Samsung pay thread part II

[sweetypie31]

I think I solved the Starbucks Samsung pay issue that many people are having. The other morning I decided to try my phone again at their little card terminal. I held it sideways over the top of the terminal screen and it went right through (I was using note 5 at the time but it probably works with 7edge too) Here's a picture of the terminal at our local store.//uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170102/2e8c63babff826542d69c1aea3604682.jpg

It worked. I didn't have to turn it sideways though. I just had to keep the phone on top until the check mark came up.

 

[anon(5719825)]

Gotta admit, it's kind of fun using the phone to pay for stuff. This is the first time I've used it in a month tonight so I missed out on the 4X points offer but I'll be using it more often.

 

[amyf27]

Works at Home Depot. Here's our local old style terminal

 

[Vinman911]

It won't work at a pump when the card slides in because of the location of the reader- I've tried lol. At any of the gas station terminals inside- Country Fair, Sheetz, BP, etc

Sure it will, there was a trick posted very early that i have used. Take any card you have without a magnetic stripe and insert into the card reader. Then fire up your Samsung Pay and while it's still vibrating or pulsing, hold it very close to where you pull out the card and it works. For these gas pump readers to work you have to insert some card to trigger the magnetic head to start to sense. Of course, most newer gas pumps have a contact less reader on the pump itself. On those, the very first thing you need to do is fire up your Samsung pay and hold your phone right next to the reader prior to even selecting grade of fuel.

On another note, I'm a bit disappointed as i just redeemed 5000 points for a rewards debit card that failed to load on my phone either via wifi or 4g cellular (got confirmation email though). Used the "more" option to "add rewards card" and getting the dreaded " Unable to add Rewards card. Contact customer service" message. I am now dealing with Samsung Pay customer support to resolve with no ETA.

Sucks.

 

[djhayes1977]

Has anyone ever had an issue where they used Samsung Pay at a retailer and it went through successfully but no notification came through or reward points credited to your SP account??

Happened to me twice, once at a 7-11 and over the weekend at a supermarket? Don't know why I didn't receive a notification or my reward points but it shows in my bank account. Any ideas?

 

[amyf27]

Sure it will, there was a trick posted very early that i have used. Take any card you have without a magnetic stripe and insert into the card reader. Then fire up your Samsung Pay and while it's still vibrating or pulsing, hold it very close to where you pull out the card and it works. For these gas pump readers to work you have to insert some card to trigger the magnetic head to start to sense. Of course, most newer gas pumps have a contact less reader on the pump itself. On those, the very first thing you need to do is fire up your Samsung pay and hold your phone right next to the reader prior to even selecting grade of fuel.

On another note, I'm a bit disappointed as i just redeemed 5000 points for a rewards debit card that failed to load on my phone either via wifi or 4g cellular (got confirmation email though). Used the "more" option to "add rewards card" and getting the dreaded " Unable to add Rewards card. Contact customer service" message. I am now dealing with Samsung Pay customer support to resolve with no ETA.

Sucks.

I don't want to monkey around with sticking cards in the slot lol. Around here we have plenty of newer pumps but not many are marked for contact less . I don't mind running in to pay with my phone though.

 

[pinkivy98]

Has anyone ever had an issue where they used Samsung Pay at a retailer and it went through successfully but no notification came through or reward points credited to your SP account??

Happened to me twice, once at a 7-11 and over the weekend at a supermarket? Don't know why I didn't receive a notification or my reward points but it shows in my bank account. Any ideas?

Yes this happened to me twice. One notification I received 3 or 4 hours after the transaction. The second time the notification popped up about 3 days later. Had the correct date & time of the transaction just came days later. The other transactions I made that day popped up immediately after payment was made so this was the only one that did this.

 

[scott_0]

I find Samsung Pay works at fewer and fewer places for me, if it's a reader that takes "chipped" cards, Samsung Pay fails, very annoying

 

[amyf27]

I find Samsung Pay works at fewer and fewer places for me, if it's a reader that takes "chipped" cards, Samsung Pay fails, very annoying

When you attempt to use it, has the cashier gotten the order to the screen it needs to be at where you would typically slide a card? It literally works everywhere here for me. I do have to ask and make sure they're at the right screen on their monitors like the other day at Subway it didn't work, but then I found the cashier didn't hit the right button once he did, it went right through. What places are you trying it at?

 

[anon(5719825)]

I find Samsung Pay works at fewer and fewer places for me, if it's a reader that takes "chipped" cards, Samsung Pay fails, very annoying

I use at King Soopers in the self checkout lane and it always works. They have the terminal that reads chipped cards. I just get watched by the employee monitoring the booth as if I'm trying to steal. Once she sees the receipt print up, she walks away. I'm guessing not too many people pay yet with their phones there.

 

[amyf27]

Mine as well. I've paid at various stores with chip readers and plenty without. Often times it is a cashier error or how you hold the phone and how long it's held at a position. Can possibly be affected as well by the case

 

[HMBgal]

The Starbucks phone app is great and you can reload through PayPal or whatever. Reloading takes literally 30 seconds. I use samsung pay just about everywhere I can, but starbucks rewards are not bad (free food, drinks, etc). It's as easy to use as samsung pay at starbucks.

 

[wookiee2cu]

Only place I've had problems is the Subway sandwich shop.

 

[amyf27]

Only place I've had problems is the Subway sandwich shop.

I'm willing to bet the trouble you had 2as the cashier. Didn't work for me, then the cashier was shown by another to do something on their screen for credit card purchase, then it worked.

 

[ded1945]

I use it here in Tucson at "chipped" card readers all the time, without error, and a wide variety of merchants.

 

[davisgq]

In Europe and Asia, EMV chips have been in use longer than here in the US. I know that EMV has been in use in South Korea for several years already. I'm sure Samsung being a South Korean company has figured this out and incorporated Samsung Pay to work with EMV card terminals

 

[mikeshauling]

Tried at CVS pharmacy today. My phone showed the check mark and beeped like it went through but the store terminal beeped and said payment not supported try again by swipping the card. After the second attempt , i just used the chip card. not sure what it was.
Only thing i can think of is, after i left i realized i put the phone on top of their reader where the tap tp pay sticker was. I think they have that turned off because they said they dont accept tap to pay there yet. I bet if i woulda used my phone by the card slider it woulda went through as NFC ? If i understand how this works exactly.

 

[amyf27]

Tried at CVS pharmacy today. My phone showed the check mark and beeped like it went through but the store terminal beeped and said payment not supported try again by swipping the card. After the second attempt , i just used the chip card. not sure what it was.
Only thing i can think of is, after i left i realized i put the phone on top of their reader where the tap tp pay sticker was. I think they have that turned off because they said they dont accept tap to pay there yet. I bet if i woulda used my phone by the card slider it woulda went through as NFC ? If i understand how this works exactly.

It works at my cvs and their tap and pay is shut off. I hold it by the card slider

 

[anon(1733)]

It works at my cvs and their tap and pay is shut off. I hold it by the card slider

That's good to hear. I thought CVS shut it off as they using CVS pay. I'll have to try it. Thanks.

 

[davisgq]

That's good to hear. I thought CVS shut it off as they using CVS pay. I'll have to try it. Thanks.

Best rule of thumb is to hold it by the card swiper area first. Typically works without fail.