Went in to Best Buy in Utah last night. I tried to do Apple Pay and it didn't show up. Admittedly, I didn't hold it to the bottom left, but the option to pay didn't come up on the iPhone.
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Best Buy Rolling Out In-Store Apple Pay Support in U.S.
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Best Buy has turned on EMV in addition to NFC being turned on: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/38348368/0918151513.jpg (May not be at all stores yet)
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No plans to place stickers on existing units, but new terminals will have the sticker attached.
They may update it on the screen. It will say "Insert or Swipe Card" on updated terminals now.
Oh yeah you work for Best Buy If I remember correctly. So not all Best Buy locations support Apple Pay yet do they?
Not all stores support it right now. But by next Monday all stores will have it.
Tested in Pentagon City, Arlington VA. Everyone there claimed that they haven't launched Apple Pay but it worked when checkout for an Apple Watch. Also used mover coupon.
POS is iSC Touch 480.
How long has store #240 had it? I used Android Pay there on September 17th and by the next day EMV was turned on as well.
@crisss1205 I just checked my local store #120 and it wasn't working yet - do you know if it has been delayed? Maybe I will go back to check tomorrow.
Not that I know of. Every single Best Buy should have Apple Pay enabled as of today.
When they turned off tap to pay, I was a jerk and went to my local one to try to use it and complain about it not working.
It didn't work at my local one, the cashier did know what I was trying to do and said according to the training session she was in that it would turn on on the 2nd.
Good job! Thumbs up man! That's what we all should do to get the message across to these clueless retailers.
IMO it was probably not all that effective, and possibly a dick move too depending on how it was done. At the end of the day BB HQ on their own decided that it was worth the effort and would probably make them more money than continuing to wait for CurrentC.
(Speaking of which, I'm actually expecting most major retailers who haven't enabled it already to not immediately bother--as in, EMV will be turned on without NFC. Even if their terminals have the hardware for it and they're not part of MCX. I go into it more in this thread but the summary is that it's a lot more complicated for major retailers than just flipping a switch.)
I may or not have done it at a local CVS too and neither time I wasn't a dick about it. I didn't get visibly upset with the cashier, ask to see a manager, cancel the transaction, or pay in some obnoxious way. I just swiped my debit card and hoped ( a false hope I realize) that it would get up the chain that someone came in, saw the hardware, tried to use, and was disappointed that it didn't. Now my comments in the customer survey were a little more choice.
I am someone that will certainly make comments to management if I go somewhere where I know it should work and does not, they've made it difficult to use (my local Subway franchise needs to get its crud together), or it works but it's not obvious you can use it (the regional grocery store chain based in the city I live in has it working everywhere except at the gas pumps [and they've told me they'll have those done before the Oct. 2017 gas pump liability shift], but there is little to no indication from their marketing material, in the stores, or at the register that tap to pay works [yet both Apple and Google list them on their sites as a partner]).
About the same time that Apple decided to rename "Passbook" to "Wallet".
The good thing is, now that both sides have basically copied each other's terms, consumers end up with a fairly consistent vocabulary:
- Wallet = container for cards and coupons
- Pay = a purchase action
Except that Apple used "Pay" AFTER "Loop Pay" used it.
It's just one obvious name choice of several such.
Now, if Apple had called their version "Apple Money-Grab" and everyone else used that, then you'd have a point
I emailed CVS on AP issue and they never even responded. Even posted on Twitter. I now buy elsewhere.
Actually at gas pumps (inside the station is a different matter) and also ATMs have a later liability shift due to the increased difficulty of changing those out even though they're less physically secure.
Was able to pay with Apple Pay tonight at the Best Buy in Citrus Park (Tampa, FL). Just keep in mind that with their terminal, you need to scan near the left side of the keypad - the lower left corner of the device.