Is RingGo free?
There is no charge for registering with RingGo and no charge for downloading or using the RingGo smartphone applications. If you call RingGo, the number used is a geographic one, so you are charged the standard rate agreed with your mobile phone operator. The RingGo smartphone app is free to download. The app only stores the name of the person parking and the vehicle registration. It does not store personal information, like your card details. We do not charge you to use the RingGo app.With £37. RingGo saw sales last year rise by 26%, helping the Swiss-owned company – thanks to its average 20p slice of parking charges – to an overall profit of £9. The figure marked a dramatically rise on the £5.Phone, Android and Windows phone users can download a RingGo smartphone application (free of charge), through their handset or from the relevant store. The app lets you register for the service, locates your nearest RingGo zone, allows you to manage your account and pay to park directly through the app.You can pay using the RingGo app or website. Payment must be made by midnight on the day you leave. The cost is based on your entry and exit times, captured by ANPR cameras. Once your vehicle has left, you cannot adjust the start or end time of your session.
Can I use RingGo without the app?
To use the automated phone service, you simply call the phone number on the signs when you want to park. RingGo will remember you (by recognising your mobile phone number) and ask you to: Confirm the vehicle you want to park. Confirm the location where you want to park. RingGo is an automated payment service and does not handle car park management or enforcement. If you didn’t pay at the time of parking, the local parking operator may have already issued a Penalty Charge Notice (PCN).In some areas, a convenience fee has been agreed upon between the council or parking operator and RingGo when using the service. The parking operator may have taken a decision to apply this fee for a number of reasons relating to both cost and convenience.The Parking Attendant looks up your number plate on a handheld device. This checks the RingGo system to make sure you have paid to park.RingGo is an automated payment service and does not handle car park management or enforcement. If you didn’t pay at the time of parking, the local parking operator may have already issued a Penalty Charge Notice (PCN). Retrospective payment is not a guarantee that you won’t receive a PCN.
Is there a fee for using RingGo?
There is no charge for registering with RingGo and no charge for the PIN confirmation text when you set up your account. When you park your vehicle with RingGo, you generally pay a 20p convenience charge on top of the normal parking tariff charges which apply. There is no cost to download or access the PayByPhone platforms. However, some parking operators may apply a transaction fee each time a parking payment is processed.
Is RingGo safe to use?
Information captured during RingGo operations, is encrypted and held in accordance with the highest levels of security. The processes and procedures used by RingGo Ltd have been accredited by independent assessors on behalf of the payment card industry. RingGo is one of the UK parking industry’s largest processors of credit and debit card payments. Information captured during RingGo operations, is encrypted and held in accordance with the highest levels of security.