Apple Pay

[pipiens]

I just used a vending machine that took Apple pay for the first time. It was next to the ice machine on the 5th floor of a Hilton in Phoenix. It is a great use for Apple pay since I didn't have to search for bills that the machine reader would accept.

[silvarios]

pipiens wrote:
I just used a vending machine that took Apple pay for the first time. It was next to the ice machine on the 5th floor of a Hilton in Phoenix. It is a great use for Apple pay since I didn't have to search for bills that the machine reader would accept.

A lot of these machines have accepted credit cards for years. No bills required, with or without Apple Pay, Google Wallet, etc.

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pipiens wrote:
I just used a vending machine that took Apple pay for the first time. It was next to the ice machine on the 5th floor of a Hilton in Phoenix. It is a great use for Apple pay since I didn't have to search for bills that the machine reader would accept.

Yep, super convenient, especially with the Apple Watch.

[macphanatic]

I'd feel a lot better using Apple Pay at a vending machine than swiping a card. Seems like a great place for a skimmer to be used.

[silvarios]

macphanatic wrote:
I'd feel a lot better using Apple Pay at a vending machine than swiping a card. Seems like a great place for a skimmer to be used.

I'd feel much better if it didnt cost me $650 to use Apple Pay. Add another $350 if you don't want to have to keep removing your $650 from your pocket. I'm cognizant of data breaches and skimmers and such similar tactics compromising credit cards, but I've also never been issued a replacement card on account of such problems. When it happens, I'll revisit my approach.

[vision63]

silvarios wrote:
[quote=macphanatic]
I'd feel a lot better using Apple Pay at a vending machine than swiping a card. Seems like a great place for a skimmer to be used.

I'd feel much better if it didnt cost me $650 to use Apple Pay. Add another $350 if you don't want to have to keep removing your $650 from your pocket. I'm cognizant of data breaches and skimmers and such similar tactics compromising credit cards, but I've also never been issued a replacement card on account of such problems. When it happens, I'll revisit my approach.
If it takes Apple Pay, it takes Google Wallet. Same thing. I replaced my iPhone 6+ temporarily with a 5s (sucks in comparison to the glorious 6+) so I use both payment systems (HTC One M9). I'm always a little worried about skimmers too. Ideally we should all really use cash.

[silvarios]

vision63 wrote:
If it takes Apple Pay, it takes Google Wallet. Same thing. I replaced my iPhone 6+ temporarily with a 5s (sucks in comparison to the glorious 6+) so I use both payment systems (HTC One M9). I'm always a little worried about skimmers too. Ideally we should all really use cash.

Yeah. That's likely true, even still, I'm not using a $650 Android phone either. Luckily some sub $200 phones have NFC and Google (Android?) Wallet support.

My Fire Phone might even work with Google Wallet if I sideload the GAPPS again.

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silvarios wrote:
Add another $350 if you don't want to have to keep removing your $650 from your pocket.

Christ, what a bunch of entitled ninnies we've become. What's that, you say? I need to reach into my pocket in order to pay for my purchase? Say it ain't so! :RollingEyesSmiley5:

If Apple Pay/Google Wallet didn't exist, wouldn't I still need to reach into my pocket for my wallet?

As an aside, I prefer Apple Pay for one simple reason: It shields the purchaser from having to provide information for the transaction that could be used to identify him and/or his credit card; AFAIK, none of the other "electronic wallet" standards do that. For the moment, it is the closest you can get to making an electronic transaction as anonymous as a cash transaction.

[vision63]

silvarios wrote:
[quote=vision63]
If it takes Apple Pay, it takes Google Wallet. Same thing. I replaced my iPhone 6+ temporarily with a 5s (sucks in comparison to the glorious 6+) so I use both payment systems (HTC One M9). I'm always a little worried about skimmers too. Ideally we should all really use cash.

Yeah. That's likely true, even still, I'm not using a $650 Android phone either. Luckily some sub $200 phones have NFC and Google (Android?) Wallet support.

My Fire Phone might even work with Google Wallet if I sideload the GAPPS again.
I gave one of my God Daughters this phone (HTC Evo 4G LTE Sprint) this phone) and she rocks the hell out of it. Pays for everything with the wallet. Her friend bought one on Craigslist for $40 dollars. That's a years old phone.

[silvarios]

N-OS X-tasy! wrote:
Christ, what a bunch of entitled ninnies we've become. What's that, you say? I need to reach into my pocket in order to pay for my purchase? Say it ain't so! :RollingEyesSmiley5:

Check the thread again. I'm not the one who suggested one should buy a $350 Apple Watch to avoid taking out my phone. I was commenting on the price of such a suggestion already in play.

N-OS X-tasy! wrote: If Apple Pay/Google Wallet didn't exist, wouldn't I still need to reach into my pocket for my wallet?

Even so, getting my wallet out and then dropping it on the ground doesn't cost me hundreds of dollars in repair costs because I just had to purchase $2.00 overpriced candy bar. Also, since I have to carry my wallet with me, for other identification cards, not just my cell phone, I don't actually have the cell on me at all times. Or sometimes my phone is in my bag, but my wallet is generally in my front pocket.

Either way, these payment systems are great options, but the buy in cost is stupidly expensive for Apple Pay. Much less so for Google Wallet, but it isn't exactly free either. My actual credit card is provided free of charge and I have to have such an account to link it to Apple Pay anyway.