GARS and Credit Cards at Coffee and Ice?

[Eddaytona]

Couldn't find any info about Gate Info radio in the Survival Guide. Is it active this year?

Also, saw that coffee is accepting Visa and Master cards this year. True? How about ice?

[Eddaytona]

Yup. Credit cards at Ice and Coffee. The future is catching up with them. Still nothing about Gars radio.

[Eddaytona]

Yup. Credit cards at Ice and Coffee. The future is catching up with them. Still nothing about Gars radio.

[mrchiff]

https://survival.burningman.org/transpo ... ing-at-brc

Ok, You Made it to the Gate…Now What?
The speed limit on Gate Road is 10 MPH. Speeding causes traffic stops, citations, deep ruts in the playa, and dust, which is a safety hazard. Tune in to Gate Advisory Radio Station 95.1 FM for Gate updates (BMIR at 94.5 FM for event info).

[some seeing eye]

Credit cards on playa is (obviously not?) commodification
It would have been interesting to overhear the mental gyrations leading to the decision.

[lucky420]

I will still have a stash o cash in case the system goes down...

[some seeing eye]

I will still have a stash o cash in case the system goes down...

Hahaha, I would bargain with cash if the system goes down. Start at 10% of asking cost. That would be generous for a perishable item!

[lucky420]

Nah I just meant the credit card reader stuff. People always want ice, it’s a hot commodity

That pink Jesus camp was giving ice away on Sunday of last year though. Was a nice surprise to bike ride up on to

[Token]

This is gonna be so perfect for a Fight Club level culture jam!

Operation Latte Thunder

“Destroy a piece of corporate art and trash a franchise coffee shop”.

It would be trivial for any number of Silicon Valley FKOs to jam the link from center camp to Gerlach just to fuck with Coffee and Ice.

[maladroit]

Those mag slots and chip reader seem to fail pretty often inside a Kohl's. I wonder how they'll hold up to corrosive playa dust ground in with sweaty credit cards?