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cosimo193

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  1. FWIW - RingGo is basically the same service as PayByPhone. It's entirely up to you whether you use it or not so, if you don't agree with the service charge, just don't use it. Personally I tend to use it quite a lot as it's easy and I often end up with no cash when I arrive at the car parks (I get that from the ATMs in town). As far as charges go, I've no idea whether the council get any additional benefit or a cut of the charges but the article says RingGo charge 30p and you get the free reminder text. I agree, obviously, that there's nothing free about the reminder - that's just stupid to say that. However PayByPhone charges a 20p service charge and the reminder text is optional (and costs 10p if you want it). So, from that point of view, the charges are similar. The interesting thing though is that it says (or, at least, implies) that RingGo don't make an additional charge for extending parking whereas PayByPhone do. Whether that's a benefit or not, given the original charge is more, but... FWIW - I found this thread because I got a Penalty Charge Notice in Gaol Street this morning from some "enforcement officer" who, I'm prepared to bet, didn't do enough checking that I'd already paid by phone.
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