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> so the facilities for reading them simply didn't (widely) exist I live in San Diego, 8/10 places where I shop still have chip slot taped closed with a handwr
by usaphp 9y ago
> so the facilities for reading them simply didn't (widely) exist
I live in San Diego, 8/10 places where I shop still have chip slot taped closed with a handwritten message "Does not work".
- dx034 9y agoWhich is problematic when you visit with a European card where only the chip works (swiping always gets declined). Luckily, some have contactless (mostly without the staff knowing about it) and for others it usually turns out that the chip reader does actually work.
- sjwright 9y agoI wonder how many of them actually work.
- pohl 9y agoIt wouldn't surprise me to learn that most of them work but that businesses want to avoid them because they slow down the checkout process.
- Jaruzel 9y agoOut of curiosity... Do these same places accept contactless payment, either by card, or e-wallet (Google/Apple Pay etc.) ?
- deforciant 9y agowhen visiting Austin, US I went for a burger in Fridays near a highway and cashier was like "Oh my god, I have never seen this thing working!!!" after my contactless worked on their terminal :D Apparently it's too much magic and people just stopped trying to use chip, contactless or anything else. Just cash and swipe :)
- dx034 9y agoHad the same at a McDonald's in Boston. They even called the manager to show him what happened. Turned out that no one working there was aware that they had contactless functions, despite the advertisement at the machine.
- Ambroos 9y agoI even get that in Belgium. And the occasional cashier that double-checks the terminal's ticket/output because they suspect the transaction is invalid because "as far as they know contactless doesn't work".
- mark-r 9y agoI think McDonald's was the first time I ever encountered a contactless terminal. It goes much faster than inserting the chip for some reason.
- dx034 9y agoI love the system and like that it's being used extensively in some countries (e.g. UK) and becoming more prevalent in others (e.g. Germany). What's annoying are the differences in rules. In the UK it only works up to £30 (but terminals show the logo for any amount), in Spain it will work but I'll have to enter a PIN for higher amounts, other countries have completely different rules around that.
- corpMaverick 9y agoFor those of us stuck in 2007. Can you briefly describe how the contactless payment works ?
- FTA 9y agoYou just hold the card over the screen and it reads (I believe) an RFID chip in the card. No swiping or card insertion required.
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- usaphp 9y agoThe only place so far where I can safely use Apple Pay without causing any frustration from cashiers is Whole Foods, cashiers in the rest of the stores either have no idea if the Apple Pay is supported or the terminal itself is not "enabled" to support Apple Pay.
- jowiar 9y agoInterestingly, I have been traveling in Ireland recently, and well over 90% of my transactions are Apple Pay.
- jandrese 9y agoSome of the retailers in the States are protesting Apple Pay and disabling it on the terminals even though it would otherwise be fully supported. Home Depot did this awhile back, they were one of the first places where Apple Pay worked and then it stopped working due to some corporate hissy fit.
- dx034 9y agoThat's a political decision. Stores like you to use store cards wherever possible (where they get a profile of what you've bought). Banks have to share profits with Apple for Apple Pay which is why they try to avoid it.