Onsite Cashpoints

[Dave The Hedgehog]

How much do they typically charge for you to draw out cash and what are the queues like?

[Smally]

I think its 2.50 a go.

And the queues can get massive, but I just go first thing in the morning/last thing at night, or when I'm walking past and there is nobody there.

[Dropkick Murphy]

I've always gone late on a night. 9pm onwards in the arena or village is always dead. If you go during the day you're in for a long queue.

[Dave The Hedgehog]

Thanks for the tips. £2.50 is a bit steep but I guess it's better than carrying around £200 in your pocket at any given time. To be honest I doubt we'll even need that much. Me and the missus are going to spend money on food at tea time and that's about it - we'll put some money aside for merchandise but I doubt we'll get much.

[saskofreak]

the fest i just went to charged £3 a pop, i thought that was well bad.

[Dave The Hedgehog]

It's quite disconcerting, actually. You'd think the idea of a cash point is to help you manage your money so that you don't carry a lot around with you but at £3 a pop it's basically just pushing you to get out as much as possible so that your trip to the cashpoint is worth it.

Looks like I'll be bringing a dog chain with me after all.

[disco-dani]

god thats steep!

i didnt use them last year

heres a bit of a less convenient way - get the shuttle bus to tesco and use the machine there. you can also get a decent face wash and brush ur teeth and pick up any forgotten items at the same time.

[Dropkick Murphy]

Wallet on chain attached to your belt loop. wallet in the bottom of your sleeping bag whilst you're asleep. simple.

[Dave The Hedgehog]

heres a bit of a less convenient way - get the shuttle bus to tesco and use the machine there

[kev1664]

Surely you have to pay for a bus return?

[Dave The Hedgehog]

I dunno what my advice would be.

[rexclark]

If you do take all your money in one go, perhaps seperate it into two walletrs and keep them seperate. If anything bad does happen your not completely f**ked.

[disco-dani]

Surely you have to pay for a bus return?

[Smally]

Don't forget that theres a greggs next to tesco.

[disco-dani]

Don't forget that theres a greggs next to tesco.

[Smally]

Missed that!

[kev1664]

Long dog chain and deep pockets would be the best option it seems so far. I'm happy enough with that. I'm just a bit weary of having to carry around X amount of money.

Can you get lockers on the day or do you have to pre-book in advance?

[Dave The Hedgehog]

To be honest there's not really that much I'm taking with me that would bother me if it was stolen. It's leaving the tent during the day and night that irks me a bit but most things we're taking with us are disposable. I'd like a decent even bunch of photos to bring home so I'm taking my digital camera. I need money so I'll be taking my wallet with me. Phone is a £3 piece of disposable plastic I got from Carphone Warehouse...

Those are the 3 main things and they'll be on me pretty much at all times so I doubt a locker would come in much use.

[Smally]

From the website

'There will be at 30 cash point machines onsite in total.

There will be 16 in the village and 14 in the Arena. They accept most cards but there is a surcharge of £2.50 per transaction. The cash points in the Village are open 24 hours and the arena cashpoints are open whenever the arena is open.

The nearest cash point apart from those onsite is at Tesco at Seacroft. Shuttle buses run there from the onsite bus station at Yellow Gate. The Information Tent has details of all the telephone numbers for reporting lost cards.'