Contactless credit cards

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It hit me while I was checking out of a drug store - I had just a couple of items in my hand. Turned the UPC code so she could scan them while I held them. Didn't need the receipt. The only physical contact with the store was doing my credit card.

Just called my credit card companies, and asked for replacement cards with the contactless feature built in.

Their contact numbers on on the back of each card. One took 3 minutes, the other I was on hold 10 minutes. Able to keep the same number, too.

[Big Blue Marble]

1. I just received mine last week.

I have not used it. Do most stores have readers that can work with the new cards?

Very timely in our new world.

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4. I think so

I think most merchants, if still open, will see that as an important lure.

[mr_lebowski]

2. Android/Apple Pay is your friend ;) nt

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3. You're right

I'm getting old and am a little intimidated by all the pay methods. Twenty years ago, I'd be on the cutting edge of all that stuff. Nowadays, simplicity is my BFF - which kinda sucks, because simplicity and being hip don't hang out together very often.