Posted on 25/11/2021 11:54
The Club have released more details of the new Booking System here
There are still finer details still to be arrived but the link (thanks Harry) sets out how the new system will work.
I have closed the previous thread on when we will get details of the new booking system and opened this one to allow comments specifically on the new system rather than discussing what they might be.
David
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Posted on 02/12/2021 14:50 by WhittakerrOr quite a few sites.
Posted on 02/12/2021 15:06 by JVB66Out of our phones usability ? Our phones are just for calls and texts
and at £5per months that is enough to pay
My hearing aids are "Blue tooth?"will they do it
Posted on 02/12/2021 15:20
So are my HA and I Bluetooth them to my smartphone for convenience of hearing incoming alerts and speech and set the frequencies via the app.
Said phone costs me £8 p/m to run but I might change to the £6 tariff next time. That sounds much better value than your £5 p/m for basic service tbh🤷🏻♂️
Posted on 02/12/2021 15:16 by TakethedogalongWho cares? That’s why you pay before you arrive.
Posted on 02/12/2021 15:21 by WhittakerrI do. I use my phone for a lot more things than just making payments and most of these things require a decent signal.
Posted on 02/12/2021 15:25 by TakethedogalongThat’s a self imposed number of sites you won’t be visiting then (although Clumber is the only one I can think of with no signal). So being able to make a payment is academic🤷♀️
Posted on 02/12/2021 15:25 by TakethedogalongThat’s a self imposed number of sites you won’t be visiting then (although Clumber is the only one I can think of with no signal). So being able to make a payment is academic🤷♀️
Posted on 02/12/2021 12:43 by NavigateurThere is a whole economy in this country based on cash that never passes through a bank or any documented intermediary. From window cleaners and taxi drivers to major building work, there is an eagerness to not put everything through the books. So that cash has to be spent somewhere.
Posted on 02/12/2021 15:45
I am almost surprised that it isn't against the law to pay for works over a certain amount in cash? If someone demands cash for any work over say £100 you do have to question whether it is going through the books. But that is a different discussion. However according to JK some people do rock up at a campsite with a bundle of cash, not up to us to cast aspersions but one does wonder.
David
Posted on 02/12/2021 15:46
As far as I understand it, the payment Apps works exactly the same as a contactless card.. The phone does not need an internet connection. Twice lately I have gone out without money or cards but I have had my phone. It would be useful in that respect to pay for goods so think I will give Google Pay a try. I too always have some cash on me, before COVID it was to pay for small items of expenditure but following COVID I have been using cards much more. It could become a habit.
peedee
Posted on 02/12/2021 13:05 by peedeeDK re pay by phone, Google "samsung pay vs google pay" I have at some time registered for both but have never used them generally finding it easier to use a card rather than unlock my phone every time I want to pay for something. Yes I know you can use easy methods than a pin number to unlock a phone but they do always work.
peedee
Posted on 02/12/2021 15:50
After I posted I did go online and have a look to see how it worked. The unlocking would put me off a bit. My phone is in a leather cover so I always keep a credit card and a fiver in cash in the cover so I can cope with most situations without needing an payment App on my phone. Things may change in time.
David
Posted on 02/12/2021 15:50 by DavidKlyneAfter I posted I did go online and have a look to see how it worked. The unlocking would put me off a bit. My phone is in a leather cover so I always keep a credit card and a fiver in cash in the cover so I can cope with most situations without needing an payment App on my phone. Things may change in time.
David
Posted on 02/12/2021 16:13
I use apple pay quite a lot. My phone is in a leather "book" style case and combined with having to use a fingerprint to authorise the payment it is sometimes awkward, especially if carrying bags and the card reader is behind the Perspex screens that most payment tills now have.
DavidKlyne
Motorhomer from Buckinghamshire