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a stinky ox 🐂
a stinky ox 🐂 • mastodon (AP)

I'm actually a bit over an hour early at the place I need to go. Get to the car park "scan here to get payment app" oh joy. Download app. Enter car park code. Just Google pay and I'm done, yes?

No. Make an account. Attempt to log in. Says wrong password
Wtf. Make another account. Log in. There's short stay but only an hour and I'm a bit over an hour early. Piss. So I have to buy a DAY.
Enter reg no
Enter car make and colour.
Now I can Google pay?
NO enter all your card details.

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a stinky ox 🐂
a stinky ox 🐂 • mastodon (AP)

Then enter your full name and address. Finally presspay and oh my fuck now Lloyds bank pops up ARE YOU SURE THIS ISN'T FRAUD and I have to go to THEIR app to biometric confirm.

Glad I wasn't rushing for a fucking train, jesus.

The old ticket machines were SO MUCH EASIER.

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Enno Rehling
Enno Rehling • mastodon (AP)
now try this in another country, where the app tells you that your license plate number is invalid because it doesn't fit the local format. Then try calling the support number on a Saturday evening.
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Mark Ripley
Mark Ripley • mastodon (AP)
and there's no guarantee that original QR code / web address is kosher, either.
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Pippin
Pippin friendica
@a stinky ox 🐂 Yeah, reg number and contactless card is the most they should ask for. I don't have an EV (yet) but I gather charging points have mostly moved from dedicated apps and accounts and stuff to contactless, so it is at least possible for these things to move in the right direction. It'd be nice if parking did so too.
@a stinky ox 🐂
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Ben Curthoys
Ben Curthoys • mastodon (AP)
when your bank app pops up for you to validate the transaction it swaps the browser out of memory, so when you go back to the payment page the transaction has reset...
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lopta
lopta • mastodon (AP)
Here they're mostly push button, get ticket, pay with debit card on your way out. At the commuter train station you just stuff cash into a tiny slot that matches the space where you parked.
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Ric
Ric • mastodon (AP)

it wouldn't be so bad if they at least all used the same app, but I literally have 5 different parking apps now, and they're all terrible!

Be careful with the code scan ones, too. Super easy for people to cover the QR with a sticker that points to their own dodgy app you're then entering card details in. Best to just search the app store to make sure you're downloading the proper one!

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BashStKid
BashStKid • mastodon (AP)
Not to be a smartarse, but it’s worth checking the parking QR codes are real, and not a scammer’s label stuck on top.
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