re: Anyone have issues with physical credit cards?

There’s a shell gas station by my house that I always have issues with my cc at there pumps.
I eventually stopped going there.

The only place I have ever had a real problem with physical cards being read is Sam's, but I use the app to scan and go now, so it never affects me anymore.

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There’s a shell gas station by my house that I always have issues with my cc at there pumps. I eventually stopped going there

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Same here. These businesses are losing money by doing something that seemingly is cheap to put into place.

Once you use tap on your phone you’ll never go back to using the physical card

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Yeah, like OMG, like sooooo easier. Saves like hours you know.

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When the physical card literally doesn’t work, and makes people go to a different gas station or store to use the same card via Tap, yeah these companies are losing a shite ton of money by having faulty equipment in their checkout lane.

Here’s how Walmart works.

“put chip card in”
Doesn’t work

Try it again
Doesn’t work

frick it now swipe it…
Well finally worked

Nobody has time for that shite.

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Anyone have issues with physical credit cards?

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Has never happened to me or anyone I know.

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I go thru Walmart checkout…80% of the time the card won’t work and it’s brand new with chip.

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I go to the walmart pharmacy and I always have problems with my card.

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tap to pay on your phone.

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Like Apple Pay? I usually end up having to use this at walmart.

Yes Apple Pay. Walmart doesn’t allow it in their checkout lanes. Some gas stations have tap at the pump, other don’t. The ones that don’t I’d say 50% of the time the readers don’t work and have to try a different pump.

It def conditions the shopper to go to the place that is easiest to pay at. Never had an issue tapping from phone. But brand new chip card, you’d think the machines would always read it…nope.

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Walmart is shitty - chip readers don’t work like 75% of the time

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That seems like an extremely high percentage.

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It’s why you should always carry a few hundred bucks in cash on you in these instances where the tech doesn’t work

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Yep. Especially if it’s Walmart. And count it out like Bono. If you say, “and I can see those fighter planes,” every couple bills, then the thugs will think you’re a crazy ptsd combat vet and leave you alone.

Occasionally, yes! If the chip reader slot didn’t work the “3 times” with the strip reader would generally take.

I did have a chip pop loose and fall out of my card and onto the floor. It still worked on a tap basis on the tip of my finger. Card company sent a new one.