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nicho said:
if they did move to online-only... it'd mean they could do interesting things with contactless in general rather than simply foist a fixed limit on everyone. in addition to what i wrote above about China UnionPay, for debit cards you can set aside whatever amount of money you want and this is treated like cash - no pin would be required til its gone, however much you've put in. you could set aside £200 and use that in one transaction if you wanted... or you could have 0 and then you'd have to authenticate every transaction with a pin. it'd surely be better than the status quo, and eliminate a lot of the "omg i don't want contactless on my card" worries a lot of us brits seem have.
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I can understand why some people have concerns with contactless payments (given the recent news) but that'd be a good idea.

For example: TSB offer 5% cashback on contactless/Apple Pay payments up to £100. Rather than splitting the cost in most retailers you'd then be able to spend £100 in one go and earn the £5 reward.
 
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Apple Pay is now supported on the UK Apple Online Store (it used to be in-app only).

(And in the process of adding this today, they seem to have broken the shipping estimate system - apparently in-stock items ordered today won't deliver until April 18! Hmm...)
 
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Brookzy said:
Apple Pay is now supported on the UK Apple Online Store (it used to be in-app only).

(And in the process of adding this today, they seem to have broken the shipping estimate system - apparently in-stock items ordered today won't deliver until April 18! Hmm...)
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About time they went live with ApplePay- frankly embarrassing that Apple didn't support their own payment system on their website!
 
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Have to say it worked a treat this morning when I ordered a screen protector for my iPad; compared to previous occasions where I've used it online/in an app I felt it was slightly quicker on my iPhone than it would have been making an in-app transaction.
 
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Used Apple Pay for over £50 at Waitrose using the self scan system, receipt says: Cardholder not verified.
Not sure if it works without using self scan though.
 
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Paul_W said:
Just seen someone asked Tesco the question about the limit on Twitter. They're still spouting the same crap

https://twitter.com/BlackwellAndy/status/855349147205070848
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I find this a bit infuriating.

1. They don't know how Apple Pay works - that in itself is fine, you can't expect everyone to know everything. Thing is, this question is repeatedly asked so why are they still giving out the wrong information. Surely they have some sort of reference material on policies and promotions. Maybe there is and it's incorrect.
2. They seem to make things up when they don't know the answer
3. When challeneged, they still persist with inaccurate information
 
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Used to leave my card on the tray to signal I was ready to pay the bill by card. This works the same I suppose :p
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Paul_W said:
Just seen someone asked Tesco the question about the limit on Twitter. They're still spouting the same crap

https://twitter.com/BlackwellAndy/status/855349147205070848
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I had a similar conversation with them a few months ago on twitter. It's like talking to a brick wall.
 
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I've contacted Tesco via their form:

https://www.tescohelp.com/tesco/forms/cs_form.html

In the message I sent I mentioned about Sainsbury's, Waitrose and Aldi/Lidl accepting mobile payments for values over £30 and included the relevant Apple sub-page for merchants accepting Apple Pay.

In one way, Tesco are right-some banks/building societies *may* limit the amount you can spend with Apple Pay to protect their customers *but* with the required credentials from the merchant customers would be able to make higher value payments (as we all know from experience).

I'll report back here if/when Tesco reply to me; and whilst I wasn't on planning spending nearly £200 the other day (car repairs) my local car garage accepted Apple Pay for over £30 which surprised me!
 
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iGeek2014 said:
Just a quick update: Tesco Customer Services have emailed me back.

A helpful lady called Chloe is going to fill out a feedback form to the relevant departments with a view to getting the limit increased 'soon'.

If/when I hear anything else I report back to here.
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Would it be foolish to be optimistic?
 
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I'm quietly optimistic!

I also mentioned being able to add loyalty cards to Apple Pay (rather than just storing them in the Wallet app) so hopefully that will bear fruit at some point in the future.
 
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I've had a new Amex card come through to replace a previous one that was used fraudulently. It was added, but all my transactions on my iPhone in notifications show in US dollars. Before they would show up in the currency they initially were made in. Even UK transactions are showing in the currency of US dollars.

Anyone have an idea how to change this? I've tried fully removing the card and put it back on, and it's still happening. Shows the exact same on my iPad too.
 
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Elaniel said:
I've had a new Amex card come through to replace a previous one that was used fraudulently. It was added, but all my transactions on my iPhone in notifications show in US dollars. Before they would show up in the currency they initially were made in. Even UK transactions are showing in the currency of US dollars.

Anyone have an idea how to change this? I've tried fully removing the card and put it back on, and it's still happening. Shows the exact same on my iPad too.
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I assume your iPhone is set to United Kingdom in the relevant settings etc?

Your new American Express card hasn't been incorrectly sent out as a Dollar Purchase card?
 
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It's getting to the point where I don't need my wallet! Bought a homekit plug from Apple this weekend, used Apple Pay. Got my food shop in at £50 at Aldi, used Apple Pay. Bought some lighting from IKEA, used Apple Pay. Got coffees and food from various places, all with Apple Pay.
The only place that didn't take any type of contactless was Pandora which is surprising since I've seen their own terminals display the Apple Pay logo. The annoying thing is they always wish to take your card first before they type in the amount on the terminal, so your card is already inserted. If they typed in the amount first the contactless symbol might pop up. Who knows. :rolleyes:
 
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azing said:
It's getting to the point where I don't need my wallet! Bought a homekit plug from Apple this weekend, used Apple Pay. Got my food shop in at £50 at Aldi, used Apple Pay. Bought some lighting from IKEA, used Apple Pay. Got coffees and food from various places, all with Apple Pay.
The only place that didn't take any type of contactless was Pandora which is surprising since I've seen their own terminals display the Apple Pay logo. The annoying thing is they always wish to take your card first before they type in the amount on the terminal, so your card is already inserted. If they typed in the amount first the contactless symbol might pop up. Who knows. :rolleyes:
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Off the top of my head I can think of one major retailer I use that doesn't accept ApplePay — indeed any kind of Contactless: Holland & Barrett. Pretty annoying. But that could just be the local branch.

There seems to be no rhyme or reason as to why some places allow transactions above £30 and others don't. o_O
 
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arkitect said:
Off the top of my head I can think of one major retailer I use that doesn't accept ApplePay — indeed any kind of Contactless: Holland & Barrett. Pretty annoying. But that could just be the local branch.

There seems to be no rhyme or reason as to why some places allow transactions above £30 and others don't. o_O
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True, all my local Holland & Barrett stores don't accept contactless. Another major retailer I can think of is Argos.
 
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arkitect said:
Off the top of my head I can think of one major retailer I use that doesn't accept ApplePay — indeed any kind of Contactless: Holland & Barrett. Pretty annoying. But that could just be the local branch.

There seems to be no rhyme or reason as to why some places allow transactions above £30 and others don't. o_O
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B&Q (certainly the store at Langley Mill) still doesn't have contactless either.

Did I read wrong or from 2020 retailers have to offer it?
 
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