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Home Depot to Officially Support Apple Pay Following Retail System Upgrade
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Rest assured nothing to see here folks.
They probably are working on fixing that MasterCard issue.
They probably are working on fixing that MasterCard issue.
What baffles my mind is why Apple Pay on the iPad Air 2. What can you really do with it? It bugged me awhile to set it up so I can use it to buy from the App Store... ok, I tried to set it up and it wouldn't accept my credit card at the time (unsupported bank or something). Ok... But what difference would it make if I buy an App from the App Store using the CC info that Apple has on file for my Apple ID vs. using Apple Pay?
Home Depot was never part of MCX, I don't know where people have got that from, but its 100% untrue and they've been a Mastercard Paypass merchant for years. They supported Google Wallet for years, so it only make sense that they support Apple Pay too. Also I've heard Sunoco supports Contactless still, so some MCX members take Contactless. I'm pretty sure Rite Aid and CVS will follow Best Buy and support it soon too.
Yep. If only Apple Pay offered automatic e-receipts for every transaction. I would be in Heaven.
A Sheetz gas station near me has NFC support, and the iPhone does pick it up, but the system wont accept it. I would love to buy gas without needing my wallet.
So are you boycotting places that don't support NFC transactions like Apple Pay? If so, how do you buy fuel? Groceries? Clothes? Electronics?
I had the same issue this last weekend as well. It ticked me off to be honest. I've had every CC replaced due to the HD data issue last year. I considered not making my purchase because the system rejected the transaction.
I welcome this upgrade.
Why would they give notice if they never officially supported Apple Pay? When I leave my home in the morning it takes me about 2 seconds to put my wallet in my pocket.
And you'd think that the watch would be even easier, but it's not one-handled, unless your fingers behind really strangely.
This.
I've been using Apple pay since the onset with Home Depot and quite a few other stores. I have stopped checking to see if a store supports it, I just put my phone up to the contactless and see if it wakes up.
I've paid with it at quite a few stores that don't tout having the capability.
I'm don't typically shop at drug stores...but was recently in Puerto Rico on vacation and Walgreens seems as prevalent there as any convenience chain so I stopped in several times for soft drinks and snacks, etc. It was so convenient to use ApplePay each time! Great not to have to worry about having a card skimmed or anything like that. Didn't even get any strange looks when doing it. So it must get used frequently there.
As a whole, PR seemed ahead of the Continental US on adoption of technology. Almost every terminal already supported chip cards, and the merchants would swipe the card first and then have to insert the chip for the transaction to go through. Didn't seem like this was new hardware either, so they have been ahead of us in adapting. Perhaps they get more foreign tourists who have had chip cards for a while? I actually wondered if some of the chip terminals may also support NFC, but never tried it as they were usually where only the merchant could access them. The Walgreens terminals were exactly like the ones in US stores.
As a whole, PR seemed ahead of the Continental US on adoption of technology. Almost every terminal already supported chip cards, and the merchants would swipe the card first and then have to insert the chip for the transaction to go through. Didn't seem like this was new hardware either, so they have been ahead of us in adapting. Perhaps they get more foreign tourists who have had chip cards for a while? I actually wondered if some of the chip terminals may also support NFC, but never tried it as they were usually where only the merchant could access them. The Walgreens terminals were exactly like the ones in US stores.
Maybe not definitive, but this will get you started:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1806254/
There are a few other threads with info here at MR as well.
Pay I really like it !!