Contactless cards

[UncleB]

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@Anonymous wrote:

LOVE it.

Too bad wells fargo's contactless propel is plastic. It looks 100% exactly the same as metal/non-contactless one, but much more bendy.

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FWIW my metal Propel card is contactless as well. 

[FinStar]

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@UncleB wrote:

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@Anonymous wrote:

LOVE it.

Too bad wells fargo's contactless propel is plastic. It looks 100% exactly the same as metal/non-contactless one, but much more bendy.

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FWIW my metal Propel card is contactless as well. 

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Yup, same here.  Density and design is similar to Chase's metal-core CCs.  Tap...*boop*... done.

[NaaryalHead]

Does the metal propel come only to a worthy few compared to the plastic? What's the criteria?

[FinStar]

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@NaaryalHead wrote:
Does the metal propel come only to a worthy few compared to the plastic? What's the criteria?

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AFAIK, from its introduction last year, it's always been issued as a metal-core CC.  Unless its supplier had a stock shortage and current replacements are plastic in the interim?  I'm not sure if there's an option to request a plastic version much like Chase offers on some of their metal-core CCs though.

[Anonymous]

I kinda like the contactless cards. 9/10 times it's the same amount of time as inserting the chip, though. Plenty of places with the tap feature, but most of them have a pop up saying "credit debit cash." I don't know why cash is there. So that's annoying never knowing if it'll be popping up or not. When it pops up, it kind of kills the fluidity of going to put your card away after using it. Did get a "nice" from someone when tapping my Gold card the other day. So tap payment is a fun little way to show off your hard earned credit conscious wallet treasures. lol I prefer to use an rfid blocking wallet just to be extra safe. They're not expensive, unless you want one that is expensive. My current one is very sleek /shiny & all but sadly I'm going to have to get a new/different one when I open my next card. Really wish they made my current one with more card slots.

[Anonymous]

I have really embraced contactless with my AMEX. Honestly, most cashiers are perplexed by it. I had a cashier go, “okay you can insert your card.” And then I tapped it, the terminal beeped and went to put it away. She said, “you pulled your card... wait what? How did you do that?” Lol but when you can’t get the terminal to recognize it and end up inserting it you look like a loser.

Though, if you want a terminal that works flawlessly, it’s Square. You see a Square register and you already know you are gonna get your contactless on.

[UncleB]

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@Anonymous wrote:
I have really embraced contactless with my AMEX. Honestly, most cashiers are perplexed by it. I had a cashier go, “okay you can insert your card.” And then I tapped it, the terminal beeped and went to put it away. She said, “you pulled your card... wait what? How did you do that?” Lol but when you can’t get the terminal to recognize it and end up inserting it you look like a loser.

Though, if you want a terminal that works flawlessly, it’s Square. You see a Square register and you already know you are gonna get your contactless on.

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LOL... I actually made this ^^^ joke to a cashier at Chick-Fil-A.  I saw they took Apple Pay so I knew tapping my Savor card should work (it did), and the cashier was genuinely shocked.  Since there was nobody behind me I took a second to show him the symbol on the card, and I mentioned that if it hadn't worked I would have felt like a big dummy (LOL).

I have to say, though, so far as long as contactless is supported I've never had a transaction fail.

[Anonymous]

Never thought I would use contactless ... since they changed how transactions are processed with new security, I use my card and love it. Faster than any other form of pay including cash (did experiment at large grocery chain with other customers) ... shocked! Just pass it by the terminal and that's it. Used to have a Citi Card with Master Pay along with a Chase Card with Blink but, at the time few merchants in the area had anything other than the ever faithful swipe method. Now I so like the ease of contactless, I contacted Citi Bank who said (CSR who you can believe what you will) that they are preparing for most of their cards to be contactless (today only Citi's Costco Visa is).

[Anonymous]

Same here. When you still have to remove said card from wallet and tap the terminal, what's the time difference in interacting with POS device?

I might as well just place it inside the device.

[Anonymous]

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@NaaryalHead wrote:
Does the metal propel come only to a worthy few compared to the plastic? What's the criteria?

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My original non-contact propel is metal, but replacement contactless one is plastic.

They do look EXACTLY the same until I try to bend it. Im not gonna bother request another one. They do look the same anyway, lol