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To: Stock Puppy who wrote (190593)	5/18/2016 9:15:59 AM
From: aaplAnnie	5 Recommendations Recommended By AJ Muckenfus david1951 Kip S Mick Mørmøny Stock Puppy Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

Pup, most of the places I shop have taped over the slot where the chip cards go because they just take way to long. For what ever reason they also seem to not work properly sometimes requiring 2 or 3 attempts before the card gets read. Obviously the cards or the readers or both are not ready for prime time. There was such a big deal made about these new safer cards and now that feature is makes them virtually unusable other than in traditional swipe mode. I think someone should be losing his or her job about now. Apple may have some glitchy parts from time to time and features or interfaces that some don't like but compared to credit cards ApplePay offers ease of use and speed that leaves these new chipped cards in the dust. I know it's not as much fun, nor the current trend, to praise anything Apple rather than denigrate it but ApplePay is a star from my viewpoint.

To: Stock Puppy who wrote (190593)	5/18/2016 11:07:05 AM
From: Doren	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213177

HomeDepot is no slouch when it comes to computers, and neither are the card company data centers so I'm guessing the chip on the card is the slow point. Its so minimal and small I think the tech hasn't caught up but it probably will by the next generation. Nobody will remember slow cards in a year. I use them all the time, the extra wait time isn't a problem for me. What 15 extra seconds? My biggest problem, if you could call a tiny annoyance like this a problem is I never know which the retailer requires, I swipe when I have to insert and insert when I need to swipe. We have traffic lights in San Diego that make you wait 2 - 3 minutes for no good reason, and none of them are synched so one hits most of them red no matter what speed you are traveling. Its been the age of the computer for 40 years and they still can't get the lights to work right or the laws working right (why can't you proceed through a red light if its safe after you stop?) Personally I'd rather see a card than someone on their phone fumbling for a card at the last minute keeping everyone else waiting for no reason. But you know, if this is a problem... all you have to do is think about the plight of the people trying to escape the anarchy we built in the middle east, families, little kids, living in mud, being deported back to Syria. That puts it in perspective.