1 00:00:09,093 --> 00:00:12,693 Speaker 1: You're listening to a podcast from News Talks Be follow 2 00:00:12,773 --> 00:00:16,173 Speaker 1: this and our wide range of podcasts now on iHeartRadio. 3 00:00:16,653 --> 00:00:18,692 Speaker 2: A lot of the honesty boxes obviously have a problem 4 00:00:18,692 --> 00:00:20,853 Speaker 2: with theft, and one of the elements there is that 5 00:00:20,893 --> 00:00:23,173 Speaker 2: people are trying to pay with money and that opens 6 00:00:23,173 --> 00:00:26,332 Speaker 2: them up for you know, thieves, dirty low life to 7 00:00:26,332 --> 00:00:28,373 Speaker 2: come in and take that money as well as the produce. 8 00:00:28,453 --> 00:00:30,732 Speaker 2: A man who thought about this is David Clark. He 9 00:00:30,853 --> 00:00:34,213 Speaker 2: created My Honesty Box and joins us now. David, thank 10 00:00:34,213 --> 00:00:36,093 Speaker 2: you very much for joining us. So tell us about 11 00:00:36,133 --> 00:00:36,853 Speaker 2: my Honesty Box. 12 00:00:36,853 --> 00:00:39,412 Speaker 3: How does it work? Well, you know, it's just an 13 00:00:39,533 --> 00:00:41,653 Speaker 3: f on your phone that allows you to scan a 14 00:00:41,732 --> 00:00:45,932 Speaker 3: QR code and choose the items and all produce that 15 00:00:46,013 --> 00:00:49,653 Speaker 3: you want to purchase and then just pay through the 16 00:00:49,693 --> 00:00:50,532 Speaker 3: app using. 17 00:00:50,653 --> 00:00:53,693 Speaker 2: Credit and it as have been pretty popular. We had 18 00:00:53,733 --> 00:00:55,853 Speaker 2: a lot of take up with people running honesty boxes. 19 00:00:58,173 --> 00:01:00,453 Speaker 3: I would say that's probably been a bit of a 20 00:01:00,493 --> 00:01:03,133 Speaker 3: mixed bag. We've been going for about eight years now, 21 00:01:03,373 --> 00:01:06,973 Speaker 3: and yeah, we have people who use it a lot, 22 00:01:08,573 --> 00:01:11,453 Speaker 3: but probably part of the issue is kind of getting 23 00:01:11,453 --> 00:01:16,053 Speaker 3: the message out there that it's available, so you know, 24 00:01:16,212 --> 00:01:17,973 Speaker 3: it's sort of ticking over. I guess you could say 25 00:01:18,373 --> 00:01:21,253 Speaker 3: it's a bit of a side project and we're sort 26 00:01:21,253 --> 00:01:24,253 Speaker 3: of pretty happy with how it's going, but use a 27 00:01:24,253 --> 00:01:25,173 Speaker 3: little bit of. 28 00:01:25,173 --> 00:01:28,453 Speaker 4: A side hustle promotion. So does it does it mainly 29 00:01:28,453 --> 00:01:32,373 Speaker 4: solve the problem that most people are driving around without 30 00:01:32,572 --> 00:01:35,932 Speaker 4: cash like people used to have for honesty boxes and 31 00:01:35,973 --> 00:01:38,573 Speaker 4: you can't really leave a you know, you're not going 32 00:01:38,613 --> 00:01:40,773 Speaker 4: to leave an if poss machine out there, So it 33 00:01:40,773 --> 00:01:42,572 Speaker 4: mainly solves that that part true. 34 00:01:42,693 --> 00:01:45,053 Speaker 3: Yeah, Yeah, and that was I mean, that's where it 35 00:01:45,133 --> 00:01:48,133 Speaker 3: kind of came from. Originally. We were buying produce from 36 00:01:48,253 --> 00:01:52,493 Speaker 3: kaentuky Farm in Taranaki and they did have sort of 37 00:01:52,493 --> 00:01:56,773 Speaker 3: a process where you could you know, into through or 38 00:01:56,813 --> 00:02:02,413 Speaker 3: pay through your your internet banking or use cash, and honestly, 39 00:02:02,853 --> 00:02:04,973 Speaker 3: you know, it was sort of a high friction kind 40 00:02:04,973 --> 00:02:07,973 Speaker 3: of process. So that was kind of where the idea 41 00:02:08,053 --> 00:02:11,173 Speaker 3: came from originally. And in Kentucky really you know, they 42 00:02:11,213 --> 00:02:12,973 Speaker 3: came to the party and they really helped us to 43 00:02:13,093 --> 00:02:14,933 Speaker 3: sort of build the app. 44 00:02:15,173 --> 00:02:22,012 Speaker 5: And yeah, I experienced that friction at farmers markets a 45 00:02:22,053 --> 00:02:23,773 Speaker 5: lot where you go there and there the thing is, 46 00:02:23,813 --> 00:02:26,252 Speaker 5: here's here's our bank account number, and you go through 47 00:02:26,293 --> 00:02:28,333 Speaker 5: and you fill it all out and it's just it's 48 00:02:28,373 --> 00:02:30,292 Speaker 5: a it's a it takes a while, a lot of 49 00:02:30,333 --> 00:02:33,293 Speaker 5: admin and there's so many opportunities in that to just go. 50 00:02:33,333 --> 00:02:34,972 Speaker 5: I can't be boy the buying that's now because I've 51 00:02:34,972 --> 00:02:36,213 Speaker 5: made two mistakes. 52 00:02:36,853 --> 00:02:39,453 Speaker 4: So how how do people set up with you? 53 00:02:40,093 --> 00:02:40,412 Speaker 2: David? 54 00:02:41,773 --> 00:02:44,573 Speaker 3: Well, we've got a website, so it's my honesty Box 55 00:02:44,613 --> 00:02:48,292 Speaker 3: dot co dot and zed is the website and we've 56 00:02:48,293 --> 00:02:51,053 Speaker 3: tried to make it as as easy as possible. Obviously, 57 00:02:51,252 --> 00:02:54,493 Speaker 3: is it some steps you need to work through, which 58 00:02:54,532 --> 00:02:58,093 Speaker 3: is setting up a payment provider which we use Stripe 59 00:02:58,133 --> 00:03:03,093 Speaker 3: as a payment provider, so I think sometimes that can 60 00:03:03,133 --> 00:03:05,853 Speaker 3: be a bit of a hurdle, but yeah, obviously we 61 00:03:06,053 --> 00:03:09,813 Speaker 3: need that process and then it's from there. It's pretty Straightforard. 62 00:03:09,853 --> 00:03:12,852 Speaker 2: You're great, A few are cod and brilliant. Yeah, David, 63 00:03:12,853 --> 00:03:14,412 Speaker 2: thank you very much for joining us. That is my 64 00:03:14,493 --> 00:03:17,333 Speaker 2: Honestybox dot co dot z go check them out. 65 00:03:17,693 --> 00:03:21,532 Speaker 1: For more from Newstalk SEDB. 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