Pay4Vend

Just landed after a long flight and have an hour before my shuttle. I was hoping to get a nice snack but this fancy machine won’t let me pay with card. Oh well. Let me try downloading the app. Big mistake. This is the least intuitive piece of software I’ve ever had to interact with. I study computer science in university and can’t figure out how to order some fruit snacks. Just starve my friends.

Not intuitive. I just wanted some water before a flight. And I had to give my email address, load a credit card and after all of that the machine still didn’t dispense the product. Several people came up to the machine while we were dealing with signing up and they were smart enough to think it was too complicated, so they walked away. If I could give 0 stars I would.

The app is easy to use and means you never have to worry about having cash (everything is digital nowadays so makes sense). Plus there’s loads of amazing giveaways and offers - it’s a win win!

This is some black mirror stuff I have a burning hatred for this app and the business model that it embodies. The fact that I have to provide my email address, phone number and email address and register for a vending machine makes absolutely no sense. There is no value added through this app, except the fact that the company is able to siphon off more money through the collection of data, whilst still charging an extortionate amount for a chocolate bar. It is furthering the acceptance of companies taking unnecessarily information into potentially insecure servers, in order to sell this data for profit at no benefit to the consumer. In my opinion this should be highly illegal. I strongly encourage everyone to lie about their personal details to not give this scummy company any more money.

The app is easy to use and navigate. Connects easily to machines. Works very well!

Used this in Manchester airport a couple times. Only problem I’ve had is sometimes I’m right next to the machine and it won’t come up straight away or the signal will be weak. Other than that I’ve had nothing but a pleasant experience so will continue to use. I suppose a better pod and drink selection could be better in some machines as it’s always the basic choices people usually buy. I’ll still give five stars because there’s no real problems :)

Amazing app gave me £10 credit and prizes!!

Very engaging and helpful to students, will definitely be using it all the time

Terminal 2 Manchester Airport has these machines and they don’t dispense products, it says authorising and buffers around for ages, you then try using the app or a bank card and nothing happens.

Great and easy to use