Post your receipt of your 1st EMV based transaction in the US
May 6, 2014, 8:02 pm
#61
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Walmart in Dallas two days ago. Tried swiping it a couple of times before the cashier told me to insert it. Once I did, it worked fine. A little spooky that I did not have to sign anything. Purchase was under $50 so that may have been why.
May 6, 2014, 9:35 pm
#62
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I'm surprised the terminal didn't tell you the card must be inserted when you tried to swipe it... it should have. Something must be set up wrong there, it works correctly here (you swipe, terminal says to insert the card)
May 6, 2014, 10:34 pm
#63
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Was at Walmart in San Diego, CA (the one off Aero Drive) in Sunday. Prompt on terminal said to insert or swipe card. Tried inserting my EMV SPG Amex, got an error. Tried a second time, still didn't work. Swiped and worked. So I don't know if my card is having trouble or it wasn't quite working there yet. Cardpeek seems to be able to read the card ok.
May 6, 2014, 10:42 pm
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Was at Walmart in San Diego, CA (the one off Aero Drive) in Sunday. Prompt on terminal said to insert or swipe card. Tried inserting my EMV SPG Amex, got an error. Tried a second time, still didn't work. Swiped and worked. So I don't know if my card is having trouble or it wasn't quite working there yet. Cardpeek seems to be able to read the card ok.
And keeping in the spirit of this thread:
May 6, 2014, 10:46 pm
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I thought Andrews had signature before PIN, and Walmart waives the signature.
May 6, 2014, 10:46 pm
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May 6, 2014, 10:48 pm
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Oooh, by "as expected" I thought you meant you expected it to ask for a PIN, and I can't remember - it's been years since I had to sign at Walmart.
May 7, 2014, 12:36 pm
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Was at Walmart in San Diego, CA (the one off Aero Drive) in Sunday. Prompt on terminal said to insert or swipe card. Tried inserting my EMV SPG Amex, got an error. Tried a second time, still didn't work. Swiped and worked. So I don't know if my card is having trouble or it wasn't quite working there yet. Cardpeek seems to be able to read the card ok.
So it's getting to the point where it looks like Wal-Marts that do NOT handle EMV are becoming the exception, so be sure to let us know when this one is turned on. Maybe it will get the dubious distinction of being the last one in the country (that we know of!)
May 7, 2014, 1:49 pm
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It'll be interesting to see how Walmart terminals react to chip and pin cards for small value transactions, mainly if it will bypass the PIN or not. My gut tells me no, as I haven't seen terminals do that in at least 5 years.
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May 7, 2014, 3:01 pm
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I do not believe the networks allow that behaviour.
May 7, 2014, 4:32 pm
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May 7, 2014, 7:55 pm
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May 8, 2014, 3:09 am
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I was in Torrance today and I stopped by the one on Hawthorne. EMV is enabled now! I was in the self checkout lane and after I swiped my card the self checkout screen and the card terminal told me to insert my card. I decided to feign ignorance and I asked an employee for help. She asked for my card and showed me how to insert it and told me to keep in until the machine told me to take it out. No issues with training here.
May 8, 2014, 4:21 am
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I was in Torrance today and I stopped by the one on Hawthorne. EMV is enabled now! I was in the self checkout lane and after I swiped my card the self checkout screen and the card terminal told me to insert my card. I decided to feign ignorance and I asked an employee for help. She asked for my card and showed me how to insert it and told me to keep in until the machine told me to take it out. No issues with training here.
I know you're trying to spot-test them, but we also don't want stores to think they should delay EMV because it caused "customer confusion" - it's MUCH better to make it look like it's working perfect.
May 8, 2014, 10:03 am
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I was in Torrance today and I stopped by the one on Hawthorne. EMV is enabled now! I was in the self checkout lane and after I swiped my card the self checkout screen and the card terminal told me to insert my card. I decided to feign ignorance and I asked an employee for help. She asked for my card and showed me how to insert it and told me to keep in until the machine told me to take it out. No issues with training here.
This was the one right across the Del Amo mall right?
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