Meijer Stores Self Checkout Apple Pay FANTASTIC

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Meijer Stores Self Checkout Apple Pay FANTASTIC

Visited Meijer Stores this morning and was very impressed with the Apple Pay functionality at their Self-Checkout. Did the scanning of the items, depress Finish and Pay, held the iPhone up to the NFC logo on the EFT / PinPad Device and my sleeping iPhone woke showing my Cr Card in the Passbook App. It was showing me that all it needed was my fingerprint, and after touching the Home / Touch ID button, check mark appeared and the receipt was delivered. Really quick, and flawless. This is a great improvement to pulling out your wallet, depressing the Credit symbol on the Self-Checkout Display, Sliding my Cr. Card through the EFT / PinPad magnetic stripe reader and then putting everything away. Wish every retailer offered NFC and Apple Pay.

iPhone 6, iOS 8, 64 GB

Posted on Oct 29, 2014 7:09 AM

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FJC2

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Oct 30, 2014 3:52 AM in response to WiseJD

I went grocery shopping at the Canton, Michigan Meijer last weekend on Oct 25th, and when I tried to pay with Apple Pay it didn't work. It popped up on my phone, I did the TouchID authorization, but the cashier said it didn't go through. In fact, she stated, "I've never heard of Apple Pay, I don't think we're set up for it."

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ryan3454

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Oct 30, 2014 6:31 AM in response to FJC2

Yup did the same thing to me nfc worked fine but the payment would not go , I tired it 3 times and the payment go thought. I know it worked when I was using Isis/softcard . But it's not working with Apple pay . I wonder whats going on because on the apple pay site it show they support it however it also say on the currentc that their a supporter so I wonder if they turned it off.

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FJC2

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Oct 30, 2014 6:38 AM in response to ryan3454

This article seems to claim they are accepting Apple Pay, despite the CurrentC issue:

http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2014/10/why_meijer_isnt_di tching_apple.html

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FJC2

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Oct 31, 2014 3:30 AM in response to FJC2

Success - I stopped at the same Meijer store this morning, at their gas station. Used Apple Pay successfully at the gas pump. Held my iPhone up to the FastTAP reader, and the authorization screen popped up. Used TouchID, and the pump acted exactly as if I had swiped a card in the card reader.

Perhaps Meijer has updated their systems, or the gas pumps have worked properly all along.

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WiseJD Author

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Oct 31, 2014 6:34 AM in response to FJC2

For certain the Self-Service indoor checkouts use different software than those with checkers; and the gas station could also be separate. I have only used self-checkout so I can't attest to the other check lanes working with Apple Pay, maybe someone else can verify.

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Oct 31, 2014 7:00 AM in response to WiseJD

Had the same experience as WiseJD last night in a Chicago taxi. As the driver was stopping at my destination, I was fumbling for my credit card when I inadvertently touched my phone to the cab's card reader. Apple Pay came up instantly, so I touched the Home button and was done. The best part is that the cab driver never gets my credit card info. What a fantastic solution. I'm going to use it every chance I get.

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