Maybe Musks' 'everything app' vision is going to work after all.
How do we pay for parking?
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Re: How do we pay for parking?
#82Even worse, my Dad met us for brunch and overstayed his allotted time in one of these systems by 8 minutes. Would be ok if they billed him the same rate perhaps, but they "fined" him $80 for the "violation". All the while trying to look like the local police as much as possible. All these companies are scam artists.
Chargeback!
Re: How do we pay for parking?
#83Earlier quoted context omitted.
Free parking is theft
Free walking on public sidewalks is also theft, following the same logic. Or sitting in place for a little too long.
They'll tell you that as a human you have every right to use public space but as soon as you get inside a vehicle you turn into Hitler.
Re: How do we pay for parking?
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In the Netherlands and Germany at least I have never dealt with a parking lot attendant. There's just a machine you walk to, put your card/cash/whatever in, and you get a paper that you put in your car. The whole process takes 1 minute, the things have accessibility features to some degree, and if they don't work there's another one somewhere or its free.
Re: How do we pay for parking?
#85Huh, I haven't had to pay for parking in a decade. I hate phones, and modern tech.
Re: How do we pay for parking?
#86He's completely right, of course. It's a huge pain even in places like my state where pay lots still have pay stations and paper tickets.
That aside, I cannot be the only person shocked to be finding out through Hacker News that CathodeRayDude is a scaly.
Re: How do we pay for parking?
#87The parking companies are the worst kind of parasitic leeches out there. I had a similar experience when travelling to Denmark (I live in Norway). The sign said that you can pay with ParkLink, which I happened to have installed. I opened it, but no parking shows up nearby, and the parking code was not valid either. Turns out you have to have the Danish ParkLink app installed. Well of course! Also, pro tip, if you use Android, use ADB to dig out logs of these apps. I had to do it with EasyPark once because I told them the service was down, and they insisted otherwise. But the app logs showed that it in fact was unavailable for a period... Where is the dignity in these companies?
Re: How do we pay for parking?
#88This is the native app world we built instead of using websites. iPhone wanted this.
Re: How do we pay for parking?
#89We built a startup. You scan a QR code, that sends a text message. If you have a saved card, you pay in the text thread by replying 'pay now', if not you get a link to save a new card. No apps required. Hoping that with enough adoption, it will obviate the need for experiences as bad as this.
Scanning the QR code makes your device text the company? Or you scan it and enter in your phone number? What if I don’t have a saved card? Still seems just as bamboozling
Re: How do we pay for parking?
#90The parking companies are the worst kind of parasitic leeches out there. I had a similar experience when travelling to Denmark (I live in Norway). The sign said that you can pay with ParkLink, which I happened to have installed. I opened it, but no parking shows up nearby, and the parking code was not valid either. Turns out you have to have the Danish ParkLink app installed. Well of course! Also, pro tip, if you use…
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