I did this twice in the last week, in San Francisco, where tech is still big. “All parking meters in San Francisco accept payment by coin, pay-by-phone, and credit or debit cards (Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover).” SFMTA
Edit to add: It seems necessary that a governmental service (like parking meters) should be required to accept currency issued by the government. Refusing cash effectively removes a portion of society who can’t get or use other forms of payment. Not everyone has a bank account, credit card, or a smart phone, and they shouldn’t be required to use public services.
So if they also accept payment by card then it’s your choice to carry coins around for them. Sounds like it’s really just street musicians that are keeping you needing coins.
I use cash for small purchases and have an old iPhone pouch in my jacket for coins, which I use for parking meters and street musicians.
I haven’t seen a parking meter that took coins in a decade. At least. So that’s interesting.
Of course, for the last decade I’ve been in the US where there are no coins really worth anything. But still.
I did this twice in the last week, in San Francisco, where tech is still big. “All parking meters in San Francisco accept payment by coin, pay-by-phone, and credit or debit cards (Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover).” SFMTA
Edit to add: It seems necessary that a governmental service (like parking meters) should be required to accept currency issued by the government. Refusing cash effectively removes a portion of society who can’t get or use other forms of payment. Not everyone has a bank account, credit card, or a smart phone, and they shouldn’t be required to use public services.
So if they also accept payment by card then it’s your choice to carry coins around for them. Sounds like it’s really just street musicians that are keeping you needing coins.
Which is cool.
@HalJor @ripcord
You guys keep talking about parking meters and credit cards and somebody gonna hack that sh^t quick. #Shhh
PSA: Don’t scan a QR code if found at a parking meter. Stickers you scan could lead to rogue websites that gather user info and credit card numbers.
Example: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/01/scammers-put-fake-qr-codes-on-parking-meters-to-intercept-parkers-payments/