Smartphone Phobia and Nomophobia in RV Life

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Summarized on: May 21, 2026

Original Member Title: Nomophobia

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A member raised the topic of nomophobia, but said their own issue is the opposite: frustration with smartphones becoming practically required for everyday travel tasks. Examples included RV park laundry that only accepted app payment, parking meters with different apps, EV charging, QR-code restaurant menus, credit card verification, and apps for RV batteries, with concern that cash, quarters, credit cards, laptops, and standalone devices are being pushed aside.

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May 23, 2026

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DonTom

Senior Member

RV LIFE Pro

Disregard previous message. I checked AI to see if there is another way to get the IRS to take my money and there is.

At:

directpay.irs.gov

There it is simple without any unnecessary BS. I just now sent them a couple of thousand bucks with no problem.

So those who need to send the IRS quarterly payments, use the link shown in this message, NOT the one on the form 1040-ES from the IRS.

Unless you like the Smartphone hassles and wasting a lot of time.

You will then receive this via email:

Confirmation of Scheduled Transaction

You have scheduled a transaction. The following IRS Direct Pay transaction is scheduled to be debited from your account:

Confirmation Number	222-6546-xxxx-xxxx

We are processing your request.

This is an auto generated email and is not monitored by the IRS. Please do not respond to this email. If you would like to check the status of your transaction, use the Look Up a Payment tool on the IRS Direct Pay Page.

If you have questions about this email, go to the Need help link on the IRS Direct Pay Page.