Lots of things you don't know.
(I'm in Switzerland, but my family is solidly in a he USA.)
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Apple Pay Holdout Walmart Expands 'Walmart Pay' to 16 More States
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Lots of things you don't know.
(I'm in Switzerland, but my family is solidly in a he USA.)
I am not lumping anything into the same boat and not sure where the hell you got that from. I am just saying it would be nice if your phone and whatever payment system your phone uses would work in all stores, including Walmart. Until that happens you still need your wallet as right now your phone does not work in all stores. I don't know why Walmart just didn't go straight NFC so it would work with Apple Pay, Android Pay or whatever without having to download their Walmart app.
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To rectify this situation, have patience and complain to your merchant!**
** the situation should be better by the end of this year and much better by the end of 2017 when the gas stations have committed to be on line to accept chipped cards (and with those POS upgrades, NFC capability comes along for the ride - as long as a merchant doesn't actively block it.)
My wife and I are finally at a point in our life where we take a small financial hit just to avoid Wal-Mart. For instance, we get free delivery of groceries from Hy-Vee if we spend at least $100 online (it's delivered from our local store, so it's not limited at all). Little pricier, but I think it makes up for the time and gas spent taking a trip to the store (not to mention the headache). For staple items bought in bulk, Amazon subscribe and save is a great option, giving a 15% discount. We get lots of diapers, wipes, toilet paper, paper towels, toothpaste, soap, seasonings and canned food through it. I get a further 3% cash back with the Amazon rewards card I pay off every month. For most everything else, we go to Target.
I think Wal-Mart is a horrible company. I knew people who worked there and heard all kinds of horror stories. I boycotted them for a couple years in college, and it was hard to do as a struggling college student. Eventually I gave in, but luckily I'm free again. What probably helped push us was how crap the store is by our house. It's always so dirty inside—piles of inventory on palettes everywhere blocking paths, overcrowded with lots of crude people cursing loudly in public—often at their clinically obese children. It has really turned into a massive crap-hole.
I think Wal-Mart is a horrible company. I knew people who worked there and heard all kinds of horror stories. I boycotted them for a couple years in college, and it was hard to do as a struggling college student. Eventually I gave in, but luckily I'm free again. What probably helped push us was how crap the store is by our house. It's always so dirty inside—piles of inventory on palettes everywhere blocking paths, overcrowded with lots of crude people cursing loudly in public—often at their clinically obese children. It has really turned into a massive crap-hole.
That's funny because you clearly stated "Our family "market decision" is to stick with Costco" which clearly intimated that you shopped Costco in Switzerland.
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Guess I'm confused... How can they not accept Apple Pay, Android Pay, etc.? All retailers, by regulation, will have to support chip reader card scanners by the end of this year (which also means NFC capable). The contracts for Apple/Android /Other pay systems are with the card issuers (banks). Also by contract, retailers have to support the technology required by the card issuers. So how does this not work?
For example, I have a Chase VISA card. It works with Apple Pay. Walmart accepts Chase VISA cards. Therefore, my Chase card in my iPhone "wallet" should work just fine whether Walmart likes it or not.
For example, I have a Chase VISA card. It works with Apple Pay. Walmart accepts Chase VISA cards. Therefore, my Chase card in my iPhone "wallet" should work just fine whether Walmart likes it or not.
Walmart is doing this to benefit themselves at the expense of their customers. But feel free to continue defending them.
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I'm sure Walmart Pay will get a honorable mention in a bracket of a long paragraph about the evolution of payment methods in history books sometime down the road.
Of course the context will be "failed experiments".
It's not like I want Apple Pay to stay uncontested and become a monopoly for its kind of payment method, but I don't think store-specific methods are anything any consumer really wants if history is an indicator.
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Of course the context will be "failed experiments".
It's not like I want Apple Pay to stay uncontested and become a monopoly for its kind of payment method, but I don't think store-specific methods are anything any consumer really wants if history is an indicator.
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Apple Pay is the fastest way to pay for anything. I will not only continue to use my card whenever I'm at a Walmart, but I will specifically use my Amex (which costs them the most).
walmart in Europe bankrupted, but when I visited one of the big shops in US, I was quite impressed. I was just staring at people what crap they buy and how fat they are. I assume Walmart is something like a Lidl and Aldi in Europe of course we do not have such a Mega markets. I bet Black Friday shopping will be faster now 
I'm pretty confident they can glean this kind of information from sources other than simply your bank / payment transaction.
OMG what's wrong with you people. The poster was being SARCASTIC
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It was sarcasm
Ya nowadays you can get pretty much anything threw Amazon and have it delivered to your door in a couple days. I have used them several times and have never had a problem. But Walmart does carry almost anything as well and is fast. Just wish they would allow you to use Apple Pay. Maybe one day.
Okay although a bit off topic, I got this one --
http://shop.illy.com/online/store/p...machines-us_francis-francis-y5-duo-machine_us
They offered it for free if I ordered a bunch of coffee up front, which I did. No regrets. I bought a separate milk frother. The same version of this machine comes with a built in milk frother, but they were not offering it for free.
If the above (in bold) was true, they would have replaced their Cashiers and Customer Service Personnel a long time ago.
Never had a single problem using Samsung pay at walmart. In fact, used it everywhere where apple pay and android pay not accepted. This is absolutely cult behavior - all worked up because a store you'd never shop at anyway doesn't accept apple pay. Ridiculous how we were shopping everywhere apple pay was never accepted.
I've been using samsung pay at costco as well - but it's just stupid because they require you hand them your card and if I have to do that I might as well just use the card itself. Samsung pay rocks.
And last but not least I don't get all the consumer getting all worked up over a payment system. Just because we are in 2016 doesn't mean everything has to be apple pay this or apple pay that. Just use cash or a credit card. No it's too slow. No I don't want to it's not safe. No I don't care what walmart says because i won't shop there until they heed to my requirements. Good grief, tech nerd tantrums!
So why are there 15 checkout aisles and 3 open with long lines now?
Asda is owned by Walmart!! They are very much alive and kicking in Europe.
walmart in Europe bankrupted, but when I visited one of the big shops in US, I was quite impressed. I was just staring at people what crap they buy and how fat they are. I assume Walmart is something like a Lidl and Aldi in Europe of course we do not have such a Mega markets. I bet Black Friday shopping will be faster now
I meant in the US. We still believe in inserting the physical chip into the reader because apparently contactless is too scary (thank you mass hysteria). So contactless terminals are mostly there to only facilitate Apple/Samsung/Android/* Pay. Our credit and debit cards have chips but no contactless with the exception of a few credit cards
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Exactly. How can nobody notice the Walmart star on asda's new logo and the "save money live better"??
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I never had to hand the card at Costco. They have Verifone terminals facing you.
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No. How do you not notice the Walmart star on Asda's logo, and the save money live better slogan? It is obvious that it's Walmart.walmart in Europe bankrupted, but when I visited one of the big shops in US, I was quite impressed. I was just staring at people what crap they buy and how fat they are. I assume Walmart is something like a Lidl and Aldi in Europe of course we do not have such a Mega markets. I bet Black Friday shopping will be faster now
Only to folks who are adept at finding intimated statements where they don't exist due to trying to triangulate using two data points.
I meant in the US. We still believe in inserting the physical chip into the reader because apparently contactless is too scary (thank you mass hysteria). So contactless terminals are mostly there to only facilitate Apple/Samsung/Android/* Pay. Our credit and debit cards have chips but no contactless with the exception of a few credit cards
Honestly, that might have been overblown. I remember using contactless once with my AmEx years ago (ironically at CVS), thinking it was neat and then forgetting about it. I imagine I'm not alone there.
I guess you aren't elite enough to have your former amex/costco membership on the same card...and I don't mean the verifone POS terminals with NFC. I meant samsung pay MST to the rescue.
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