Another Reason Bitcoin Should Succeed...

[bitcoinbot]

I have posted crap like this before but a lot of things annoy be about fiat and I often think there must be a better way.

Today I went to a large retail park in my car. I wanted to pay for the car parking. The charge was 70p or £1.20 but unfortunately I didn't have the correct change in my wallet.

I then ended up borrowing a £1.00 from my wife to pay the £1.20 even though it would have been longer than we wanted to park for.

I went to the machine and tried 5 or 6 times to get the machine to accept the pound which it wouldn't do and kept spitting it back out. I ended up going back to the car and getting another pound to buy the ticket.

How easy would it be to have a QR code on the ticket machine for the length of stay. Scan the code, get your ticket. Done.

[Bralex]

How easy would it be to have a QR code on the ticket machine for the length of stay. Scan the code, get your ticket. Done.

I am pretty sure this is already happening i see it somewhere when i find the link i will post it here so you can take a look but yeh it is not long before this is a reality and yes it would be super easy, if you knew the address you could even pay in advance and book your parking space  

[Lauda]

People obviously don't see the benefits that are right there. I've seen similar things happen and the people getting mad and even hitting the machine in the past.
I guess we should make Bitcoin a subject in schools, maybe in 10 years we will have a better generation.

[pedrog]

That's not a fiat problem, that's a lack of payment methods problem...

[DLCseller]

People obviously don't see the benefits that are right there. I've seen similar things happen and the people getting mad and even hitting the machine in the past.
I guess we should make Bitcoin a subject in schools, maybe in 10 years we will have a better generation.

Bitcoin as a subject in school? Wow , thats cool!

[PenguinFire]

That isn't a problem with the currency itself but a problem with the services to send and receive it.  So fiat isn't the problem here.

[bitcoinbot]

True, I guess contactless payment could work just as well here.

[LazyCoin]

People obviously don't see the benefits that are right there. I've seen similar things happen and the people getting mad and even hitting the machine in the past.
I guess we should make Bitcoin a subject in schools, maybe in 10 years we will have a better generation.

Bitcoin as a subject in school? Wow , thats cool!

and thats not gonna happen 

[mlferro]

People obviously don't see the benefits that are right there. I've seen similar things happen and the people getting mad and even hitting the machine in the past.
I guess we should make Bitcoin a subject in schools, maybe in 10 years we will have a better generation.

Bitcoin as a subject in school? Wow , thats cool!

yes this is something I'm dying to get to see.
I even have read a post where the teacher taught about bitcoins to their students.

[KaliLinux]

People obviously don't see the benefits that are right there. I've seen similar things happen and the people getting mad and even hitting the machine in the past.
I guess we should make Bitcoin a subject in schools, maybe in 10 years we will have a better generation.

Bitcoin as a subject in school? Wow , thats cool!

yes this is something I'm dying to get to see.
I even have read a post where the teacher taught about bitcoins to their students.

Either i cannot read correctly or you guys cannot read correctly and i can read correctly so that leaves you two pair on non readers

It says (I guess we 'should' make bitcoin a subject in schools) it is not a subject yet my friends so i have no idea what you see bro care to give us the link of this what you see?

OP we will get btc parking meters before long and it will start in the major citys probably London

[lyth0s]

I have posted crap like this before but a lot of things annoy be about fiat and I often think there must be a better way.

Today I went to a large retail park in my car. I wanted to pay for the car parking. The charge was 70p or £1.20 but unfortunately I didn't have the correct change in my wallet.

I then ended up borrowing a £1.00 from my wife to pay the £1.20 even though it would have been longer than we wanted to park for.

I went to the machine and tried 5 or 6 times to get the machine to accept the pound which it wouldn't do and kept spitting it back out. I ended up going back to the car and getting another pound to buy the ticket.

How easy would it be to have a QR code on the ticket machine for the length of stay. Scan the code, get your ticket. Done.

Yep this system is in the works. First company to start implementing a strategy like this that I know of is Parkt, more will follow in their footsteps

http://www.coindesk.com/parkt-opens-parking-rewards-system-bitcoin-users/

[M28MmickT]

I have posted crap like this before but a lot of things annoy be about fiat and I often think there must be a better way.

Today I went to a large retail park in my car. I wanted to pay for the car parking. The charge was 70p or £1.20 but unfortunately I didn't have the correct change in my wallet.

I then ended up borrowing a £1.00 from my wife to pay the £1.20 even though it would have been longer than we wanted to park for.

I went to the machine and tried 5 or 6 times to get the machine to accept the pound which it wouldn't do and kept spitting it back out. I ended up going back to the car and getting another pound to buy the ticket.

How easy would it be to have a QR code on the ticket machine for the length of stay. Scan the code, get your ticket. Done.

Yep this system is in the works. First company to start implementing a strategy like this that I know of is Parkt, more will follow in their footsteps

http://www.coindesk.com/parkt-opens-parking-rewards-system-bitcoin-users/

It makes sense for them to do it, no chance of machines getting robbed well at least i would think a robber could get nothing. The ease of payment will be good and like someone touched upon maybe after knowing the address you could pay in advance without even needing to go to the machine

[foxkyu]

That isn't a problem with the currency itself but a problem with the services to send and receive it.  So fiat isn't the problem here.

yes indeed, the problem is in the payment gateway
not in the fiat currency
with bitcoin this problem will be solved easily
but we have to make people know what bitcoin, and benefit using bitcoin

[lucasjkr]

I have posted crap like this before but a lot of things annoy be about fiat and I often think there must be a better way.

Today I went to a large retail park in my car. I wanted to pay for the car parking. The charge was 70p or £1.20 but unfortunately I didn't have the correct change in my wallet.

I then ended up borrowing a £1.00 from my wife to pay the £1.20 even though it would have been longer than we wanted to park for.

I went to the machine and tried 5 or 6 times to get the machine to accept the pound which it wouldn't do and kept spitting it back out. I ended up going back to the car and getting another pound to buy the ticket.

How easy would it be to have a QR code on the ticket machine for the length of stay. Scan the code, get your ticket. Done.

Yep this system is in the works. First company to start implementing a strategy like this that I know of is Parkt, more will follow in their footsteps

http://www.coindesk.com/parkt-opens-parking-rewards-system-bitcoin-users/

It makes sense for them to do it, no chance of machines getting robbed well at least i would think a robber could get nothing. The ease of payment will be good and like someone touched upon maybe after knowing the address you could pay in advance without even needing to go to the machine

Addresses aren't made to be re-used... a new address should be generate whenever a new car pulls into the spot. But yeah, while you're out, if you realize you're not going to make it to your car on time, you could/should be able to pay to the same address that you'd originally paid to to extend your time...

[bitbaby]

I understand your sentiments but this is just a problem with a machine malfunctioning and it could happen with QR Code scanner too. But you're partially right, another added option to pay using Bitcoin for simple things such as this would really help as it is ire-reversible mode of payment.

[Bit_Happy]

I have posted crap like this before but a lot of things annoy be about fiat and I often think there must be a better way.

Today I went to a large retail park in my car. I wanted to pay for the car parking. The charge was 70p or £1.20 but unfortunately I didn't have the correct change in my wallet.

I then ended up borrowing a £1.00 from my wife to pay the £1.20 even though it would have been longer than we wanted to park for.

I went to the machine and tried 5 or 6 times to get the machine to accept the pound which it wouldn't do and kept spitting it back out. I ended up going back to the car and getting another pound to buy the ticket.

How easy would it be to have a QR code on the ticket machine for the length of stay. Scan the code, get your ticket. Done.

Yes, Bitcoin will succeed for many reasons.
Of course, QR codes can easily be tied to fiat/debit cards, so they are not exclusive to Bitcoin.

[koelen3]

I have posted crap like this before but a lot of things annoy be about fiat and I often think there must be a better way.

Today I went to a large retail park in my car. I wanted to pay for the car parking. The charge was 70p or £1.20 but unfortunately I didn't have the correct change in my wallet.

I then ended up borrowing a £1.00 from my wife to pay the £1.20 even though it would have been longer than we wanted to park for.

I went to the machine and tried 5 or 6 times to get the machine to accept the pound which it wouldn't do and kept spitting it back out. I ended up going back to the car and getting another pound to buy the ticket.

How easy would it be to have a QR code on the ticket machine for the length of stay. Scan the code, get your ticket. Done.

That would be really awesome , parking tickets and fines are too much and the more hassle is waiting for them in line .
If only all that could happen through bitcoin , so easy and Great

[Lauda]

Bitcoin as a subject in school? Wow , thats cool!

and thats not gonna happen 

There is no reason not to. Depending on the laws, a private school could possibly add it.
Teaching children about the benefits of Bitcoin and the technology behind it would surely yield with a great generation. Such a generation would be likely to find new ways of advancing it.

[Kprawn]

Yea, it's a problem with all these coin / fiat operated machines. We recently had NEW fiat being printed, and coins replaced.... the older machines did not want to accept the NEW coins. {So you have NEW coins with the correct value, but the machine is still accepting old coins}

It is frustrating indeed. Bitcoin can solve that problem indeed and you will see more of that in the future. The only problem... it's still a machine and machines break down and components fail.

They should develop a parking APP for a mobile phone... you pre-load coins for parking, and when you approach these gates, you just scan and it opens the gate.... when you leave, you scan again, and your amount gets deducted, and the gate open again, for you to leave. 

[Amph]

That's not a fiat problem, that's a lack of payment methods problem...

well payment method are related to fiat, seeing how bitcoin payed method is different