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Old Jul 17, 2015 | 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Matteeboy
I'm like that too - when I get the munchies, I load up on calories big time. Just did a 21 mile hilly ride - straight to the local cafe for a fat lunch... Swiped the payment there too.
I'm losing quite a few inches at the moment, need more cake.
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Old Jul 17, 2015 | 02:45 PM
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Much easier to steal your wallet.
Not really, plus it doesn't cost £500 to replace my wallet and cards!
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Old Jul 17, 2015 | 02:54 PM
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A wallet could also bear usable untraceable cash
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Old Jul 17, 2015 | 03:03 PM
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And cards to clone , why would you leave your wallet around and take your phone , where its only excepted in a few ,less choice , outlets
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Old Jul 17, 2015 | 03:12 PM
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Not really, plus it doesn't cost £500 to replace my wallet and cards!
Your hourly rate is obviously less than mine.
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Old Jul 17, 2015 | 03:14 PM
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And cards to clone , why would you leave your wallet around and take your phone , where its only excepted in a few ,less choice , outlets
It's been out for 4 days and I've paid exclusively via Apple Pay, I'd say adoption was pretty rapid and won't get worse that's for sure. Agreed on the Card cloning, none of that with Apple Pay.
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Old Jul 17, 2015 | 03:15 PM
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Exactly , you eat out of McDonald's as far as I can tell !
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Old Jul 17, 2015 | 03:54 PM
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Exactly , you eat out of McDonald's as far as I can tell !
Waitrose is 200 yards along the canal, I call it my pantry. I haven't had a McLunch this month and usually allow myself one as much as I love Quarter Pounders they're not great for you.
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Old Jul 18, 2015 | 09:58 AM
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Nice gimmick for people too lazy to pull out a debit card.

I would rather be less dependent on my phone, not the other way around tbh.
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Old Jul 18, 2015 | 10:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Galifrey
Nice gimmick for people too lazy to pull out a debit card.

I would rather be less dependent on my phone, not the other way around tbh.
Gimmick, hardly, it's a secure, global payment method that's already accepted in millions of places. But I'm with you in a way, if it wasn't on my Watch I probably wouldn't like it so much. Saying that just having a back up for when you forgot your card/wallet is great alone, I've reached the counter without a card on more than one occasion.
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Old Jul 18, 2015 | 11:50 AM
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I see a benefit here in that this will wake cc companies and banks to sharpen security further , thanks apple .
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Old Jul 18, 2015 | 11:51 AM
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Still not buying an iPhone to pay for my big mac
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