Advice needed: Pay By Phone only parking bays
Discussion
POSTED ON BEHALF OF A (less tech-savvy ;_)) FRIEND:
Now that Barnet is extending its Pay by Phone scheme, I am finding that parking and shopping in the streets of Barnet are out of bounds to me, as I do not use a mobile phone.
I have written to the Council who have told me that I should find a public pay phone, but these seem to have disappeared off the streets.
If I do go in search of one, the odds are that I would have to walk a great distance to find one, and when I returned, there would be a parking ticket on my car.
For instance, the nearest public phone I can find to Mowbray Parade in Edgware is near the Nat West bank in Hale Lane - a good quarter of a mile away.
Barnet Council have also told me that if I can’t find a public phone and do not use a mobile phone, I should park elsewhere, which is a shame for the shops I used to use in Mowbray Parade.
Parking a distance away from where I need to be is not an option, because walking great distances and carrying shopping are beginning to cause me problems.
Can anyone advise me how to continue shopping in the Borough of Barnet?
Now that Barnet is extending its Pay by Phone scheme, I am finding that parking and shopping in the streets of Barnet are out of bounds to me, as I do not use a mobile phone.
I have written to the Council who have told me that I should find a public pay phone, but these seem to have disappeared off the streets.
If I do go in search of one, the odds are that I would have to walk a great distance to find one, and when I returned, there would be a parking ticket on my car.
For instance, the nearest public phone I can find to Mowbray Parade in Edgware is near the Nat West bank in Hale Lane - a good quarter of a mile away.
Barnet Council have also told me that if I can’t find a public phone and do not use a mobile phone, I should park elsewhere, which is a shame for the shops I used to use in Mowbray Parade.
Parking a distance away from where I need to be is not an option, because walking great distances and carrying shopping are beginning to cause me problems.
Can anyone advise me how to continue shopping in the Borough of Barnet?
There are several options if only your friend was prepared to use his brain.
1. Buy a pay as you go mobile.
2. Borrow a phone when he goes shopping.
3. Park and ride, do they have these in Barnet?
4. Get somebody else to do his shopping.
5. Get somebody else with a phone to drive him in and park.
6. Get somebody else with/with out a phone to drop him off and pick him up.
7. Get a taxi.
8. Get a life.
9. Shop where he can park without having to use a mobile to pay.
10.Pay a fine every time he shops.
11.Get a disabled sticker and abuse it.
12.Don't shop ever again
I am now losing the will to live. How do people like this manage to live day to day?
Either he or you OP, assuming you are different people, must be trolling because nobody can be so pathetic surely?
Can't believe I have just wasted 2 mins of my life posting this garbage.
Oh and JonathanC you need to find some new friends. Having said that you are just as bad for posting on here and asking such a dumbass question.
Now breath ............... Not one swear word, well almost.
1. Buy a pay as you go mobile.
2. Borrow a phone when he goes shopping.
3. Park and ride, do they have these in Barnet?
4. Get somebody else to do his shopping.
5. Get somebody else with a phone to drive him in and park.
6. Get somebody else with/with out a phone to drop him off and pick him up.
7. Get a taxi.
8. Get a life.
9. Shop where he can park without having to use a mobile to pay.
10.Pay a fine every time he shops.
11.Get a disabled sticker and abuse it.
12.Don't shop ever again
I am now losing the will to live. How do people like this manage to live day to day?
Either he or you OP, assuming you are different people, must be trolling because nobody can be so pathetic surely?
Can't believe I have just wasted 2 mins of my life posting this garbage.
Oh and JonathanC you need to find some new friends. Having said that you are just as bad for posting on here and asking such a dumbass question.
Now breath ............... Not one swear word, well almost.
Edited by Monkeylegend on Thursday 22 December 15:29
SlimRick said:
Buy a mobile phone and think of it as a remote control for the parking meter.
HTH
This. I hated the idea of them, had to do it a couple of times and now wish that all carparks worked this way as I stand in the queue of people for the only working machine for a 1,000 car car park and always seen to be that extra minute or two over by the time i get to the front of the queue and have to pay an extra hour's worth.HTH
Go with them to get the mobile and then the first time they venture into the unknown - it'll be far more helpful for them than anything you can gleen from on here.
A mate had similar happen a couple of years back. Parked up in a large car park, off to the machine to get a ticket, queues up, gets ticket , back to car and nice sticker on the screen.
Legs it after the warden, shows him the ticket, points to the queue and the warden scratches his registration out of the book and tells him to tear up the sticker.
He was expecting still to get something the post but nothing arrived.
Is there a specified reasonable delay for you to get a ticket, or pop to the nearest shop to get some change for a ticket? Or are you liable as soon as you park up?
Legs it after the warden, shows him the ticket, points to the queue and the warden scratches his registration out of the book and tells him to tear up the sticker.
He was expecting still to get something the post but nothing arrived.
Is there a specified reasonable delay for you to get a ticket, or pop to the nearest shop to get some change for a ticket? Or are you liable as soon as you park up?
If your less than tech-savy friend doesn't have a mobile and is unable to use the parking bays, this option may work:
HTH
- 1) Setup a cloud-hosted server running Redhat or Solaris.
- 2) Schedule a cron job to run 30 minutes before he leaves the house.
- 3) Configure a BASH script to connect via SSL/SSH to the mobile payment gateway.
- 4) Spoof the headers and perform some simple packet injection.
HTH
erdnase said:
If your less than tech-savy friend doesn't have a mobile and is unable to use the parking bays, this option may work:
HTH
That is exactly what I meant to say.- 1) Setup a cloud-hosted server running Redhat or Solaris.
- 2) Schedule a cron job to run 30 minutes before he leaves the house.
- 3) Configure a BASH script to connect via SSL/SSH to the mobile payment gateway.
- 4) Spoof the headers and perform some simple packet injection.
HTH
saaby93 said:
A mate had similar happen a couple of years back. Parked up in a large car park, off to the machine to get a ticket, queues up, gets ticket , back to car and nice sticker on the screen.
Legs it after the warden, shows him the ticket, points to the queue and the warden scratches his registration out of the book and tells him to tear up the sticker.
He was expecting still to get something the post but nothing arrived.
Is there a specified reasonable delay for you to get a ticket, or pop to the nearest shop to get some change for a ticket? Or are you liable as soon as you park up?
You're liable as soon as you park up. They don't allow discretion even for you to go and get some changeLegs it after the warden, shows him the ticket, points to the queue and the warden scratches his registration out of the book and tells him to tear up the sticker.
He was expecting still to get something the post but nothing arrived.
Is there a specified reasonable delay for you to get a ticket, or pop to the nearest shop to get some change for a ticket? Or are you liable as soon as you park up?
What some people need to realise is that not everyone is the same as them.
I think removing coinage machines for phone ONLY will cause some people hassle and every machine should probably have that option (if not a card option at the minimum).
I normally get unstuck when I come across a coinage only machine as I tend to pay by card.
I think removing coinage machines for phone ONLY will cause some people hassle and every machine should probably have that option (if not a card option at the minimum).
I normally get unstuck when I come across a coinage only machine as I tend to pay by card.
Chief Exec in Barnet is Nick Walkley (nick.walkley@barnet.gov.uk).
He is a CUNextTuesday, but is genuinely concerned that trade is going out of his borough. He also is undertaking a very large council 'restructuring' (cost-cutting) programme.
His PA is a very effective lady called Jean McGreavey. His eMails go to her.
A well-written eMail may be effective.
Oli.
He is a CUNextTuesday, but is genuinely concerned that trade is going out of his borough. He also is undertaking a very large council 'restructuring' (cost-cutting) programme.
His PA is a very effective lady called Jean McGreavey. His eMails go to her.
A well-written eMail may be effective.
Oli.
zcacogp said:
Chief Exec in Barnet is Nick Walkley (nick.walkley@barnet.gov.uk).
He is a CUNextTuesday, but is genuinely concerned that trade is going out of his borough. He also is undertaking a very large council 'restructuring' (cost-cutting) programme.
His PA is a very effective lady called Jean McGreavey. His eMails go to her.
A well-written eMail may be effective.
Oli.
I'm just waiting for the thread "Advice needed: Want to complain to the council, but I don't use a computer"He is a CUNextTuesday, but is genuinely concerned that trade is going out of his borough. He also is undertaking a very large council 'restructuring' (cost-cutting) programme.
His PA is a very effective lady called Jean McGreavey. His eMails go to her.
A well-written eMail may be effective.
Oli.
Mojooo said:
What some people need to realise is that not everyone is the same as them.
I think removing coinage machines for phone ONLY will cause some people hassle and every machine should probably have that option (if not a card option at the minimum).
I normally get unstuck when I come across a coinage only machine as I tend to pay by card.
I agree & think the op's friend has a point. There should be the option to pay by cash even if doing so would be slightly more expensive.I think removing coinage machines for phone ONLY will cause some people hassle and every machine should probably have that option (if not a card option at the minimum).
I normally get unstuck when I come across a coinage only machine as I tend to pay by card.
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