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This is awesome! My non-NYC jurisdiction requires most parking lots be paid by mobile app. As I do NOT carry a phone, I just don't bother paying [fake license

This is awesome! My non-NYC jurisdiction requires most parking lots be paid by mobile app. As I do NOT carry a phone, I just don't bother paying [fake license plate trick]. I would (and did) pay for this parking before they removed the in-person cashmeters. People won't believe me when I inform "I don't carry a phone;" even less so when told "I don't use email anymore." Both TRUE statements.

filoleg 3y ago
> My non-NYC jurisdiction requires most parking lots be paid by mobile app Do they not offer an SMS alternative? Because both in ATL and Seattle, they always put the app upfront, but on the same sign there is usually a “or text abc to phone number xyz” signage. Just checked to confirm, PayByPhone (which is the most common parking app signage I see in Seattle) indeed has official support for paying parking through SMS listed on their website as well.
- ProllyInfamous 3y ago
  I do not carry ANY cellular device, so no apps nor SMS. Machines should accept payment, on-site, themselves.
cantSpellSober 3y ago
Wow, when's the last year you read or sent an email? Doesn't posting on forums count as transmitting/receiving messages using a digital electronic device, like email?
- ProllyInfamous 3y ago
  Other than temporary burners (for signups), 2017 was last regular usage of email (i.e. "reachable via email"). It's been really nice. Honest-to-god, I have a numeric pager (one-way comms) and don't even carry that out anymore. When asked for "your phone number" these are the digits I provide.
  - cantSpellSober 3y ago
    Not what I asked. You said you say "I don't use email anymore." What is the last year you used email?
rex_gallorum2 3y ago
People seem to believe me when I say I don't carry a phone, but they look at me like they're talking to a member of some 'uncontacted tribe'. I don't think it computes. The good ones at least have a machine where you can pay cash. I found myself having to park in such an area recently, and did some recon the day before, just to make sure there were machines on site - and there were. What I found funny was that the lot was attended by a live human being, too, which made me wonder why the owner of the lot in question had opted for an automated system at all. It bothers me that they insist on collecting license plate numbers. Why not just number the parking spots so they are classed as 'paid' or 'not paid' and dispense with the unnecessary surveillance? Is it even illegal to use a fake plate in a situation like that? Certainly if you are driving, but what about parking?

filoleg 3y ago

> My non-NYC jurisdiction requires most parking lots be paid by mobile app Do they not offer an SMS alternative? Because both in ATL and Seattle, they always put the app upfront, but on the same sign there is usually a “or text abc to phone number xyz” signage. Just checked to confirm, PayByPhone (which is the most common parking app signage I see in Seattle) indeed has official support for paying parking through SMS listed on their website as well.

ProllyInfamous 3y ago
I do not carry ANY cellular device, so no apps nor SMS. Machines should accept payment, on-site, themselves.

cantSpellSober 3y ago

Wow, when's the last year you read or sent an email? Doesn't posting on forums count as transmitting/receiving messages using a digital electronic device, like email?

ProllyInfamous 3y ago
Other than temporary burners (for signups), 2017 was last regular usage of email (i.e. "reachable via email"). It's been really nice. Honest-to-god, I have a numeric pager (one-way comms) and don't even carry that out anymore. When asked for "your phone number" these are the digits I provide.
- cantSpellSober 3y ago
  Not what I asked. You said you say "I don't use email anymore." What is the last year you used email?

rex_gallorum2 3y ago

People seem to believe me when I say I don't carry a phone, but they look at me like they're talking to a member of some 'uncontacted tribe'. I don't think it computes. The good ones at least have a machine where you can pay cash. I found myself having to park in such an area recently, and did some recon the day before, just to make sure there were machines on site - and there were. What I found funny was that the lot was attended by a live human being, too, which made me wonder why the owner of the lot in question had opted for an automated system at all. It bothers me that they insist on collecting license plate numbers. Why not just number the parking spots so they are classed as 'paid' or 'not paid' and dispense with the unnecessary surveillance? Is it even illegal to use a fake plate in a situation like that? Certainly if you are driving, but what about parking?