melthebell Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 As I said before, Luddites making any excuse. Jesus it's like when Bob Dylan went electric and the hippies were incensed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna B Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 (edited) 12 hours ago, hackey lad said: Your struggling now . If you know anyone who needs a bulb changing, I will do it for free Great! I'll hold you to that. Please register with age concern, so people know how to contact you. Edited April 7, 2022 by Anna B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackey lad Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 5 minutes ago, Anna B said: Great! I'll hold you to that. Please register with age concern, so people know how to contact you. Just contact me on here . Thanks Padders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thirsty Relic Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 "Don't it always seem to go, You don't know what you've got 'till it's gone" I've never seen cash fail - but I have often seen people panicking as a network outage means that their beloved smartcard/smartphone can't pay for things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 5 minutes ago, Thirsty Relic said: "Don't it always seem to go, You don't know what you've got 'till it's gone" I've never seen cash fail - but I have often seen people panicking as a network outage means that their beloved smartcard/smartphone can't pay for things. Again where does cash come from? What happens if a cash machines not working? Or out of cash? Where does the cash come from for cash back? Are cash machines connected to a network? What happens if that goes down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thirsty Relic Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 35 minutes ago, melthebell said: Again where does cash come from? What happens if a cash machines not working? Or out of cash? Where does the cash come from for cash back? Are cash machines connected to a network? What happens if that goes down? If an ATM is down, I simply go to the next one. Banks also provide cash, and I use banks when I can, ATM's when I can't. Whenever I've seen people (typically in pubs) being told that contactless network is down, they head for the nearest ATM, so I assume that the contactless system is more prone to failure than ATM networks. As it's newer. that makes sense to me. Bank branches and ATM's are closing, forcing people to at least consider contactless and Internet banking - simply alienating those of us who want to keep using cash. Some organisations have gone cashless, and have to accept that they will lose custom as a result. Some do it deliberately as they don't want older customers (trendy cafe's etc), and that is a way round age-discrimination laws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Thirsty Relic said: If an ATM is down, I simply go to the next one. Banks also provide cash, and I use banks when I can, ATM's when I can't. Whenever I've seen people (typically in pubs) being told that contactless network is down, they head for the nearest ATM, so I assume that the contactless system is more prone to failure than ATM networks. As it's newer. that makes sense to me. Bank branches and ATM's are closing, forcing people to at least consider contactless and Internet banking - simply alienating those of us who want to keep using cash. Some organisations have gone cashless, and have to accept that they will lose custom as a result. Some do it deliberately as they don't want older customers (trendy cafe's etc), and that is a way round age-discrimination laws. The end bit if your post just sounds like paranoia Edited April 7, 2022 by melthebell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeHasRisen Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 Aye that last sentence is the most ridiculous thing I have read on here all week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna B Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 1 hour ago, HeHasRisen said: Aye that last sentence is the most ridiculous thing I have read on here all week. Whereas nothing surprises me anymore.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fools Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 (edited) This is all going to lead to payment by facial recognition and proof of identity by iris/fingerprint and eventually rapid dna scanning. The downside's to that kind of technology being commonplace in society are enormous. It's already being used in schools, without any critical oversight. Surprised people are happy to have their face scanned and recorded on those self serve checkouts ... where's your data going. Unless you pay cash, that's your face linked to your id, thanks, where can we sell that data. And we've also linked it to your car registration on your way in, and possibly left it for anyone to get hold of in an insecure amazon bucket on the internet. Give it 10 years, there will be reports in the news about an obesity epidemic caused by the increase in contactless limits Edited April 7, 2022 by fools Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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