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Old 03-12-2015, 16:52
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Sorry about that Devon. Too much wine that evening, and me being left with a misconception in a prior discussion.

As before, I agree much with Noise, Apple Pay has some disadvantages a
to standard contactless.
There is still a question of some personal liability with card contactless, even with its safeguards.

In small talk, Apples wording is a tiny bit puzzling. Might it be better for them to say 'If you are logged into iCloud, Apple Pay works off-line.' Here now, it seems you are always logged in, even if the phone had been turned off most of the day.
Stop digging, it's looking a little pathetic now.
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Old 03-12-2015, 17:40
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Used it again today, Post Office didn't work as it was just over £30, Boots all good. The Post Office lady said it looked very furturistic when people come in and pay with their watch!
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Old 03-12-2015, 22:41
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Our Tesco have now started to use contactless, a friend I was with yesterday tried Apple pay there and it did not work, they don't say they accept Apple pay, but Apple pay is suppose to work with all contacless as far I know.
Saying all of that she said she have problems with Apply pay even at places that say they support it and see finds it is quicker using her debit card.
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Old 03-12-2015, 22:52
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Our Tesco have now started to use contactless, a friend I was with yesterday tried Apple pay there and it did not work, they don't say they accept Apple pay, but Apple pay is suppose to work with all contacless as far I know.
Saying all of that she said she have problems with Apply pay even at places that say they support it and see finds it is quicker using her debit card.
I don't think Tesco accepts Apple Pay yet. It only works if the Apple logo appears on the payment machine.
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Old 04-12-2015, 01:52
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A Tesco near my office in Leicestershire started accepting Contactless on Monday and I have been using ApplePay all week for food and fuel no problems at all.

I think a guy in the shop said it was something to do with a till software update that they are rolling out nationwide now.

It still surprises me that Sainsburys are still non Contactless in all their stores as far as I know. I went into a brand new store last week with lots of the latest retail tech e.g LED lights in fridges,freezers,promotional screen in the aisles with offers,eye tracking technology on some shelves,good in store free wifi yet still no Contactless payment option.
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Old 04-12-2015, 02:20
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A Tesco near my office in Leicestershire started accepting Contactless on Monday and I have been using ApplePay all week for food and fuel no problems at all.

I think a guy in the shop said it was something to do with a till software update that they are rolling out nationwide now.

It still surprises me that Sainsburys are still non Contactless in all their stores as far as I know. I went into a brand new store last week with lots of the latest retail tech e.g LED lights in fridges,freezers,promotional screen in the aisles with offers,eye tracking technology on some shelves,good in store free wifi yet still no Contactless payment option.
My 24 Hour Tesco here in Lee Mill (just outside of Plymouth) is still using terminals that look like they were used by the amazing Late Great Alan Turing during world war two.
I kind of joked about it to one of the till persons and they sort of laughed it off in an awkward way.
Better get some new terminals down here Dave.... hello.... Dave????
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Old 04-12-2015, 07:11
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I don't think Tesco accepts Apple Pay yet. It only works if the Apple logo appears on the payment machine.
which makes it useless then really. at least with my card i am sure that most places will accept it. We do have some local places that don't take card payments, a local hair dressers for instance.


A Tesco near my office in Leicestershire started accepting Contactless on Monday and I have been using ApplePay all week for food and fuel no problems at all.

I think a guy in the shop said it was something to do with a till software update that they are rolling out nationwide now.

It still surprises me that Sainsburys are still non Contactless in all their stores as far as I know. I went into a brand new store last week with lots of the latest retail tech e.g LED lights in fridges,freezers,promotional screen in the aisles with offers,eye tracking technology on some shelves,good in store free wifi yet still no Contactless payment option.
Sainsburys are rolling it out either at the end of this year or the start of next year.
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Old 04-12-2015, 12:41
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I don't think Tesco accepts Apple Pay yet. It only works if the Apple logo appears on the payment machine.
Is that something unique to Tesco? As it isn't true for any other retailer.
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Old 04-12-2015, 12:43
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Is that something unique to Tesco? As it isn't true for any other retailer.
I don't think Asda does either as it's part of the Walmart group. Sainsburys didn't accept it either. Not sure if they are onboard now or not.
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Old 04-12-2015, 12:53
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Our Tesco have now started to use contactless, a friend I was with yesterday tried Apple pay there and it did not work, they don't say they accept Apple pay, but Apple pay is suppose to work with all contacless as far I know.
Saying all of that she said she have problems with Apply pay even at places that say they support it and see finds it is quicker using her debit card.
Was your friend using Amex for Apple Pay? There are quite a few retailers who for some reason support contactless and Apple Pay for other cards, but not for Amex - even if they normally accept Amex. Sometimes they will accept Amex contactless but not Amex Apple Pay - I think McDonalds are like that.
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Old 04-12-2015, 21:30
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Was your friend using Amex for Apple Pay? There are quite a few retailers who for some reason support contactless and Apple Pay for other cards, but not for Amex - even if they normally accept Amex. Sometimes they will accept Amex contactless but not Amex Apple Pay - I think McDonalds are like that.
Nah, it was a debit card not a credit card, she is with Santander, she is not happy with them at the moment as they have closed the local branch to do some work in it, no doubt work that is not required and Santander just want to waste some money, banks are good at that.
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Old 07-12-2015, 12:09
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I read on another thread that double clicking the home button when the phone is in sleep mode opens Apple Pay in the Passbook. Does that work for anyone cause it doesn't work for me?
That's odd cos it works for me - so fast and simple. Maybe look at Apple messageboards??
The issue I have with Applepay is that so far not many shops do it. M & S do and Wholefoods... but ONLY up to £30 (and at Wholefoods you get a pumpkin and a piece of pie for that amount!!)
Also wouldn't accept my Mastercard - to set up.
But for anyone thinking it's simpler to use chip and pin - it isn't! I just get my phone out, double click, hold the phone to the thinggy and it's done!
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Old 07-12-2015, 12:14
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That's odd cos it works for me - so fast and simple. Maybe look at Apple messageboards??
The issue I have with Applepay is that so far not many shops do it. M & S do and Wholefoods... but ONLY up to £30 (and at Wholefoods you get a pumpkin and a piece of pie for that amount!!)
Also wouldn't accept my Mastercard - to set up.
But for anyone thinking it's simpler to use chip and pin - it isn't! I just get my phone out, double click, hold the phone to the thinggy and it's done!
That post you quoted is from July before the iOS 9.1 update.
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Old 07-12-2015, 12:21
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Is that something unique to Tesco? As it isn't true for any other retailer.
Yesterday in darkest Herefordshire, at a farm shop in the middle of nowhere.

"Contactless?" the guy says.
"Apple Pay?" says I.
Blank look. "Nah, we've not set it up. No point."
"Go on, let's try."
(payment works)
"£$&* me! How does that work then?"

In my experience, if it says contactless, it works. There are a number of retailers who don't do contactless (yes, Sainsburys, I'm looking at you) so of course they don't support Apple Pay.
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Old 07-12-2015, 12:49
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Yesterday in darkest Herefordshire, at a farm shop in the middle of nowhere.

"Contactless?" the guy says.
"Apple Pay?" says I.
Blank look. "Nah, we've not set it up. No point."
"Go on, let's try."
(payment works)
"£$&* me! How does that work then?"

In my experience, if it says contactless, it works. There are a number of retailers who don't do contactless (yes, Sainsburys, I'm looking at you) so of course they don't support Apple Pay.
Agreed, anyone who accepts contactless should be fine with ApplePay, the secret for those places who haven't heard of ApplePay is to just say "contactless" and then touch the phone.
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Old 07-12-2015, 13:10
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Agreed, anyone who accepts contactless should be fine with ApplePay, the secret for those places who haven't heard of ApplePay is to just say "contactless" and then touch the phone.
That is exactly what I do everywhere.

No need to 'push' an iPhone in the merchant's face
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Old 07-12-2015, 15:10
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When we bought our Christmas tree at the weekend the terminal had the contactless logo on the screen even though the purchase was over £30. But the old dear at the till insisted on taking the card from the customers and putting it into the machine herself. Couldn't be bothered to say anything. I had the job of carrying it back to the car. Seems pretty crap how a small farm selling Christmas tree have the latest contactless technology but a big chain like Tesco don't.
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Old 07-12-2015, 17:15
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I don't think Tesco accepts Apple Pay yet. It only works if the Apple logo appears on the payment machine.
That is absolutely incorrect. Apple Pay will always work on any contactless terminal. However, if the person tried to spend more than 30 pounds, it will fail to work unless Apple Pay has been explicitly added to enable larger transactions. There are also some issues with Amex being accepted everywhere but that has always been the case. Amex contactless is also hit and miss even in places that do take Amex using the actual credit card!!
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Old 07-12-2015, 17:21
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That is absolutely incorrect. Apple Pay will always work on any contactless terminal. However, if the person tried to spend more than 30 pounds, it will fail to work unless Apple Pay has been explicitly added to enable larger transactions. There are also some issues with Amex being accepted everywhere but that has always been the case. Amex contactless is also hit and miss even in places that do take Amex using the actual credit card!!
That is absolutely incorrect as I tried it in Superdrug on a contactless device which didn't show the Apple logo on the screen when I went to pay and it didn't work. It doesn't work on all contactless devices as I tried it in several places with contactless and nothing happened.
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Old 07-12-2015, 17:39
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That is absolutely incorrect as I tried it in Superdrug on a contactless device which didn't show the Apple logo on the screen when I went to pay and it didn't work. It doesn't work on all contactless devices as I tried it in several places with contactless and nothing happened.
That is very strange. I never had that problem. I have linked a Visa Debit card and paid in several places that don't even advertise contactless, but their terminals support it.
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Old 07-12-2015, 18:35
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That is absolutely incorrect as I tried it in Superdrug on a contactless device which didn't show the Apple logo on the screen when I went to pay and it didn't work. It doesn't work on all contactless devices as I tried it in several places with contactless and nothing happened.
I'm pretty sure it's worked for me in Superdrug in the past. It's definitely worked many times on devices without the ApplePay logo.
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Old 07-12-2015, 19:02
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That is absolutely incorrect as I tried it in Superdrug on a contactless device which didn't show the Apple logo on the screen when I went to pay and it didn't work. It doesn't work on all contactless devices as I tried it in several places with contactless and nothing happened.
I have used it in Superdrug in Hatfield so it does work. As you have tried it in several contactless places and had problems I wonder if there is an issue with your phone (hardware or software). I even used it in a pub last week that were a bit surprised when I tried to use it, but it worked perfectly.
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Old 07-12-2015, 19:07
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I have used it in Superdrug in Hatfield so it does work. As you have tried it in several contactless places and had problems I wonder if there is an issue with your phone (hardware or software). I even used it in a pub last week that were a bit surprised when I tried to use it, but it worked perfectly.
I'm not sure to be honest. If it was a problem with my phones hardware/ software then it wouldn't work anywhere. I have a feeling it's down to the numpty shop assistants who don't know how to operate it properly.
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Old 07-12-2015, 20:15
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I'm not sure to be honest. If it was a problem with my phones hardware/ software then it wouldn't work anywhere. I have a feeling it's down to the numpty shop assistants who don't know how to operate it properly.
I suspect you have hit the nail on the head. Might be worth not mentioning ApplePay as it can easily confuse some shop staff .
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Old 07-12-2015, 20:27
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I suspect you have hit the nail on the head. Might be worth not mentioning ApplePay as it can easily confuse some shop staff .
They have to choose that payment option on their tills don't they before it activates? That's what the guy in Superdrug told me anyway.
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