You can also setup a pin when you scan the qr code, but you also mentioned it was behind a paywall when Walmart pay is completely free, with that said though Apple stores and disney stores are doing the same thing getting rid of registers all together and letting you scan the items you want and check out on your own, I walked in, got a case from the shelf, scanned the qr code next to the iphone cases and walked out. It's more convenient for me I guess, to each their own.
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Walmart Still Doesn't Accept Apple Pay in U.S. Despite Many Customer Requests
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It's funny, I stopped shopping at Walmart many years ago, and the straw that broke the camel's back was lack of Apple Pay.
I pretty much use Apple Pay everywhere now, and I avoid places that don't take it. It's so much more convenient than cards and cash, especially in the wintertime when you have gloves on. My lone holdout is Lowes and Hope Depot, but I started going to a local hardware store that takes Apple Pay for most things.
I know it costs the companies extra fees, but for people like me, it makes a difference.
It seems like almost all small businesses take it now since they all use POS systems like Square and such that have long supported it.
I pretty much use Apple Pay everywhere now, and I avoid places that don't take it. It's so much more convenient than cards and cash, especially in the wintertime when you have gloves on. My lone holdout is Lowes and Hope Depot, but I started going to a local hardware store that takes Apple Pay for most things.
I know it costs the companies extra fees, but for people like me, it makes a difference.
It seems like almost all small businesses take it now since they all use POS systems like Square and such that have long supported it.
It isn't a National issue. It's an individual retailer issue. Walmart has chosen not to implement it in the U.S. it has nothing to do with the U.S. itself.
And...what does any of that have to do with Apple having no incentive to implement RCS in Messages?
If anything, you're marking an argument against it...since "nobody" outside the U.S. uses messages anyway, and iPhone users in the U.S. don't care about RCS, why bother implementing it?
Look at the locations where there are Walmart stores... hint... not high income neighborhoods or urban areas. Same with Sam's Club locations.
It's no different than the various Dollar Stores and where they set up their stores.
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Not providing contactsless in 2022 (other than your app) is ridiculous.
I hate using cash, but I would if I shopped at Walmart.
If they made scan and go register free I would consider it. I would love just to pick the item, pay for it on my phone right there, then walk out
I'm not sure what "experience" you and others are after, but I just want to buy the items I need and leave--that's it, lol! I'm not on a survival budget. I go to Walmart because it's convenient, the prices are great, and they normally have what I need.
That's not what Walmart Pay is. Many credit and debit cards can now simply be “tapped” near an NFC-enabled PoS terminal, just like using Apple Pay or other NFC-based solutions. Because Walmart doesn't allow NFC payments, that isn’t supported either.
I’m not overly passionate about places having or not having Apple Pay. As a matter of fact I rarely use Apple Pay. Surely not and end all be all for me.
Not true where I live. There's both a Walmart and Sam's club smack in the middle of the busiest areas of our city, and all sorts of people shop there. Plenty of very nice vehicles parked in the parking lots.
Generally pretty close. Some things might not be available in certain SKUs (e.g., maybe Walmart has Coke Zero cans in 12- and 24-packs but Target only has 12-packs) or, of course, in a few cases Target doesn’t have it at all. I generally buy what I can at Aldi, then fall back to Target, and anything I can’t buy at those two stores I get from Walmart, with a few exceptions. Given that, I go to Walmart once a month on average…if that.
Compared to Walmart, Target’s pickup experience is also way better, in my opinion.
Your right Target curb side pickup is 5 to 10 minutes max mostly less. Walmart curb side pickup 10 minutes to 1 hour lol.
In Germany some NFC terminals don’t accept credit cards, only German EC-Karte. I thought same like you but looks like here they can choose which card type is valid.
Hey, we need to keep our high horses fed at all times to maintain our “elevated” self image. There’s no Walmart here in NYC, but if I pass through Jersey or Upstate, I might be tempted to “find stuff on the cheap” as long as my “friends” don’t know about it.
Hope you feel that way about Amazon too because they're arguably worse.
Have you actually used WalmartPay though? Because your comment is written sounding like someone who hasn't. While I much prefer ApplePay, WalmartPay works just fine the few times I've used it.
They haven't 'lost' anything in this supposed battle. It is the same argument so many on here use with Apple; their store, their rules. And as the leading retailer in the US, they're doing just fine.
EC cards are a totally different payment system. Every place that accepts credit cards accepts contactless, because it's the same thing, they just needed to upgrade the terminals, which every major retailer in Germany has done by now.
Kroger is funny about NFC/ApplePay. We have two store brands in our area that are both owned by Kroger. One does not do any NFC payments and the other does. It’s not clear why they have different policies and setups. I try to go to the one that does support NFC though it is a couple miles further away.
Every time I shop at Walmart, I have to dig out my debit card like some sort of Neanderthal. Them and Lowe's are the only retailers I still have to do this with. I even get fuel with my Apple watch and Apple Pay. Hopefully someday they bend, but I'm not holding my breath.