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Went for a bit of shopping yesterday and it seems no clothes retailer bothers with contactless. Gap, Next, River Island, Topshop like you mentioned... so annoying when you’re just getting a couple of low value things!
That’s a good point actually, there aren’t many that do. The only clothing retailers that come to mind for me that I know take contactless are Primark, New Look, Adidas and Nike outlet. I’ve even used Apple Pay >£30 in Nike a few times.
Our local Asda has had their petrol station demolished and rebuilt.
They now support contactless (they didn’t before) but it’s limited to £30 which is really annoying when paying for fuel.
During the building phase I’ve been using a nearby Torq garage and they support unlimited Apple Pay.
They now support contactless (they didn’t before) but it’s limited to £30 which is really annoying when paying for fuel.
During the building phase I’ve been using a nearby Torq garage and they support unlimited Apple Pay.
Whenever I hear about another place accepting >£30 Apple Pay…
Talking of contactless Pay@Pump now Tesco have new Clubcards I wonder if our PFS sites will see an upgrade?
Would be good if they did enable Apple Pay for out of hours operations as you earn more Clubcard points with their credit cards.
Would be good if they did enable Apple Pay for out of hours operations as you earn more Clubcard points with their credit cards.
Luckily my local garage is BP in that respect and they've been Apple Pay friendly for some time now. I find it's 100x easier to use the phone than the watch though based on the fact the contactless reader is on the right hand side of the chip & pin machines (I wear my Watch on the right wrist because I am weird - right handed..).
They’ve rebuilt with 2 kiosks, the kind you drive to after using the pump (and then try and work out how to get your left wrist out of the window so you can pay!)
It has Pay at pump for overnight use but that doesn’t support contactless from what I can see.
They were actually comparatively quick to enable this, since March 2016 at least. I remember being pleasantly surprised!
In case it ended up in anyone's junk folder Barclaycard are offering a £10 iTunes gift card if you spend £50 or more via Apple Pay in store.
From hotukdeals (I’ve not had the email yet either):
The important stuff•This offer is only open to Barclaycard customers who make one purchase of £50 or more in a store with their Barclaycard using Apple Pay before 11.59pm on 17 November 2017. *Online purchases do not qualify•Your £10 iTunes code will be emailed to you within four weeks of you making your qualifying purchase. If you can’t see it in your inbox by then, check your junk folder•We can only offer one £10 iTunes code per Barclaycard account. This is subject to availability and is redeemable in the iTunes Store•To make the most of this offer, you need to make at least your minimum payments on time each month, stay within your credit limit and keep your account in order•We reserve the right to withdraw this offer at any time•Your account must remain open for four weeks following the date of your qualifying purchase
So any store?
Would appear it’s any Apple Pay >£50 store rather than specific retailers...
Just where to spend that kind of £!
Just where to spend that kind of £!
As online is off the agenda, there’s not that many.
Spent a load in the Apple store this week but used my John Lewis card to gain vouchers.
I guess I’ll be buying my waitroseshop with my Barclaycard next week...
As somebody who used to work in a Tesco petrol station, I can tell you it happened very regularly but the admin fee is only applied when not paid within 7 days so looks like that poster is just trying to get some goodwill vouchers.
Also suggesting the stores that don’t take >£30 are archaic is a bit of a long stretch - I can’t even imagine the backend required to roll out changes to so many stores!
Was wondering about the the admin fee so thanks.
He could have bought a couple of gift cards to pay.
Yeh not a bad idea! I guess in the moment it’s a bit stressful not being able to pay.
So this Barclays offer applies anywhere? If so I think I might use it the next time I fill up with petrol