Re:'One Ring' Phone Scam
by gambiting on Monday May 06, 2019 @05:45AM
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For the last one - meteoric rise of services like JustEat meant that I haven't had to ring anyone to order food for at least 8 years now. If your restaurant is not on justeat/Uber eats/you have your own website that allows ordering, then I'm not interested in ordering from you. Also, if you order through a phone how do you pay? In cash??
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Re:'One Ring' Phone Scam
by mattkrause on Monday May 06, 2019 @08:50AM
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Even when you order from JustEat, don’t you give the delivery driver a number to call when they arrive (or get lost)? They almost never come directly to my apartment or office; I usually get a call saying they’re downstairs or outside (if parking is bad) instead.
In...olden times when people ordered by talking to other people, you’d often pay cash. Some places would take credit cards, usually by reading the number out loud. One fancy place let you type the numbers in with the touch pad.
My local pizza shop gives a cash discount, so yes, I do pay in cash. My local bagel shop only accepts cash, so I pay in cash there too.
I don’t understand? Is paying with cash a problem?
It is if you live a mostly cash-less life. I don’t typically carry any cash on me and don’t pay in cash, which means I often also don’t have any cash at home.
Card payments, contactless payments, Apple Pay, metro/travel cards and banks/financial institutions with fancy mobile apps have meant that I rarely if ever need cash.
No, but it's less convenient, less trackable, and less safe than e.g. a credit card.