Messing with PayPass

[dontwalkhand]

It is amazing how many people who work at the locations still get amazed when I tap my wallet rather than swipe my card on their CC terminal. So I have decided to try different things just to see reactions, and let me know if you have any more suggestions.

Tapping the wallet
The normal usage of the card, how it was designed. I am amazed at how this still turns heads when paying for a 79 cent thirst buster.

The MacBook
Simple, I put the Wells Fargo card in between the MacBook, and closed it, stood in line at the Circle K, and tapped the MacBook on the reader to pay for stuff. The look on other people's face on this was priceless.

The card-in-glove method
Waved my hand over the reader, while the card was inside of a glove. It was like MMAAAGGIC to the cashier.

 

[waloshin]

In the back where your battery is located in your cell phone.


















Oh wait you have an iPhone and can't!

 

[416049]

as long as you won't forget about it and sit on it, put it in the back pocket of your pants and sit on the sensor, its a non-swipe from what i read.

 

[yg17]

The normal usage of the card, how it was designed. I am amazed at how this still turns heads when paying for a 79 cent thirst buster.

So what happens if you have more than one RFID enabled card in your wallet? You don't know which one gets scanned. That's why the entire system is pointless and doesn't save any time. You still have to fumble through your wallet and pull out the card.

If you only have one such card, then it's fine, but I have one debit and two credit cards with RFID chips.

 

[dontwalkhand]

as long as you won't forget about it and sit on it, put it in the back pocket of your pants and sit on the sensor, its a non-swipe from what i read.

Kind of hard to do as I would have to sit on the counter at the store.

 

[dontwalkhand]

So what happens if you have more than one RFID enabled card in your wallet? You don't know which one gets scanned. That's why the entire system is pointless and doesn't save any time. You still have to fumble through your wallet and pull out the card.

If you only have one such card, then it's fine, but I have one debit and two credit cards with RFID chips.

I only do have one RFID Card thankfully with my other card being just normal.