Recent content by altezza03

I had a similar experience at CVS here in San Jose, CA! Cashier says "oh no, we don't accept Apple Pay". I replied "oh I have something different." Then she exclaimed "ooh! you must have samsung pay, yeah that one works here." I guess the new Samsung HQ just a couple of blocks away helps?

Yup, I asked the cashier to hit credit each time and let her know the card was a Visa.

I crashed Fry's Electronics POS a couple of times here in Northern California. When the cashier repeatedly tells me not to put my phone on the veriphone machine, I did it anyway. They would show me that the card is unreadable and nothing shows up on their screen. The card machine sounds like it...

I have a Chase credit card that is linked to S-Pay. There was an unauthorized online charge yesterday. The Chase android app is installed on my phone and is set to issue notifications of every charge so I was able to catch it immediately. After talking to customer service and then transferred to...

Note 4. Rare sighting of a B747 at SJC as B737 is on approach.

I noticed this issue on my S6 as well. I was able to reproduce the error after resetting the Samsung Pay app. Removing a fingerprint and re-registering caused this error for me. Although I did not remove all fingerprints, the error still occured. At least one of my two qualifying cards, Amex, is...

Quick notes is a great idea!

Visited Seattle earlier this year. This is at University of Washington's Drumheller Fountain on a clear day; Mount Rainier can be seen in the background. Taken on a Galaxy Note 4.