Honesty box

When used in camping sites and other park settings, they are sometimes referred to as an iron ranger as there is often an iron cash box instead of an actual park ranger.

[3] Some stores also use them for selling newspapers to avoid lines at a cash register.

[4] Such boxes are typically used in rural areas where the low number of customers and other visitors, along with the low quantity or value of the products on offer, means that an attendant would not bring a positive return on investment.

The Cake Fridge, an honesty box cake fridge in Bixter, Shetland, Scotland,[5] features in the TV adaptation of Anne Cleeves novels.

[6] The use of honesty boxes saw a resurgence during the COVID-19 pandemic, because purchases can be made without contact.