M6 Toll - No Apply Pay / Google Wallet payments! Oops!

[RemarkLima]

So, heading back down the M6 Toll and see lots of signs in the services for "contactless payments preferred at the toll" and "Quickest way" etc...

I think great, I'll chuck all my stuff in the front and just need my phone.

Get to the booth and stick my phone on the reader to be told "Please enter your card"... Argh! Scan around and see the small notes, the tolls do not accept Apply Pay / Google Wallet payments. fk.

So I can't get out of the car, as I'm too close to the booth - hazards on, back up a bit so I can get out, pop the front, get out, grab my wallet, jump back in, faff for card, pull forward, swipe and done.

Luckily it was quiet so didn't piss anyone off, but what a PITA!

[RemarkLima]

Glad I'm not the only one... The pain being my bag with wallet wasn't in the cabin, but locked in the front so wouldn't just reach and get it.

vikingaero said:

RemarkLima said:

So, heading back down the M6 Toll and see lots of signs in the services for "contactless payments preferred at the toll"

They haven't taken cash for a while. If you turn up without a card, you fill in a form and have to pay later.

I guess contactless is preferred vs. sticking a card in a slot (the "old" way)

[RemarkLima]

snuffy said:

You got yourself quoted on quite a few news sites:

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/...

Anyway, I was looking this up as I don't use the M6 Toll very often, so I looked up how much it is now and their website says about no phones.

Hmm, how would it know ? It's contactless, and I can't see how the tappy thing would know if it's a card or a phone being tapped.

I KNEW I'd get my 15 minutes of fame!!

However, not quite fame as a minor complaint on a random internet forum, but anything will do

Does that make me a published author now?

[RemarkLima]

For ULEZ, CC and Dartford crossing you need to setup an account to auto pay.

But you can pay online for those without an account right? So I do not get on the M6 Toll why there's booths at all and you can't just pay online...

However a big plus would just be a "Excludes Apply Pay / Google Pay" next to the "PAY BY CONTACTLESS!!" promotions everywhere

[RemarkLima]

vikingaero said:

Whenever I'm out, I have a habit of name-dropping:

"I'm an acquaintance of Mr Remark Lima and his M6 Toll challenges. He's very well known on PH".

High fives and fist-bumps all round!