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At onStreet Pay & Display machines, nearly all of the parking attendants
press some buttons on the front of them, wait about 5 seconds then walk away. Does anyone know what buttons they are pressing & why they do it? -- To reply direct, remove NOSPAM and replace with railwaysonline For railway information, news and photos see http://www.railwaysonline.co.uk |
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Joe wrote:
At onStreet Pay & Display machines, nearly all of the parking attendants press some buttons on the front of them, wait about 5 seconds then walk away. Does anyone know what buttons they are pressing & why they do it? Prove they've been there? Something like the old key stations for night watchmen? |
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![]() "Joe" wrote in message ... At onStreet Pay & Display machines, nearly all of the parking attendants press some buttons on the front of them, wait about 5 seconds then walk away. Does anyone know what buttons they are pressing & why they do it? -- They are resetting the time to make all previously bought tickets expired. |
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Joe wrote:
At onStreet Pay & Display machines, nearly all of the parking attendants press some buttons on the front of them, wait about 5 seconds then walk away. Does anyone know what buttons they are pressing & why they do it? Nope. Why not film them and let us know ![]() A -- Trade Oil in € |
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![]() "HVB" wrote in message ... On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 21:07:08 +0000, Joe wrote: At onStreet Pay & Display machines, nearly all of the parking attendants press some buttons on the front of them, wait about 5 seconds then walk away. Does anyone know what buttons they are pressing & why they do it? The coin return button in the hope of getting some small change returned? (No chance!) A friend's kid used to do this at every machine he saw. He apparently amassed a quite substantial increase in his pocket money this way. tim |
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tim wrote:
The coin return button in the hope of getting some small change returned? (No chance!) A friend's kid used to do this at every machine he saw. He apparently amassed a quite substantial increase in his pocket money this way. Wasn't the idea to stick some paper or a rag up the coin exit so it stopped refunds being returned, then come back to the machine later, remove the 'plug' and gather one's booty. Not that i would ever condone such irresponsible behaviour. Someone told me. Honest. John B |
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On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 18:04:27 +0000, JohnB wrote:
Wasn't the idea to stick some paper or a rag up the coin exit so it stopped refunds being returned, then come back to the machine later, remove the 'plug' and gather one's booty. Not that i would ever condone such irresponsible behaviour. I seem to recall that BT had this problem with some of their payphones back in the 1980s. There was a particular type of pay phone that had a plastic flap that could be jammed up to trap any returned money. BT altered the design of some of the flaps on the pay phones. Graham |
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![]() "HVB" wrote in message ... On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 15:49:40 +0100, "tim" wrote: "HVB" wrote in message On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 21:07:08 +0000, Joe wrote: At onStreet Pay & Display machines, nearly all of the parking attendants press some buttons on the front of them, wait about 5 seconds then walk away. Does anyone know what buttons they are pressing & why they do it? The coin return button in the hope of getting some small change returned? (No chance!) A friend's kid used to do this at every machine he saw. He apparently amassed a quite substantial increase in his pocket money this way. I don't remember the last time I saw a P&D machine that gave change... or any extra time for overpayment. We're being diddled. I agree that you don't usually get change (the hopper is just for rejected coins), but IME it's quite common to get extra time for the overpayment tim |
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On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 15:56:55 +0100, "tim"
wrote: I agree that you don't usually get change (the hopper is just for rejected coins), but IME it's quite common to get extra time for the overpayment Works here (Kingston borough). A while ago, credit unused in the evening would roll over to the next morning as well, but that no longer happens. I can only think of one reason for that - to collect more money, with the extra benefit of a few penalties for people who didn't get to the car park before the chargeable period starts. Richard. |
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