KFC - Cash only payment option

jester77

inforfun wrote: »

Exactly the reason why you play with chips in a casino in stead of real money/cash.

I never go without cash into shops even if i plan to pay with whatever kind of card.
Happens too often that the systems are down and cash is the only way to go.

I agree with the OP. I find it ridiculous that in 2011 we still have to use cash. A pure electronic system would be more accurate, cheaper and a lot more secure than having to transport cash to and from business's. I can order a pizza here in Germany and pay with card on arrival. It's fantastic as I've often gotten home late from work, too tired to cook and realised I've no cash left in the wallet.

I've only ever once encountered a system that was down when paying and that was because of a power cut, and even then I was unable to pay with cash as the tills would not operate.

jester77

keithclancy wrote: »

Nah man,
Broadband is cheaper by miles than in Germany/The Netherlands.

I was able to pickup a Meteor sim a get 30 days broadband + a 7.5GB cap for 20 euros when I was back last week.

There is no comparible package on prepay or even contract for that matter in NL or Germany. Broadband in Germany/NL can be a ripoff unless your supplied by Cable (At the mercy of KPN or T-Com) and even then cable is more expensive

E.G.
Fibre Power 25mbit Broadband only.
UPC Ireland - 35 euros / month ex vat
UPC Nederland - 37.05 euros / month ex vat

On top of that you have to pay a bloody deposit on the modem with UPC here.

Its just Irish retailers skimping to save and in the process losing the long term benefit. I.E.
Go into shop want to buy something
Don't take card
Fine - I'll go somewhere else and buy it, 90 days insurance for me if I purchase with card.

Shop loses a sale, no big deal to me but the shop should be bending over backwards these days to sell their goods.

You should check out Alice if you are in Germany. €25 a month will get you line rental and a 50MB dsl connection or €15 for line rental and a 16MB connection and you only need to give a months notice if you want to cancel.

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Boggles wrote: »

Yeah in the same way as Easons is not a kick in the teeth away from that ould fella on the corner that sells evening heralds out of a pram.

Nothing like the same analogy. Had it been a comparison between a fine dining restaurant and a chip van, then fair enough but it wasn't and you know so only too well.

ztoical

jester77 wrote: »

I agree with the OP. I find it ridiculous that in 2011 we still have to use cash. A pure electronic system would be more accurate, cheaper and a lot more secure than having to transport cash to and from business's. I can order a pizza here in Germany and pay with card on arrival. It's fantastic as I've often gotten home late from work, too tired to cook and realised I've no cash left in the wallet.

When the irish debt cards catch up with the rest of the world then I'll stop carrying cash around and be more demanding about shops taking cards. Laser is by far and away the most rubbish system I've ever had to deal with. Living in the states when I got something on my debt card it showed up within minutes on my account statement. Same in the UK, got something on card then went to ATM to take out cash and it told me the balance in my account and the actual amount of cash that was free in the account based on the transaction that had just happened. With laser I've been waiting days and sometimes weeks for transactions to show up meanwhile my balance says I've x amount in the bank when that's not the case at all. It's a royal pain in the back side.

jester77

ztoical wrote: »

When the irish debt cards catch up with the rest of the world then I'll stop carrying cash around and be more demanding about shops taking cards. Laser is by far and away the most rubbish system I've ever had to deal with. Living in the states when I got something on my debt card it showed up within minutes on my account statement. Same in the UK, got something on card then went to ATM to take out cash and it told me the balance in my account and the actual amount of cash that was free in the account based on the transaction that had just happened. With laser I've been waiting days and sometimes weeks for transactions to show up meanwhile my balance says I've x amount in the bank when that's not the case at all. It's a royal pain in the back side.

EC card here in Germany works the same way as you described the laser. It can take up to a week for transactions to go through but online banking shows a list of pending transactions. That doesn't bother me, once I can actually pay with the card I am happy.

Boggles

syklops wrote: »

This has just gotten ridiculous now so I am unsubscribing. I thought I made some good points but Boggles refuses to engage on any of them. And is guilty of some crazy analogies himself.

Really, I engaged with you 3 times.

I refused to engage when you started comparing a KFC outlet to an ice cream man.

syklops wrote: »

And while broadband might be cheaper than in Germany, business GSM contracts, and business broadband packages are not cheap.

I give up. You win.

You banging on about broadband costs makes me less likely to engage with you at all.

Chances are they have some system already as many pos devices contact a central system for price updates, promotion notification, etc.

Roland Helpful Bedtime wrote: »

Nothing like the same analogy. Had it been a comparison between a fine dining restaurant and a chip van, then fair enough but it wasn't and you know so only too well.

2 are restaurants and one is a chip van.

Neither are comparable to a chip van, you can maybe compare chips, but in regards business models. Then no, not comparable at all.

keithclancy

jester77 wrote: »

You should check out Alice if you are in Germany. €25 a month will get you line rental and a 50MB dsl connection or €15 for line rental and a 16MB connection and you only need to give a months notice if you want to cancel.

Nah, in NL at the moment, i'm sticking with UPC, Alice has a terrible reputation over here though, everyone I know that used them inevitably dumped them in favour of Unity Media or UPC, the contention was nuts. In the evening you'd be lucky to get 1mbit and the 1 month contract thing was a bit of a laugh as you could be waiting upto 2 months to get the line activated.

Orange (now called Online.nl) were the same.... super cheap (25 euro a month) but not very reliable.

The chick in the Alice ads is hot though

Even then, you cannot get Alice in allot of areas, there still larges swaths only covered by KPN or T-Com.

jester77

keithclancy wrote: »

Nah, in NL at the moment, i'm sticking with UPC, Alice has a terrible reputation over here though, everyone I know that used them inevitably dumped them in favour of Unity Media or UPC, the contention was nuts. In the evening you'd be lucky to get 1mbit and the 1 month contract thing was a bit of a laugh as you could be waiting upto 2 months to get the line activated.

Orange (now called Online.nl) were the same.... super cheap (25 euro a month) but not very reliable.

The chick in the Alice ads is hot though

Even then, you cannot get Alice in allot of areas, there still larges swaths only covered by KPN or T-Com.

Ah right, Alice is excellent where I am, but they bought out the previous provider, Hansenet who were excellent, a few years back. So that might explain it. I've been with them 6 years and not once have I had an issue, even at peak times. But I have heard of them having problems in other cities.

Vanessa Hessler, seriously hot

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