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Grocery Store Chains Winn-Dixie and BI-LO Begin Accepting Apple Pay
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That is.... kinda sad. It was great to be united on something!
But I wonder if their costs are high on it with people actually USING it? Or if they are developing another system?
I hope that encourages Publix to add Apple Pay too. Having WD on board is great!
Funny - I was happily surprised when it worked for me at a Home Depot in Maryland a couple days ago. The reaction of the cashier was priceless "oh my God - that's so cool!"
I wonder if HD and some other retailers have allowed decentralized decisions by store managers (doubt it), or why there is inconsistency. Hope I didn't visit a store that 'fell through the cracks' and they will be disabling it!
I was told by a manager at HD that their info on it had said it would be working "by the end of the month". It would explain why it is working in some stores, and with some cards (Amex is working, MC is failing).
My store is listed in the Mastercard Nearby app - but it failed with MC last week.
For some reason I thought Home Depot was an official Apple Pay store, but it looks like it isn't. Oh well, as long as it works.
KROGER are you LISTENING?
For the love of christ man.... please Kroger / Ralphs / Food-4-Less / etc (who ever all Kroger has swallowed) jump on the Apple Pay Train PLEASE!!!!!!!!! If Kroger signs on I'm good... Gas at Texaco / Chevron, Food at Kroger....attempting to main stream it. Anyone heard updates on the Loyalty Program? Was that just a rumor of it being released before the holidays? >.<
For the love of christ man.... please Kroger / Ralphs / Food-4-Less / etc (who ever all Kroger has swallowed) jump on the Apple Pay Train PLEASE!!!!!!!!! If Kroger signs on I'm good... Gas at Texaco / Chevron, Food at Kroger....attempting to main stream it. Anyone heard updates on the Loyalty Program? Was that just a rumor of it being released before the holidays? >.<
Google is just ending an API for some web based forms of Google wallet transactions. That isnt about the Apple Pay analogue. Typical Google though. Throw a heap of ideas around but don't support them, then lose interest and abandon stuff. Attention deficit syndrome in a mega company.
I hope Apple enables Apple Pay in Australia before Christmas. It would just work nearly everywhere.
Question: Are any vendors that support Apple Pay limiting the size of the transaction? I ask because in Australia if you just use tap to pay the limit is usually $100. But tap to pay only requires possession of a chipped credit card. There is no pin verification. To go over $100 you need to insert the credit card and use a pin.
I hope Apple enables Apple Pay in Australia before Christmas. It would just work nearly everywhere.
Question: Are any vendors that support Apple Pay limiting the size of the transaction? I ask because in Australia if you just use tap to pay the limit is usually $100. But tap to pay only requires possession of a chipped credit card. There is no pin verification. To go over $100 you need to insert the credit card and use a pin.
Keep Them Coming
Meijers is part of the CurrentC consortium (for now) and they have turned it on. I love that Whole Foods is on but would like Safeway and King-Soopers/Kroger to get on board.
This is a surprise - I wasn't expecting grocery stores to get onboard with this so quickly. I wonder when Market Basket, Hannaford, or Shaws will start acceptingPay.
Meijers is part of the CurrentC consortium (for now) and they have turned it on. I love that Whole Foods is on but would like Safeway and King-Soopers/Kroger to get on board.
Nice
"The Southern Assimilation has begun." Let's build a new Server Farm in Alabama. That should do it.
Eddie Cue for CEO.
"The Southern Assimilation has begun." Let's build a new Server Farm in Alabama. That should do it.
Eddie Cue for CEO.
I tired it this past weekend in 3 places.
1) Banana Republic. They had the NFC readers, it did nothing. I believe they are with CurrenC.
2) Target, did nothing
3) BJ's. Came up on my phone, I didn't have to do anything. Touch ID worked, said DONE with green check box. Then the amount said -- Did not go thru. Tried 2 times. Both times my phone shows amount as -- Had to use my credit card the old fashioned way.
1) Banana Republic. They had the NFC readers, it did nothing. I believe they are with CurrenC.
2) Target, did nothing
3) BJ's. Came up on my phone, I didn't have to do anything. Touch ID worked, said DONE with green check box. Then the amount said -- Did not go thru. Tried 2 times. Both times my phone shows amount as -- Had to use my credit card the old fashioned way.
Yeah, their prices are a bit misleading, until you look closer. I don't mind the card, since I guess I'm getting points built up that go towards things.
I tired it this past weekend in 3 places.
1) Banana Republic. They had the NFC readers, it did nothing. I believe they are with CurrenC.
2) Target, did nothing
3) BJ's. Came up on my phone, I didn't have to do anything. Touch ID worked, said DONE with green check box. Then the amount said -- Did not go thru. Tried 2 times. Both times my phone shows amount as -- Had to use my credit card the old fashioned way.
BJs takes credit cards?
No, there is no limit. That apparently is a difference in how contactless is processed in various countries. Since it is a credit card with a limit, or a debit card checking your bank account balance - you can shop your heart away.
All transactions have to be done with "online" terminals.
I tired it this past weekend in 3 places.
1) Banana Republic. They had the NFC readers, it did nothing. I believe they are with CurrenC.
2) Target, did nothing
3) BJ's. Came up on my phone, I didn't have to do anything. Touch ID worked, said DONE with green check box. Then the amount said -- Did not go thru. Tried 2 times. Both times my phone shows amount as -- Had to use my credit card the old fashioned way.
Target in-store is CurrentC.
My 82-year old mother, and younger sister, switched to Meijer from the much closer Kroger because of Apple Pay.
They are a little miffed at Costco because it hasn't (yet?) stepped into the apple pay future...
Grocery Stores and Apple Pay
Grocery stores are suprisingly ahead of the curve. In Minnesota, Cub Foods was allowing Apple Pay from Day 1. They didnt advertise anything though.
A Target store employee said that they will enable it by December. Not sure.
Grocery stores are suprisingly ahead of the curve. In Minnesota, Cub Foods was allowing Apple Pay from Day 1. They didnt advertise anything though.
A Target store employee said that they will enable it by December. Not sure.
Bet your card is a MasterCard.
Works fine here with Amex or Visa based cards. It's something odd with HD and MasterCard.
I've used it successfully a few times now, easy peasy.
Depends on the store, my local Sprouts had to buy new hardware, my Basha's just turned on NFC