7-11 is part of the MCX consortium along with CVS, Rite Aid, Best Buy, Walmart, et al. They likely shut them off before Apple Pay went live so that they wouldn't find themselves in the same sort of stew as CVS is right now.
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7-11 is part of the MCX consortium along with CVS, Rite Aid, Best Buy, Walmart, et al. They likely shut them off before Apple Pay went live so that they wouldn't find themselves in the same sort of stew as CVS is right now.
i see our local Jewel in Chicago burbs has all new NFC payment machines at every checkout. wondering two things; does the passbook app "activate/show" in the lower left corner of the locked screen when at or near NFC payment device AND when using Debit Cards do you still have to enter the PIN.
For your first question, just hold the top of the phone near an NFC terminal and your default card with Apple Pay shows up on the screen along with any other cards you have stored, should you want to use a different card. When it comes time to pay the phone will prompt you to use Touch ID to pay.
As for the debit/PIN question, to bypass entering a PIN when using a debit card touch the "credit" option on the terminal or tell the cashier its a credit purchase. I have found at some locations you still need to confirm the purchase total and choose whether you want cashback or not.
next time!That stinks. I posted on their Facebook on launch day and they said that they do accept NFC payments. Weird.
Chevron is working on putting
pay / nfc terminals @ the pumps soon .. I know I read it somewhere but I can't remember where @ the moment ..
McDonalds only thus far. Keep looking for NFC and just heard Chevron is doing pay... And I need gas...
pay... And I need gas...Used it at Wegmans supermarket yesterday in the self-checkout line. I had tried it at another supermarket earlier in the week, but I guess they didn't have NFC.
..Which is interesting since they are an MCX member. You might find it disabled in the future a'la CVS.
The curious thing is that they're also on the Apple Pay site as a launch store. I've used it a few times there, but am curious what happens when MCX starts cracking down on exclusivity. On the other hand, I wonder if Meijer is sort of flying under the radar and seeing how many people use Apple Pay before choosing a side (although having your logo on Apple's site probably is the opposite of "flying under the radar").
They've had NFC readers for a long time and even at the pumps in all their gas stations - surely the investment for that hardware was much more than the MCX membership "fee" of $500k.
Yeah, that *is* a weird one. Perhaps they hopped on board early and their exclusivity with MCX has ended, or they looked at their options and gave MCX the middle finger and will take the heat. Interesting.
I tried ApplePay for the first time today in the Columbus, OH area. First I tried at a Meijer store and it didn't work for whatever reason. Later on I tried it at a Whole Food$ and it worked fine.
New York City
To add to the mix:
I have now successfully used Apple Pay in an NYC yellow cab (MTA). The first time didn't work for me because of a proximity issue w/ the reader. I gave up quickly because I was holding up traffic (I hate car horns). Second time worked like a charm, however.
I've also now successfully used it at Gristedes, which for those not in the know, it's a local grocery chain that I believe rivals Apple on profit margins. Using Apple Pay help take out some of the pricing sting.
Duane Reade has been flawless every time for me, along with Whole Foods.
To add to the mix:
I have now successfully used Apple Pay in an NYC yellow cab (MTA). The first time didn't work for me because of a proximity issue w/ the reader. I gave up quickly because I was holding up traffic (I hate car horns). Second time worked like a charm, however.
I've also now successfully used it at Gristedes, which for those not in the know, it's a local grocery chain that I believe rivals Apple on profit margins. Using Apple Pay help take out some of the pricing sting.
Duane Reade has been flawless every time for me, along with Whole Foods.
Used it at the Las Vegas parking garage payment kiosks that are operated by the airport. Worked like a charm.
I have tried other retailers (who are the "partner" Apple Pay retailers), and it's worked well. Today I tried Home Depot and it seems there might be some kind of cashier based block or something of that sort.
Reason being is that I tried tapping and scanning the phone on the swipe machine, the Apple Pay screen came up. Immediately the cashier tells me that "tap and pay" doesn't work at Home Depot. For some reason my transaction came up as "declined" (even though I knew my Citi card wasn't having any issues).
As soon as that happens the cashier tells me "see I told you it doesn't work" tapping her screen to initiate the payment again. As soon as she was saying that I had changed my card to AMEX on the Apple Pay tapped again, and initiated the transaction again. Somehow it went through this time.
The lady got shocked and says "I wonder if I did something to allow it to happen on my end!?!". Not sure what it was but it seems at Home Depot, if you check out with a cashier, they have to do something on their end.