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At the San Mateo County Fair, parking is $15 with cc or $20 in cash. This may be due to risk of robbery, or because they have no way of reconciling their receip
by gnicholas 2y ago
At the San Mateo County Fair, parking is $15 with cc or $20 in cash. This may be due to risk of robbery, or because they have no way of reconciling their receipts against any sort of inventory (and do not trust the employees to turn over all of the cash).
I have to think robbery isn't the main concern, however, since the lines are typically so long it would be hard to get in and out rapidly (and there are a decent number of cops around).
- allears 2y agoIt might cost them a little more to handle cash, but a 33% premium is a little excessive.
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- 5555624 2y agoOr they don't feel like getting a bunch of $5 bills for change? It's easy to just take a $20 bill (or two $10, four $5, etc.). Most ATMs give $20 bills; so, that's what a lot of people have. (They probably don't get too many $50 or $100 bills for parking.)
- gnicholas 2y agoSure, but why not charge $20 for cc also?
- mslate 2y agoBus fare on SamTrans to the San Mateo County Fair is also cheaper with Clipper Card ($2.05) vs. cash ($2.25). Probably much better fraud protection, and much better usage tracking (e.g. accurately tracking bus stop boarding metrics).