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by ricardobayes 1103 days ago
That friction could use some lubrication, at least in Europe. I loathe outdated/misconfigured card payment terminals outright declining payments that go over the 100€ cumulative total on contactless. The better configured ones just ask for a PIN and that's it. But there are many which just decline the transaction, leaving both me and the shopkeeper frustrated requiring me to "try again".
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Contactless in the UK lets you use the card five times before you have to Chip&Pin and too reset.

Pointless and all is displayed is "Declined". Embarrassing if your paying in the party.

That's not my experience, it lasts many more times for me and it says "INSERT CARD". Which is also what it says when you haven't got money to cover the payment.
Yeah, I think it's based on an amount instead of times. I have been to my local shop for months and they never asked for card yet. Each time spending like £3-4