#68

Think this has run it’s course now

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#69

I think you can only use a card contactlessly a certain number of times before it asks for a PIN - to prevent a random beeping the shit out of it on <£30 transactions. Like, you can beep it five times before it asks for a PIN, then you get another five.

A guy in a shop told me this… and I’ve forgotten to count the beeps since. Not sure if it’s true on all cards/machines/at all.

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#71

i think you can only do it 3 times, or up to £90, a day or something…i think it may just be a financial limit actually.

i have no evidence for this other than my sister-in-law claiming it was true. Sounds reasonable though

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#73

I still don’t have a contactless card

it’s a shame the thread is no longer open so I could let you all know this and what it feels like to be in this situation

#74

there was nowhere provided in which to state you chump

#75

“Ooh, I wonder where I could offer an opinion on this website that is literally designed to allow me to post and discuss things with other people”

Moron.

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#76

I just kind of stick it on there, resting on the little ledge. Then I can let it do its thing while I pack.

#77

Not mine, I clean it frequently… whenever I lick drugs off of it

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#78

The best thing about contactless cards is the additional scope for free drinks. We have an unsaid rule that if anyone we know leaves their card/wallet on the table and leaves the room during pints they’ll be getting rinsed. Sure, it’s fraud, but definitely fair game.

I can see why contactless speeds up transactions, but nobody’s ever really in a rush, and i’ve mislaid so many cards i wouldn’t trust myself not to lose another and not notice for a few hours. They probably have security stuff in place to ensure you get money back and all that, but i’m too busy to check.

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#79

don’t like it when the cashier / server / whatever takes your card and beeps it. I want to be the one who beeps.

#80

Do they have to ask? I’ve seen two or three numpties kicking off with cashiers. Their arguments appear to have been it’s not as safe as chip and pin (pretty sure this isn’t true, examples like mine above aside), and funds take longer to show as unavailable (which i’m guessing isn’t true either).

#81

Needs a neither option

#82

Cba to read replies

I’m not on Facebook (don’t have contactless card)

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#83

Very nearly lost it when a checkout person insisted that the card needed to be over ‘the lights’ on the reader to work. Tbf though if I didnt carry all my shit around loose in my pocket my cards would probably stay working for longer. 1-1 draw I think.

#84

I have one but I’m scared of contactless. Mostly because of the easy to spend it if the card ends up stolen. The other annoying think is that I have to keep my cards and oyster in separate wallets in case I double tap it tap the wrong one etc.

#85

Don’t know about you but that’s a lot of money for me. Enough to miss my bills and get ridiculous fines as a result

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#86

annoying when you’re in a bar/pub/shop and ask to pay by card and they take it off you and say ‘oh it’s contactless’ and doing it (touch/swipe/contact) without showing you the screen or anything. a few times I’ve asked to do it myself when given the chance.

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#87

Does she know her Oyster card also tracks her movements?

Also when you buy things from shops it shows the general location on your CC statement etc, etc.