WhistleHappy Posted October 30, 2018 Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 A cashfree bar at the Stoke game was the first step in making Ashton Gate a virtually cashfree card only venue... Confirmed on Radio Bristol... Aim is to make Ashton Gate 90% cash free next season. Transactions and purchases to become 90% card only... Speed up service, prevents having to deal with lots of cash banking etc.. Does a non cash card only matchday experience suit you?... Thoughts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyredredrobin Posted October 30, 2018 Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 I believe that the Mem has been virtually cashless for some time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 30, 2018 Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 All good for many, but the older generation are not ones for changing. I still think they need the option of cash at the bars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSSEL85 Posted October 30, 2018 Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 I still like using cash as much as possible, I find it easier to manage budget/ finances. Its so easy to hand over plastic and not see it as "real money" these days. In answer to your question, no, it doesn't suit me but that's just me, im sure others will disagree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshtonPark Posted October 30, 2018 Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 I personally think it’s an age thing, most younger don’t carry cash at all now really unless they know where they are going won’t take card. Older people are more likely to want cash as that is what they are used to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mtimmy11 Posted October 30, 2018 Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 One of the joys of the working man is to have a few quid in his pocket to spend at football.Just something else to add too the sterile atmosphere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InCyder Posted October 30, 2018 Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 15 minutes ago, WhistleHappy said: A cashfree bar at the Stoke game was the first step in making Ashton Gate a virtually cashfree card only venue... Confirmed on Radio Bristol... Aim is to make Ashton Gate 90% cash free next season. Transactions and purchases to become 90% card only... Speed up service, prevents having to deal with lots of cash banking etc.. Does a non cash card only matchday experience suit you?... Thoughts... Suits me just fine. I can't remember the last time I actually had cash in my wallet. Even the little food market that pops up by work takes card payments now - that was formerly the only time I'd ever take cash out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsince82 Posted October 30, 2018 Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 2 minutes ago, Mtimmy11 said: One of the joys of the working man is to have a few quid in his pocket to spend at football.Just something else to add too the sterile atmosphere Valid point. The already sterile atmosphere can only be worsened once they take away the cash paying facilities within the stadium. Before long they will be banning anyone from carrying any cash in and out of the turnstiles. Modern football eh? whatever next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlintSaidNo Posted October 30, 2018 Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 Personally, I rarely even use my actual card anymore, only ever Apple Pay. My parents, however, only ever pay by cash, to the extent that sometimes I think the thought of paying by card doesn’t even occur to them. I agree with those above; I think it’s a generational thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cockneydave Posted October 30, 2018 Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 Be a bit awkward for the charity collections.! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChippenhamRed Posted October 30, 2018 Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 I hate cash and always prefer card. I try to use it as little as possible. Car parks are pretty much the only thing where cash is still pretty much a necessity, because the pay by phone thing is a faff. Don’t get me started on car park pay machines that curiously aren’t able to give change - shameful. The sooner they introduce contactless card readers the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRISTOL86 Posted October 30, 2018 Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 I almost never carry cash since contactless technology became more prevalent. No issues from me as long as there’s still a choice for those who do want to use cash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnderMB Posted October 30, 2018 Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 I'm all for pushing it as much as possible, but for some realism. Obviously, some people are going to want to pay with cash, so the bar should be as efficient as possible with ensuring that people paying with cash are seen to as quickly as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted October 30, 2018 Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 I like both. Take Saturday, if you were a cashless customer and you were looking forward to a burger from the van next to the stage in the fans village, you'd have been out of luck, they were unable to take cards that day. Cash generally doesn't break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted October 30, 2018 Admin Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 18 minutes ago, cockneydave said: Be a bit awkward for the charity collections.! Have seen them around tube stations in London with contactless machines to collect on Funny one I will always have cash on me, but when I am at the ground / pub I will use contactless if it is available Equally there is a friend of mine in his 30's and he won't use contactless as he doesn't trust the banking systems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red7 Posted October 30, 2018 Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 33 minutes ago, wood_red said: All good for many, but the older generation are not ones for changing. Nor people from Yorkshire. Change is not good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted October 30, 2018 Admin Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 Liked the name of the first cashless bar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudski Posted October 30, 2018 Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 Contactless will speed things up, but if it isn't contactless it will slow things down considerably imo. Especially when the machines take ages to connect. Rarely buy drinks or food at the Gate anyway...so won't effect me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhistleHappy Posted October 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 I'm all for customer service and choice... Think 90% non cash is a bit high myself.... Nice to have options in life, reckon an in stadium 60/40% Split between electronic payments only and card & cash accepted outlets would be optimum... preserving choices for all. I see businesses preference for not having to deal with cash handling makes sense for them (sane with public transport) but not to the detriment of customer convenience, and individual preference of choice... I prefer a personal interaction shopping experience, in the sane way as I hate the 'so called convenience' of self serve supermarket checkouts - it's cold, impersonal, there's no 'service with a smile' and real people with real jobs are slowly being phased out with all this 'progress' and speeded up 'efficiency' ... we're sleep walking into an ever more 'automaton' lifestyle where machines rule and we comply We need to make a stand and demand a preservation of choice, because although these small changes seem harmless, beneficial even, with fewer choices in life come ever more dehumanisation.... Embrace convenience and improvement but always preserve choices, without choice we are nothing... Change isn't bad but remember the 'change' in our pockets aint so bad either... (as we'll discover when inevitably 'computer say's no' events occur and we're frantically running around waving temporarily useless pieces of plastic in our hands.) Buyer and seller beware! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted October 30, 2018 Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 21 minutes ago, phantom said: Liked the name of the first cashless bar Just a shame the drink selection was so limited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YorkshireSection Posted October 30, 2018 Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 23 minutes ago, Red7 said: Nor people from Yorkshire. Change is not good. wtf are you jibbering about! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joenaldo Posted October 30, 2018 Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 would help if they could get people who can actually pour a pint - almost every ground has lemons who cant work out simple bar things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfc01 Posted October 30, 2018 Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 36 minutes ago, ChippenhamRed said: I hate cash and always prefer card. I try to use it as little as possible. Car parks are pretty much the only thing where cash is still pretty much a necessity, because the pay by phone thing is a faff. Don’t get me started on car park pay machines that curiously aren’t able to give change - shameful. The sooner they introduce contactless card readers the better. I've yet to come across a car park pay point that requires any manual intervention - just stick your card in and and it takes yer money with no pin required, more or less "contactless". I use Ringo for paying for parking over the phone in most places, once you enter the initial details it is very quick thereafter. I've rarely got cash on me and use contactless for most things so this move from the club is business as normal for me but I can understand some people not liking it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red7 Posted October 30, 2018 Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 4 minutes ago, YorkshireSection said: wtf are you jibbering about! Merely a reference to Soccer AM when it used to be funny. Apologies for quality of video below, Sky Sports has pulled most of them from YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK-ixXHsLjM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted October 30, 2018 Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 I use both cash and card so makes no difference to me. That said the only time buy anything at AG is a pint in the Supporters Club pre match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midred Posted October 30, 2018 Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 Will all the programme sellers have card machines or is this the predicted end of hard copy programmes. As for the match day "raffle tickets"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhistleHappy Posted October 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 2 minutes ago, joenaldo said: would help if they could get people who can actually pour a pint - almost every ground has lemons who cant work out simple bar things Don't worry pretty soon you'll be 'served' a perfect pint time after time via a super efficient vending machine, in some kind on lemon free bar … please step on the floor conveyor belt for trouble-free conveyance to the next available bar service point, no need to wave that tennner in the air sir, just insert your card of wave your near field electronic app close to the screen, type your drinks order and it will be vended immediately … please acknowledge receipt of your personal 'thankyou, have a nice day' on screen message and step off the conveyor.. How's that for service?.. I can't wait can you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted October 30, 2018 Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 I don’t use contactless and sometimes use cash. What kids with their pocket money? How will they buy stuff? I was in Asda a couple of years ago when their machines went down, absolute chaos as they tried to use manual card machines that you had to sign a slip of carbon paper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidered abroad Posted October 30, 2018 Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 1 hour ago, wood_red said: All good for many, but the older generation are not ones for changing. I still think they need the option of cash at the bars We are not the dinosaurs that you believe we are. Only a very small minority queue at the Post Office each week for our pension and those that do that, are probably not well off enough to come to watch City or Bris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Red Hat Posted October 30, 2018 Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 Old bloke here. Rarely use cash anymore. Usually have a tenner in my back pocket to cover contactless breakdown issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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