How many ice cream vans take credit cards?
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I ask because I've just had a mailshot from my CC company that says:
'Get more from your summer spending by earning cashback rewards on everything from ice creams to last minute breaks...'.
Eh? I can imagine the look on the man's face when I ask for a £1.80 '99' and wave a credit card at him...
But the envelope they used for the mailshot was 'carbon neutral' which was nice. I don't know how they can tell the difference - it looks like an ordinary envelope to me. Maybe it's made out of silicon. Hey ho.
Not a very impressive effort from the 'Head of Customer Service'.
'Get more from your summer spending by earning cashback rewards on everything from ice creams to last minute breaks...'.
Eh? I can imagine the look on the man's face when I ask for a £1.80 '99' and wave a credit card at him...
But the envelope they used for the mailshot was 'carbon neutral' which was nice. I don't know how they can tell the difference - it looks like an ordinary envelope to me. Maybe it's made out of silicon. Hey ho.
Not a very impressive effort from the 'Head of Customer Service'.
Mr Will said:
If you've got one of their cards with what looks like a wifi symbol on it then you've already got a contactless card.
Both mine have that.Mr Will said:
Touch the card against the pin terminal instead of inserting it
I just never thought of that... blimey, soon I shall be up with the trendy London set paying £3 for a cup of coffee whilst sitting on an aluminium chair in the street booking my pizza on a smartphone. Shudder!NB I am certainly not going to pay using a bloody mobile phone!
I suppose I COULD pay for an ice cream with my mobile phone (if I remembered to take it with me).
'A £1.80 99 please'
(splurt)
'That'll be £1.80 please'
'Can I pay for that with my mobile?'
'What kind is it?'
'It's a Noksung Andromeda 6.3 with GP3 and XPR and an app which allows you to fk up photos'
'Yeah, alright'.
The deal is struck; I get my ice cream and he gets a Noksung Andromeda which he can rechip/unlock yada and flog on eBay.
In reality my phone is not even smart. I expect he'd tell me to clear off and stop wasting his time.
'A £1.80 99 please'
(splurt)
'That'll be £1.80 please'
'Can I pay for that with my mobile?'
'What kind is it?'
'It's a Noksung Andromeda 6.3 with GP3 and XPR and an app which allows you to fk up photos'
'Yeah, alright'.
The deal is struck; I get my ice cream and he gets a Noksung Andromeda which he can rechip/unlock yada and flog on eBay.
In reality my phone is not even smart. I expect he'd tell me to clear off and stop wasting his time.
snobetter said:
A slight aside, ice cream vans around here (S. Devon) don't sell decent coffee, it's like being back in the 80's with a styrophome (spl?) cup of awful hot brown liquid. I'd be quite inclined to stop on my travels if I saw an ice cream van with a decent coffee advertised.
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