Da domenica sono andato a tre festival in Belgio e ogni volta ho dovuto comprarne una di quelle cartoline. Costano sempre 1€, devi caricarli e ti fanno spendere di più perché anche il rimborso è di 1€. Per me questo rientra nella stessa categoria dell’acquisto di una valuta diversa per le microtransazioni nei giochi mobili. Inoltre non è così facile tenere traccia delle tue spese e al concerto dei Rammstein mi hanno truffato addebitandomi gli articoli sbagliati. Anche tanti rifiuti di plastica.
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di retardwhocantdomath
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Is it legal for them to ask money to get a refund?
The trick is that you might decide to leave some balance on the card, planning to reuse the card next year and, since you’d only use it once a year, you’ll lose the card.
Making NFC payment cards for single events is plain wasteful. They can dress it up as mementos all they want.
Why they don’t want to cut the crap and just use payment terminals supporting wireless bancontact/mastercard/visa: each transaction made through those means costs them. Clearly having these cards made and temporarily running/outsourcing infrastructure and only having to pay for topups costs them less than paying the likes of CCV, Worldline,… for every transaction made.
The refund charge should be made illegal though. A transaction through bancontact/mastercard/visa/wiretransfer does not cost €1. And the payment card should be included in your ticket or should be an NFC tag integrated in an access wristband.
Imagine if someone invented a plastic card or an app that works with all events and is directly associated with your bank account.
They had a similar card on Ostendaise ( my kind of festival.. about good food ). But you could scan your card with your phone which showed your expenses and remaining budget. You can also withdraw the money back to your account one month after the festival. That last one is a bit tricky since people forget about it and the card gets reset for the next festival
The cashless argument is a bit old. But here we are.
I can get it for a festival. But for a one-time concert? Huge bullshit.
At Best Kept Secret (among others) they have been doing debit card payments for years now, so it’s absolutely possible to do.