Went to Waitrose yesterday and used coupons to get £80 off, but when the cashier was ready for the cards it rejected all three due to a faulty reader, so I had to go outside and get £140 in real money €“ so much for a cashless society.

Simon Mason wrote

Went to Waitrose yesterday and used coupons to
get £80 off, but when the cashier was ready for the
cards it rejected all three due to a faulty reader,

If you had had even half a clue you would have got the whole transaction
cancelled, and used another checkout with a non faulty checkout.

so I had to go outside and get £140 in real money

Only because you are too stupid to have a decent smartphone.

If you had one you could just wave it at the terminal and pay that way.

€“ so much for a cashless society.

Its there now, you're just too stupid to use it.

I only use cash in 3 places now, just the one fruit and veg place that
happens to be the cheapest in town that will only accept cards for
transactions over $10, the farmers market and garage/yard sales.

While you can pay to anyone's mobile phone number now, its just
not worth the hassle to convince people that that works when there
is a queue of people paying for stuff at a garage/yard/boot sale.

On Sunday, 27 November 2016 04:53:25 UTC, Rod Speed wrote:


If you had one you could just wave it at the terminal and pay that way.

I waved two cards at it, but it just went Back to Go.

http://bit.ly/2fmKm2s

Simon Mason wrote
Rod Speed wrote

If you had one you could just wave it at the terminal and pay that way.

I waved two cards at it, but it just went Back to Go.

http://bit.ly/2fmKm2s

You must have ****ed up, again.

I did have to go thru 3 systems to be able to pay recently
due to a combination of factors, but didnt have to use cash.

On Sun, 27 Nov 2016 18:12:03 +1100, Rod Speed wrote:

I did have to go thru 3 systems to be able to pay recently due to a
combination of factors, but didnt have to use cash.

Would a lot simpler and quicker to just use cash in the first place then!

On Sunday, 27 November 2016 11:27:46 UTC, Cursitor Doom wrote:
On Sun, 27 Nov 2016 18:12:03 +1100, Rod Speed wrote:

I did have to go thru 3 systems to be able to pay recently due to a
combination of factors, but didnt have to use cash.

Would a lot simpler and quicker to just use cash in the first place then!

I had £100 on me anyway, but the bill was for £145.

Cursitor Doom wrote
Simon Mason wrote

I did have to go thru 3 systems to be able to pay recently
due to a combination of factors, but didnt have to use cash.

Would a lot simpler and quicker to just use cash in the first place then!

Nope, because you have to keep farting around getting more of that all the
time.

On 27/11/2016 11:26 AM, Cursitor Doom wrote:
On Sun, 27 Nov 2016 18:12:03 +1100, Rod Speed wrote:

I did have to go thru 3 systems to be able to pay recently due to a
combination of factors, but didnt have to use cash.

Would a lot simpler and quicker to just use cash in the first place then!



I think it will be a big mistake to go cashless.


....Ray.

"Simon Mason" wrote in message
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On Sunday, 27 November 2016 04:53:25 UTC, Rod Speed wrote:


If you had one you could just wave it at the terminal and pay that way.

I waved two cards at it, but it just went Back to Go.

http://bit.ly/2fmKm2s

no wonder your card has expired ....

Only because you are too stupid to have a decent smartphone.

If you had one you could just wave it at the terminal and pay that way.


If I tried waving my superb nokia 1100 ( better than ant smartphone ) would
it work? ...tee hee

Jimbo in the near of Hawick ... wrote
Rod Speed wrote

Only because you are too stupid to have a decent smartphone.

If you had one you could just wave it at the terminal and pay that way.

If I tried waving my superb nokia 1100

One of the better dinosaur phones...

( better than ant smartphone )

Ants arent allowed to have smartphones, stupid.

would it work?

Yes, it will still work as a stupidphone, stupid.

...tee hee

This is no laughing matter, boy.

If I tried waving my superb nokia 1100

One of the better dinosaur phones...

tried all the smartphones and allways go back to the 1100.....you can read
the LCD in brightest sumshine....very small and strong.....battery lasts all
week......nokia wired hands free charges as well.....worth 50p.......you can
work it without looking at it.....no touch screen.......no need for anything
else...who agrees??? ..........

On Monday, 28 November 2016 08:18:07 UTC, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:


tried all the smartphones and allways go back to the 1100.....you can read
the LCD in brightest sumshine....very small and strong.....battery lasts all
week......nokia wired hands free charges as well.....worth 50p.......you can
work it without looking at it.....no touch screen.......no need for anything
else...who agrees??? ..........

Not me - I use this.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CyVlKp0W8AAW215.jpg

Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote

If I tried waving my superb nokia 1100

One of the better dinosaur phones...

tried all the smartphones and allways go back to the 1100.....

Just another dinosaur...

you can read the LCD in brightest sumshine....

No such thing in that soggy little frigid island...

very small and strong.....

Just as true of any decent smartphone in a decent lifeproof
case if you are actually stupid enough to use it as a football...

battery lasts all week......

Just as true of any decent smartphone in a power pack case...

nokia wired hands free charges as well.....

Just as true of any decent smartphone...

worth 50p.......

Didn’t realise you were such a desperate pov...

you can work it without looking at it.....

Just as true of any decent smartphone...

no touch screen.......

So all it can do is calls and texts...

no need for anything else...

Yep, you actually are that stupid...

who agrees??? ..........

Only ****wit dinosaurs like you...

On Mon, 28 Nov 2016 08:18:03 +0000, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:

tried all the smartphones and allways go back to the 1100.....you can
read
the LCD in brightest sumshine....very small and strong.....battery lasts
all week......nokia wired hands free charges as well.....worth
50p.......you can work it without looking at it.....no touch
screen.......no need for anything else...who agrees??? ..........

+1. The mobile phones from about 20 years ago were by far the best, IMO.

One of the better dinosaur phones...

in the film "sully" he doesn't have a fancy smart phone...enough said .....

On Sun, 27 Nov 2016 15:53:16 +1100, Rod Speed wrote:

Only because you are too stupid to have a decent smartphone.

I've noticed the stupidest people typically have the smartest phones.
Smarter than they are in fact.

If you had one you could just wave it at the terminal and pay that way.

....until of course there's a glitch with that, too.
Give me cash; it never lets me down.

On 27/11/2016 11:25, Cursitor Doom wrote:
On Sun, 27 Nov 2016 15:53:16 +1100, Rod Speed wrote:

Only because you are too stupid to have a decent smartphone.

I've noticed the stupidest people typically have the smartest phones.
Smarter than they are in fact.

If you had one you could just wave it at the terminal and pay that way.

...until of course there's a glitch with that, too.
Give me cash; it never lets me down.

Never underestimate the stupid when using cash.

There are a couple of posters here who could not get laid in a brothel
with a £50 note wrapped around their dick.


--
Adam

Cursitor Doom wrote
Rod Speed wrote

Only because you are too stupid to have a decent smartphone.

I've noticed the stupidest people typically have the smartest phones.
Smarter than they are in fact.

If you had one you could just wave it at the terminal and pay that way.

...until of course there's a glitch with that, too.

In which case you just use the spare.

Give me cash; it never lets me down.

You have clearly never tried renting a car from
one of the major car rental operations with cash.

On Mon, 28 Nov 2016 05:29:44 +1100, Rod Speed wrote:

Cursitor Doom wrote
Rod Speed wrote

Only because you are too stupid to have a decent smartphone.

I've noticed the stupidest people typically have the smartest phones.
Smarter than they are in fact.

If you had one you could just wave it at the terminal and pay that
way.

...until of course there's a glitch with that, too.

In which case you just use the spare.

Not going to help if the glitch is with the *system* rather than the card
- and that still happens far too often for my liking.

Give me cash; it never lets me down.

You have clearly never tried renting a car from one of the major car
rental operations with cash.

I would take plastic for that, certainly. But in addition to cash. Always
take at least *some* cash!

Cursitor Doom wrote
Rod Speed wrote
Cursitor Doom wrote
Rod Speed wrote

Only because you are too stupid to have a decent smartphone.

I've noticed the stupidest people typically have the smartest phones.
Smarter than they are in fact.

If you had one you could just wave
it at the terminal and pay that way.

...until of course there's a glitch with that, too.

In which case you just use the spare.

Not going to help if the glitch is with the *system* rather than the card

Paying with the phone works fine when the system is offline.
The phone has a number of tokens stored in the secure enclave
in the phone, doesnt need to get one from the system to pay.

- and that still happens far too often for my liking.

You clearly dont pay by phone, it doesnt happen at all anymore.

Thats the reason the best phones have a secure enclave
and keep a number of tokens for ready use in there.

Give me cash; it never lets me down.

You have clearly never tried renting a car from
one of the major car rental operations with cash.

I would take plastic for that, certainly. But in addition
to cash. Always take at least *some* cash!

Sure, there are still a few places where cash is most
convenient but you dont need much cash for those.

Think what it must have been like in central London during the power cut the
other day.

Neither method would have worked there would they?
Brian

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Went to Waitrose yesterday and used coupons to get £80 off, but when the
cashier was ready for the cards it rejected all three due to a faulty
reader, so I had to go outside and get £140 in real money - so much for a
cashless society.

"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
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Think what it must have been like in central London during the power cut
the other day.

Neither method would have worked there would they?
Brian

no coffee!...how would they all survive? ......

In article ,
Jimbo in the near of Hawick ... wrote:

"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
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Think what it must have been like in central London during the power
cut the other day.

Neither method would have worked there would they?
Brian

no coffee!...how would they all survive? ......

we very nearly didn't in 1964 at TVC when the power went off. The beer was
warm!

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On 27/11/2016 10:20, Jimbo in the near of Hawick ... wrote:
"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
news
Think what it must have been like in central London during the power cut
the other day.

Neither method would have worked there would they?
Brian

no coffee!...how would they all survive? ......



Spare a thought for 1.6 billion Indians (of which only
1.6% actually pay income tax).

"Andrew" wrote in message
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On 27/11/2016 10:20, Jimbo in the near of Hawick ... wrote:
"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
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Think what it must have been like in central London during the power cut
the other day.

Neither method would have worked there would they?
Brian

no coffee!...how would they all survive? ......



Spare a thought for 1.6 billion Indians (of which only
1.6% actually pay income tax).

why? .....