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Post by 7th Time Jammer on Nov 5, 2014 10:10:56 GMT -5
I went to a couple festivals this past summer with RFID wristbands and they are a joke! Such a hassle, they charge you to put cash on it, charge you a fee every time you use the cash, the machines hardly ever work, they are plastic wristbands!
THIS IS A HUGE TURNOFF! STOP MJ, STOP. Go back to the fabric wristbands. Go back to your roots!
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Post by misterbrow on Nov 6, 2014 19:27:04 GMT -5
So, the wristbands will get use in quicker to... the pat-downs?
I'm in with the wristbands if we can get scanned and walk in.
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Post by ferret on Nov 6, 2014 21:43:41 GMT -5
Do they have to SCAN your wristband every time you go in and or out? And there's NO way they will do away with the pat-downs and bag checks so if you ADD another step,scanning the band,as opposed to the visual method used in the past it would only make things slower. But I guess WHATEVER! We'll still be there!
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Post by misterbrow on Nov 7, 2014 20:29:32 GMT -5
If they scan you leaving they are tracking money leaving when you head out to eat your food and drink your beer stored in your expensive car/rv/tent.
Fight the power ferret.
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Post by ferret on Nov 8, 2014 11:12:54 GMT -5
From what I have read about the RFID bracelets,they are mostly to make you use them as a method of payment inside the Festival. like you need to charge them up with $ like you do the EZ Pass on your car. And that has nothing to do with making entering any quicker.
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Post by misterbrow on Nov 8, 2014 14:08:47 GMT -5
"What this technology allows us to do is scan your wristband much like we used to scan your ticket. Then we can more easily facilitate your entry into the festival and to point you in the direction you’re supposed to go!"
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Post by ferret on Nov 8, 2014 18:32:06 GMT -5
"What this technology allows us to do is scan your wristband much like we used to scan your ticket. Then we can more easily facilitate your entry into the festival and to point you in the direction you’re supposed to go!" So they only scan the wristband ONCE? Cause once we GOT our wristbands in the past,there were only visual checks from there on. |
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Post by misterbrow on Nov 9, 2014 12:18:53 GMT -5
I'm thinking whatever the dumbest and most inconvenient thing is, is what it will be.
Scan going in
Scan going out
Charge you to put money on it, have to use it to buy stuff
VIP wristbands for an extra $50 that have a glow stick inside
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Post by deadtilidie on Dec 11, 2014 13:26:28 GMT -5
I have also been to a number of festivals with RFID wristbands and not a single one has tried to use the wristbands as a payment system. I'm not saying that this isn't a potential application for these wristbands, but there is also nothing on the Mountain Jam RFID page to indicate that they will be using them as such. I expect payments at vendors to remain cash/credit card based.
This is simply an insurance liability issue. The wristbands will need to be activated online with your personal identification information. Then you will use the wristband to enter and exit the main festival area and campgrounds. This way, if you go missing, the festival will have a better idea if you got lost in the stage area, campgrounds, or have left the festival area entirely. While this doesn't seem like a ver useful feature, if you have ever dealt with renewing insurance policies before, you'll understand that they will elect to not renew or give discounts for pretty ridiculous things (car alarms for example - what do they do except annoy the neighbors?).
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Post by guymandude on Feb 16, 2015 8:14:29 GMT -5
**I've checked several sites regarding RFID wristbands and come up with this.
Organizers of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival have revealed that an online audience of over 30 million was added last month when over 30,000 fans registered to 'Live Click' around the festival site. Using just their RFID wristbands, registered ticket holders were able to check in and update their status on Facebook - a global first for the technology and festival worlds on this scale.
The system, developed by Intellitix, used various touch points (portals) positioned at key areas around the festival site during both weekends. Additionally, RFID entrance portals that validated each wristband, allowed registered users to automatically check in as they arrived. Fans keen to share their experience with friends online signed up to the service when registering their wristbands at Coachella.com.
**another site stated..
Festivals are now allowing patrons to link their social media accounts to their RFID wristband, enabling them to access a variety of unique functions throughout the venue. For example, if a festival goer happens to come across a band that they really enjoy, they can simply scan their wristband at an adjacent kiosk and immediately have a range of important information about the band downloaded directly to their device and hence, their social media account. This downloaded data could include info about the band, as well free music tracks that only guests of the musical festival are privy to.
Of course, one could argue that this same task could be completed simply by using a smartphone and manually looking up the band’s presence on the web, but with RFID technology, you don’t have to. It does the hard yards for you – and besides, how many festival patrons are actually going to do all this on their phone while at the venue, in this very moment? Not many. With RFID, you can scan it and conveniently retrieve the information through your social media account, once you’ve arrived home. It’s a far more practical solution.
Besides identification and social media integration, I’d like to bring your attention to another glorious feature of RFID wristbands, cashless transactions. It’s now possible to load credit onto your wristband at a festival, allowing it to become a digital currency throughout the venue. Forget about cash or cards, while you’re at the festival, you can make all of your purchases with your wristband, without ever needing to open your wallet and once again, the use of this technololgy over traditional methods greatly reduces congestion.
**Another reason for the technology....
Emergency Management. What if someone get sick or there is a problem? You can quickly scan their bracelet and see if they provide information on how to treat them in an emergency and notify their next of kin of an incident.
Tracking Your Attendees. You may consider this a breach of privacy but it is not and actually a good thing. If someone from Korea visited your festival, you would want to know if they have taken the shuttle bus and if they made it okay. That’s not invasion of privacy, that’s giving a damn about your customers and their well-being so they can be safe and have an enjoyable time at your music festival. So you can have an event tracker when they are scanned so you can make sure everybody is accounted for.
** And finally, the organizers can track, in real time, what is popular and when it is popular at a concert, using simple technology, they can streamline the cost to see when they need more security, what the attendance is for a band and possibly what is selling more popularly at the beginning of the festival compared to what is popular at the end of the concert. Vendors will probably accept some form of using this as a money exchange although Cash is King when your a vendor, so that will always be accepted.
Moving forward, I have no fear of using a RFID wristband and have nothing to hide.... I embrace technology and do not think this will make my festival experience worse by wearing the wristband. It will not eliminate the necessary pat down at the entry points so, I think, it won't speed entry.
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Post by guymandude on Feb 28, 2015 9:39:45 GMT -5
One more aspect to keep in mind regarding the RFID wristband. You may be able to use it from one year to the next. I keep all my concert and sporting event tickets. The organizers may offer a discount if you repurpose your wristband from one year to the next.
Just a thought.
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