Pay-to-Use Phone Charging     

• Open the locker door and find an available charging cable that is compatible with your device .
• Plug in your device.
• Tap your contactless payment card on the card reader, or insert your card into the card reader, located on the front of the charging station.
• Lock the door of the locker containing your device, using the key provided.
• Take the key and keep it safe, make a note of the locker number & location, and leave your device to charge.
• Use the locker key to retrieve your device.

Tap to Lock means you must tap the card reader with a suitable payment method in order to lock the locker door (see FAQ's - What types of payment do you accept?). If the card reader does not register your contactless card, insert your card into the card reader.

You will be charged a minimum payment of £1 to cover the first 60 minutes of device charging. Upon locking the locker door a pending payment of £1 will be made against your card. For each additional 60 minutes beyond the first hour that your device is connected, you will be charged a further £1 per hour, up to a maximum of £5. This charge will be levied when your device is collected. 

We accept Visa or MasterCard debit or credit cards, or the use of Google Pay or Apple Pay, providing it is presented by a device other than the device being charged in the locker.

Check that your payment method is valid (see FAQ - What types of payment do you accept?). While there is not a daily limit for contactless payments, from time to time when you shop using contactless, and depending on your bank, you may need to insert your card into the card reader machine and possibly enter your PIN for verification before you use the contactless function again. Sometimes inserting the card into the card reader is enough and your payment will be successful. However, our card machines do not have a PIN function so if your bank requires a PIN to be entered for verification, in this instance you would need to use a different method of payment.

The locker door will only lock on the presentation of a valid VISA or MasterCard debit or credit card presented to the card reader terminal. The presentation may be a physical card inserted into the card reader, a physical contactless card presented to the card reader, or the use of Google Pay or Apple Pay by a device other than the device being charged in the locker.

Your device must be connected to a suitable cable, it must be charging and you must have presented a valid payment method to the card reader in order to lock the door. Failure to complete these steps will result in the locker door not being able to lock and your pending payment will automatically be cancelled.

When you connect your device to a cable and present a payment method to the card reader, a pending deposit payment will be taken by your bank. At this point you may receive a bank notification regarding this pending payment. However, if you are unable to lock the locker door for whatever reason, whether through fault or error, your pending deposit payment* will be cancelled automatically.

* Please note that it may take your bank 2-5 days to return the pending deposit payment to you.

In the unlikely event that you have not received a battery charge, either through fault or error, but you have incurred a fee for charging, please contact our customer services desk for assistance via support@www.chargebox.com or call         020 3588 1060.