Samsung Pay Promotion (Note 7 - $20 for using)

[keepnitreel]

As soon as I got the card error on Walmart's end I just pulled the phone away to use my card. I was using self checkout, but it was Friday evening and there was a really long line. Didn't wanna be a jerk, so used my card. I'm gonna try again as soon as I can go somewhere less busy this afternoon.

Do you choose debit or credit if it asks? I chose credit because I think I read on a post here that credit works better.

I now use credit.... I did debit once and it asked me to put in my pin number, which defeated the purpose

 

[Thisistip]

Did the reader give you an error? Ive gotten 2 errors from the Wal-Mart reader on 2 separate occasions.... But holding it there a mila second after the error brought a successful transaction.... notification of transaction immediately appears on phone to confirm...

Try self checkout if they have one

I paid at Walmart this weekend no issues.

 

[mynameisnick4]

Are you holding the phone over the card reader strip where you swipe?

I've even used it at Wal-Mart yesterday, with their new card readers, that want you to insert the card to read the chip...

What do you mean? Do you have to hold it specifically where you would swipe a normal card? When I would try it I wouldn't put it anywhere specifically, generally around the screen/keypad area I think.

 

[msm0511]

What do you mean? Do you have to hold it specifically where you would swipe a normal card? When I would try it I wouldn't put it anywhere specifically, generally around the screen/keypad area I think.

Yeah, from what I've read the back of the phone needs to be in a couple inches of the reader.

 

[keepnitreel]

What do you mean? Do you have to hold it specifically where you would swipe a normal card? When I would try it I wouldn't put it anywhere specifically, generally around the screen/keypad area I think.

Hold it over the card reader strip....

 

[keepnitreel]

Here's a good video on what to do at the card reader
https://youtu.be/AQkQTLY0M7E

 

[Blazeeofglory]

Do you have to activate the promo somehow or do you just pay with the app and it automatically gives you the $20?

 

[keepnitreel]

Do you have to activate the promo somehow or do you just pay with the app and it automatically gives you the $20?

You're suppose to get a notification almost immediately, to accept and activate the gift card... But a few people in this thread did not get that same result

 

[mmsean]

I never got a thing

 

[shook187]

I never got a thing

Did you get the email and the option to activate it within Samsung pay? I did but I didn't get no card.

 

[ecfritts]

I got my Note yesterday, signed up for Samsung pay last night, used it this morning and got the $20. As everyone is saying, pretty simple process.

 

[archer75]

For those that don't know, Samsung pay differs from android pay and apple pay in that it doesn't use NFC. Instead it fakes a magnetic signal to the terminal to make it think a card was swiped. This allows it to work almost anywhere. Just hold your phone near the card swipe location on the terminal. Even if the terminal accepts NFC payment you still have to hold it near the card swipe location if you wish to use samsung pay.

 

[Blazeeofglory]

For those that don't know, Samsung pay differs from android pay and apple pay in that it doesn't use NFC. Instead it fakes a magnetic signal to the terminal to make it think a card was swiped. This allows it to work almost anywhere. Just hold your phone near the card swipe location on the terminal. Even if the terminal accepts NFC payment you still have to hold it near the card swipe location if you wish to use samsung pay.

So does this mean NFC doesnt have to be on in order to use it?

 

[yomny Martinez]

This is true, i was really looking forward to using this as it works technically everywhere.

 

[Almeuit]

So does this mean NFC doesnt have to be on in order to use it?

Samsung Pay can turn NFC on when needed so you don't have to leave it on all the time.

Also Samsung Pay doesn't need an NFC reader to work -- it works on normal card readers as well that do not support NFC.

 

[Katrina White1]

Finally got it to work at a Dollar Geneal. The $20 reward was loaded immediately.

2 things I did differently. I took my case off and I held the back of my phone beside the terminal, not on top.

Oh...and I used credit.

 

[mmsean]

Okay so I had signed up, registered a card and paid for something but did not get the money. So today I called Samsung Pay and they had me do this>

1. Open Samsung Pay
2. Click on credit/debit card
3. Verify I had a transaction
4. Go back to main screen
5. Click on More
6. Promotions
7. Click on Special l$20 offer for Note 7 and S7 Edge
8. Click on See Offer Details
9. Click on the Accept terms

Then immediately I received the card as a Gift Card . Hope this helps!

 

[Thisistip]

I got my $20 card today on my second time using Samsung pay. Don't know what made the difference, both are debit cards,though the second didn't require that I enter my pin. It and the $5 referral card but with 5 minutes.

 

[keepnitreel]

Finally got it to work at a Dollar Geneal. The $20 reward was loaded immediately.

2 things I did differently. I took my case off and I held the back of my phone beside the terminal, not on top.

Oh...and I used credit.

Yup, I found out that holding the phone on the side of the swipe triggers a much faster transaction.....

 

[TheMiz]

I got my $20 card today on my second time using Samsung pay. Don't know what made the difference, both are debit cards,though the second didn't require that I enter my pin. It and the $5 referral card but with 5 minutes.

How did you get the $5 referral ? I take it your refered someone and they signed up