and am now extremely apprehensive. I dread having to park at our local hospital but fortunately we can get there by bus.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • rowlandscastle444rowlandscastle444 Posts: 2,612
    No
    Don't drive, don't have a car, don't park.
    But when my wife does, it's either at a supermarket with free parking, or at the local farm shop (again, free parking).
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    The trouble with the supermarket car parks is that they tend to be away from the main shopping centre. We stick to SM car parks or don't visit the town.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • tigerburnietigerburnie Posts: 131
    We get Sainsburys(there are other supermarkets) to deliver for less than £2, so saved on parking, fuel and saved the planet a bit too by not driving my car.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    No
    I can't remember the last time I " went shopping " in a town centre. 
    It was before we moved to Devon and that was nearly 12 years ago
    Devon.
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