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The whole 'tap to pay' limit should have been raised to $200 years ago
I work at a coffee shop in Portland and every single day I see people fumbling with their wallets because their $50 coffee run hits the tap limit. Canada bumped theirs to $250 in 2022 and it works fine. Why are we still stuck on this tiny number in the US? Has anyone actually seen fraud spike because of higher limits?
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lopez.brooke20d ago
I tapped my card 47 times at Home Depot once before I realized the reader was broke, not the limit. Honestly though, $200 would save me from looking like a total clown at the register.
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the_riley20d ago
@lopez.brooke 47 times is wild, I would have been so embarrassed. You gotta laugh about it, but honestly, that's the kind of thing that makes you want to throw your wallet in the trash. I did something similar at the grocery store, tapping my phone against the reader like a madman for a solid two minutes before the cashier just pointed at the "card only" sign. Felt like a total fool standing there with everyone staring. Makes you wish there was just a flat $200 limit so you could tap once and walk away without the song and dance.
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