Postal entries

[GdS]

what are they? I found the button to switch them off in Event Planner. (in the Edit Paypal section thanks Adamski!) Now I've disabled them and don't publish a phone number I don't know what's going to appear in Arrivee which I assume is the only luddite digitally challenged way of finding the event....

[alfapete]

They're a rare, cherished and somewhat idiosyncratic way of entering an event. I was delighted to receive one this year after four versions of my events.

[GdS]

I was one of the first Orgs to roll out PayPal in the late Noughties. It still took several years for postal entries to dry up and I suspect there may still be some sitting at a previous address....

just looked at my cheque book, the only cheques I wrote in the last 5 years were to AUK for validation fees (now done via PayPal)

[Timb]

I remember riding audax as a lad with my dad back in the 90s, my enduring memory was the entering by cheque, brevet cards and route cards.  On returning to complete my first audax I loved the fact I could pull the old cheque book out and that there wasn’t a reliance on technology.  I just tried riding with a route card again the other week rather than a gps, it was a fun experience.

[Philip Whiteman]

I have not received a postal entry for several years. 

Cheques have become a complete PITA to manage.  With bank branches few and far between, the only alternative are apps which barely work.

[felstedrider]

I remember the stack of SAEs and entry forms knocking around my spare bedroom.

I used to pay the cheques in in one go at a branch of Lloyds near the office, usually sneaking out before the lunchtime rush.   They absolutely loved counting 100+ cheques for £6.50.   I've not organised for an awfully long time, though.

[Wycombewheeler]

I have not received a postal entry for several years. 

Cheques have become a complete PITA to manage.  With bank branches few and far between, the only alternative are apps which barely work.

I found the halifax app works fine, photograph the cheque and submit online, so much better than having to find time to get to a bank during opening hours.