Tech Purchase Thread
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I went for a bigger phone this time around, but also went with a case that I can store cards in, so essentially it's my wallet also.
Plenty of decent options, plus I generally just use my phone)watch for tap payment anyway.
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@Bones I just have a quad lock case and my cards are stored electronically in the phone.
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@antipodean yeah only issue there is if I have to fork out anything over 100 or get cash out.
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@Bones banks are starting to roll out contactless ATMs so there's that little ray of sunshine.
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@antipodean said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@Bones banks are starting to roll out contactless ATMs so there's that little ray of sunshine.
That’s a bit redundant isn’t it? The point of Apple/google pay and good biometrics is that you hardly ever need your card let alone cash.
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@antipodean still leaves me short if I stumble upon an Oporto over here and have to eat a dozen burgers.
I can't take that risk.
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@Crucial said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@antipodean said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@Bones banks are starting to roll out contactless ATMs so there's that little ray of sunshine.
That’s a bit redundant isn’t it? The point of Apple/google pay and good biometrics is that you hardly ever need your card let alone cash.
Tell that to the taxi drivers in Leicester.
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@Crucial said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@antipodean said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@Bones banks are starting to roll out contactless ATMs so there's that little ray of sunshine.
That’s a bit redundant isn’t it? The point of Apple/google pay and good biometrics is that you hardly ever need your card let alone cash.
Tell that to the cash bar on footy trips, or my local
money laundering operationcash only bakery. -
@Bones said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@Crucial said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@antipodean said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@Bones banks are starting to roll out contactless ATMs so there's that little ray of sunshine.
That’s a bit redundant isn’t it? The point of Apple/google pay and good biometrics is that you hardly ever need your card let alone cash.
Tell that to the taxi drivers in Leicester.
Taxi drivers are fuckers. Tell you they don’t do contactless. Then tell you their machine won’t connect then finally tell you they don’t have change.
A couple of times I hopped out at home and told them to come back tomorrow when they were organised. -
@Bones said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@antipodean still leaves me short if I stumble upon an Oporto over here and have to eat a dozen burgers.
I can't take that risk.
just order twice
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@Bones said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@antipodean still leaves me short if I stumble upon an Oporto over here and have to eat a dozen burgers.
I can't take that risk.
What’s with the limit talk?
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@antipodean said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@Crucial said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@antipodean said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@Bones banks are starting to roll out contactless ATMs so there's that little ray of sunshine.
That’s a bit redundant isn’t it? The point of Apple/google pay and good biometrics is that you hardly ever need your card let alone cash.
Tell that to the cash bar on footy trips, or my local
money laundering operationcash only bakery.Covid didn't break your local bakery's cash only policy like it did the majority of the Asian restaurants in Chinatown?
Cashwise, I have a stack of $50s at home because my Mum sends me cash every birthday and Xmas (despite the fact I tell her not to) and a bunch of coins from the old cash only Asian restaurant days that I use for tipping delivery drivers if they give good service.
But other than that I have finally managed to rid myself of cash in Oz after 8 years which has been one of my chief annoyances compared with when I left NZ.
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@Crucial said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@Bones said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@antipodean still leaves me short if I stumble upon an Oporto over here and have to eat a dozen burgers.
I can't take that risk.
What’s with the limit talk?
You think I should be aiming for more than a dozen?
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@Nepia said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@antipodean said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@Crucial said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@antipodean said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@Bones banks are starting to roll out contactless ATMs so there's that little ray of sunshine.
That’s a bit redundant isn’t it? The point of Apple/google pay and good biometrics is that you hardly ever need your card let alone cash.
Tell that to the cash bar on footy trips, or my local
money laundering operationcash only bakery.Covid didn't break your local bakery's cash only policy like it did the majority of the Asian restaurants in Chinatown?
Cashwise, I have a stack of $50s at home because my Mum sends me cash every birthday and Xmas (despite the fact I tell her not to) and a bunch of coins from the old cash only Asian restaurant days that I use for tipping delivery drivers if they give good service.
But other than that I have finally managed to rid myself of cash in Oz after 8 years which has been one of my chief annoyances compared with when I left NZ.
I remember the cash only economy in Oz. In particular a cash only Lebanese butchers. Cheap as and really good kofta mince.
When we were there it was a thing that diplomats would buy nice imported cars because they didn’t have to pay the sales and luxury vehicle taxes. You could drive them for the duration of the posting then sell for the purchase price. Dodgy fuckers would come down from Sydney and hand over 40-50k no worries.
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@Bones said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@Crucial said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@Bones said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@antipodean still leaves me short if I stumble upon an Oporto over here and have to eat a dozen burgers.
I can't take that risk.
What’s with the limit talk?
You think I should be aiming for more than a dozen?
No. The “limit” in the card.
Apple Pay was unlimited when I was there. -
@Crucial said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@Bones said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@Crucial said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@Bones said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@antipodean still leaves me short if I stumble upon an Oporto over here and have to eat a dozen burgers.
I can't take that risk.
What’s with the limit talk?
You think I should be aiming for more than a dozen?
No. The “limit” in the card.
Apple Pay was unlimited when I was there.Huh, go figure, I never knew. So the limit (£100) is only if paying with card using contactless.
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@Bones said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@Crucial said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@Bones said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@Crucial said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@Bones said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@antipodean still leaves me short if I stumble upon an Oporto over here and have to eat a dozen burgers.
I can't take that risk.
What’s with the limit talk?
You think I should be aiming for more than a dozen?
No. The “limit” in the card.
Apple Pay was unlimited when I was there.Huh, go figure, I never knew. So the limit (£100) is only if paying with card using contactless.
Yep. That’s because anyone can find it and use it. The phone options are protected by face recognition or fingerprint so the security is much higher.
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@Nepia said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@antipodean said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@Crucial said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@antipodean said in Tech Purchase Thread:
@Bones banks are starting to roll out contactless ATMs so there's that little ray of sunshine.
That’s a bit redundant isn’t it? The point of Apple/google pay and good biometrics is that you hardly ever need your card let alone cash.
Tell that to the cash bar on footy trips, or my local
money laundering operationcash only bakery.Covid didn't break your local bakery's cash only policy like it did the majority of the Asian restaurants in Chinatown?
Cashwise, I have a stack of $50s at home because my Mum sends me cash every birthday and Xmas (despite the fact I tell her not to) and a bunch of coins from the old cash only Asian restaurant days that I use for tipping delivery drivers if they give good service.
But other than that I have finally managed to rid myself of cash in Oz after 8 years which has been one of my chief annoyances compared with when I left NZ.
yeah, pretty much use applepay for everything now, was a late adopter, I do tend to keep $20-40 in the wallet for things like beers at the footy (they normally do have card payment but can be touch and go...pun intended)
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Cash was only needed during rugby seasons for smaller club canteens. Most of them now have Square POS as a minimum or bank EFT terminals if they're a larger operation.
Still a shitload of cash in the pub raffle of a Friday, as tradies don't want anything traced
However, I did card-only a couple of weeks back and it was still near expected amounts - only a couple of people refused.Hang out at the TAB of any pub over here and cash will be in good supply.
