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pcernie
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_________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/
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Amnesia10
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It all depends on how they will make it pay. If the charges are ridiculous then the service will get no where.
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koli
Doesn't have much of a life
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Do you pay for a coffee or a newspaper with a credit card? I wish Costa would introduced "wave and pay". Nero has it and it is brilliant, much faster than hunting down the change...
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ProfessorF
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So how's this work?
Are the providers adding a transaction fee?
What's the security like if I lose my phone? Someone could, presumably, be 'waving and paying' their way through my account.
Colour me sceptical.
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koli
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So you are sceptical but you don't know how it works. Seems pretty irrational to me. 
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ProfessorF
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Yeah... I'm sceptical because all I've been told is that there's this 'great' idea where we wave a phone and pay for something.
Which sounds [LIFTED].
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rustybucket
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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Cash only here.
Or failing that, postal orders.
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Amnesia10
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I have the same concerns. There will have to be fees to cover the running costs but if they are excessive then it could be ineffective. I suspect that they might charge the merchants though. It might be quite hefty considering the small size of each transaction. I would not be happy if they were for larger transactions. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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koli
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You mean they have sent anybody to your house to explain it to you?  That's strange... 
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belchingmatt
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My bank card has a wave and pay and I'll never use it. It also interferes with my Oyster card. 
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Linux_User
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I quite like the idea, it will be very useful for low-value transactions where I don't have the change - hopefully all this NFC business will put an end to the "exact change only" problem at vending machines.
As for the thread title, given the T-Mobile/Orange merger, shouldn't it read "The big three networks"?
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Amnesia10
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I also like the idea but I do have my concerns. It also requires upgrading your phone. My current phone does not have NFC capability, and I might have to wait more than a year for the iPhone to have such facilities. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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pcernie
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I genuinely don't buy anything that small any more  _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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Amnesia10
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Don't tell me that you are like the Queen? You no longer carry cash any longer. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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jonbwfc
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Most of the coffee shop & etc places near me have signs up saying they won't accept credit cards on transactions less than £3.50. That implies, to me at least, that at some point people have tried to pay for something less than £3.50 with a credit card....
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