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Sunhawk
08/28/20 10:45:16 AM
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I've usually paid for stuff with cash, and occasionally using my card the traditional way. How do contactless payments work? Don't you just hold your card over some reading device or something?

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The Trent
08/28/20 10:46:07 AM
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don't worry about it, it's not like you're buying anything the three times a month you leave the house to go to the serbian cultural center or whatever

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Hexenherz
08/28/20 10:48:11 AM
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Yeah you just hold the card up to the screen on the credit card reader for a second.

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monkmith
08/28/20 10:48:49 AM
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a hanging piece of plexiglass strung up with duct tape acting as a spit shield that you'll inevitably bang your head on separates you from the cashier.

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p-m
08/28/20 10:51:39 AM
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Is this the most dedicated troll account on CE?

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Parappa09
08/28/20 10:52:09 AM
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p-m posted...
Is this the most dedicated troll account on CE?
im more surprised with the serious answers to the topic

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Hexenherz
08/28/20 10:55:07 AM
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Parappa09 posted...
im more surprised with the serious answers to the topic
idk compared to the other stuff he's posted this seems like a legitimate question or at least has the potential to be one.


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Parappa09
08/28/20 10:59:22 AM
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Hexenherz posted...
idk compared to the other stuff he's posted this seems like a legitimate question or at least has the potential to be one.
contactless payments have been around in the UK since like 2010 and it's the most popular form of card payment here since 2018

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Looked gf
08/28/20 11:01:51 AM
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Pitlord_Special
08/28/20 11:02:33 AM
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Your card has to be designed to support it if youre trying to do it with the card itself.

I use personally use Apple Pay on my iPhone, which is basically putting your credit card details into the Wallet app, and then you choose the card to pay with and hold your phone to the terminal while the app is open and a payment is made

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eston
08/28/20 11:04:46 AM
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You have to stand across the room and yell out your card number, and the other customers are required by law to cover their ears and say lalalalala

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Sunhawk
08/28/20 11:05:09 AM
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Pitlord, I use a regular debit card that was issued 2 or 3 years ago. Is it likely to support contactless payments?

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Pitlord_Special
08/28/20 11:11:06 AM
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Sunhawk posted...
Pitlord, I use a regular debit card that was issued 2 or 3 years ago. Is it likely to support contactless payments?

If the card has this symbol somewhere on it



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Sunhawk
08/28/20 11:12:59 AM
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Thanks.

See, everyone? Pitlord was helpful in a several specific ways, and without being sarcastic or a jerk. If only more of CE was like this.

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