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CharlieCards v.v. Oyster (and Octopus?)
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, at 04:29:14 on Sat, 21 Jan 2012, Mizter T remarked: They do have pay-by-cell for parking here in London, however. UIVMM none of the pay-by-phone (for parking) systems in the UK actually take the payment directly from one's mobile bill / mobile PAYG credit - they all require one to register with the provider (e.g. https://www.myringgo.com/) first - which includes giving them your credit/debit card details to store with your account - and then call them in order to pay for parking. I was about to ask: "How is the money abstracted - is it direct off the phone's credit (as if it was an expensive call of some kind), or at second hand by sending reverse-charge SMS?" ....but you seem to have an answer already. That's back to the sort of proprietary per-vendor schemes I've been moaning about, where you have to register with each one separately to "top up" or get a statement. -- Roland Perry |
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