Contactless Payment

[swee'pea99]

I barely need cash at all now that my local accepts it. Yay!

 

[vernon]

If you assume wireless communucation eg tv, radio, mobile, gps, wifi, CB etc is witchcraft then so be it.

No that stuff is electrickery.

 

[Tin Pot]

What is hilarious is;

Contactless means not contacting, but everyone contacts

Vendors who take your card to put it on the contactless POS terminal rather than offer it to you*


*How else can they keep duplicating your cards?

 

[Markymark]

No that stuff is electrickery.

Ah. Please explain the difference to the wireless transfer of data that makes it electrickery or witchcraft?

 

[vernon]

Ah. Please explain the difference to the wireless transfer of data that makes it electrickery or witchcraft?

I'm only repeating what @User14044 told me.

 

[Markymark]

I'm only repeating what @User14044 told me.

I can see where you've gone wrong.

 

[ianrauk]

Who are you with to get that?

American Express BA VISA

 

[gavintc]

Even more magic is using your phone to buy your shopping in the supermarket. Love it.

 

[Markymark]

American Express BA VISA

Ah. You find places that take Amex easily enough?

 

[ianrauk]

Ah. You find places that take Amex easily enough?

Only ever had a couple of places decline. Usually smaller independent stores.

 

[Brandane]

My first and only experience (so far) of contactless payment was paying my bus fare from Bath Road into Heathrow Airport a few months ago. I felt like a real country boy out of his comfort zone when I boarded the bus with a handful of change and asked the driver how much it would cost to get into the airport.
He grunted something and pointed at a machine; turned out this was a card reader, and cash was not accepted. I showed my techie skills off again as I searched for the slot to push my card into ..... Had this been anywhere else, it would have been a source of amusement and humorous comments from other passengers; but this being London all I got was looks of disgust . Once I did figure out what was required, the thing that confused me was that there was nothing at all to tell you how much would be deducted from your account - so you are basically signing a blank cheque apparently; as long as it doesn't exceed £30 from what I am gathering from this thread. In the good old days of cash, the journey from Bath Road into the airport was actually free.

 

[Fnaar]

Miss Goodbody always demands payment for contact.

 

[Markymark]

Miss Goodbody always demands payment for contact.

I hear she gives group discount though.

 

[Brandane]

Miss Goodbody always demands payment for contact.

Better contactless than pressing all the wrong buttons.

 

[Tin Pot]

Ah. Please explain the difference to the wireless transfer of data that makes it electrickery or witchcraft?

The bit where obtaining authorisation from the payee for a payment is skipped.