How to confirm if a contactless payment has worked

[pje16]

I have six contactless cards in my wallet. Slapping my wallet against the reader would make it almost random which card would be charged. Or worse, all of them?

I tapped my oyster which was in my wallet when getting onto a bus
Behind that card was my office pass card
It said "Error multiple cards detected"
so it would appear that it won't charge/recognise more than one

[mc2fool]

Requires keeping your contactless card and Freedom Pass/60+/Oyster in different wallets or pockets, or extracting the latter from your wallet to tap in. P.I.T.A.

I have a wallet where it is easy to slip out the required card
I use one daily for travel and another to gain access my office
not that much of a PITA

Not "that much" is subjective, but it's still more than just slapping your whole wallet against the reader without having to take out any card at all. Indeed, I often see women just presenting their bag to the reader, without needing to even take out their wallet (/purse).

I nobbled my only contactless card precisely for such tapping-in convenience without suffering from "card clash". But each to their own I guess...

I have six contactless cards in my wallet. Slapping my wallet against the reader would make it almost random which card would be charged. Or worse, all of them?

I like to choose which card to use for any given transaction and so it makes sense to remove only that card from my wallet and "slap" that one. Takes me perhaps 2 seconds.

There's only one contactless card you'll use for TfL transport ... and 2 seconds!?! 2 seconds, when you can see the train with open doors the other side of the turnstiles, would have had me having to wait for the next one many times over the years. And worse, 2 seconds getting into the tube during rush hour would have a queue of angry commuters behind you thinking you must be an American tourist or something.

I have it down pat, I can approach the turnstile at a fast walk, reaching into my right pocket and pulling out my card wallet and slapping it down onto the reader, all in one smoooooooooth motion, and proceeding though the gates without breaking my pace.

But I don't suppose you use public transport ...

[Lootman]

Requires keeping your contactless card and Freedom Pass/60+/Oyster in different wallets or pockets, or extracting the latter from your wallet to tap in. P.I.T.A.

I have a wallet where it is easy to slip out the required card
I use one daily for travel and another to gain access my office
not that much of a PITA

Not "that much" is subjective, but it's still more than just slapping your whole wallet against the reader without having to take out any card at all. Indeed, I often see women just presenting their bag to the reader, without needing to even take out their wallet (/purse).

I nobbled my only contactless card precisely for such tapping-in convenience without suffering from "card clash". But each to their own I guess...

I have six contactless cards in my wallet. Slapping my wallet against the reader would make it almost random which card would be charged. Or worse, all of them?

I like to choose which card to use for any given transaction and so it makes sense to remove only that card from my wallet and "slap" that one. Takes me perhaps 2 seconds.

There's only one contactless card you'll use for TfL transport

No, I use a few, but of course only one on the same day.

... and 2 seconds!?! 2 seconds, when you can see the train with open doors the other side of the turnstiles, would have had me having to wait for the next one many times over the years. And worse, 2 seconds getting into the tube during rush hour would have a queue of angry commuters behind you thinking you must be an American tourist or something.

I have it down pat, I can approach the turnstile at a fast walk, reaching into my right pocket and pulling out my card wallet and slapping it down onto the reader, all in one smoooooooooth motion, and proceeding though the gates without breaking my pace.

But I don't suppose you use public transport ...

Actually our methods are not that different. Some distance from the turnstile I will select and remove the card I wish to use, which goes in a different pocket. I then slap it down on the reader much as you do.

But I don't use public transport so often that I need a strategy.

[pje16]

I have it down pat, I can approach the turnstile at a fast walk, reaching into my right pocket and pulling out my card wallet and slapping it down onto the reader, all in one smoooooooooth motion, and proceeding though the gates without breaking my pace.
But I don't suppose you use public transport ...

You must be like, me a seasoned commuter
That's the way to do it
as well as getting on the correct carriage for a speedy exit
If New York can have a minute... why can't we

[mc2fool]

There's only one contactless card you'll use for TfL transport

No, I use a few, but of course only one on the same day.

Uh? Surely only your Freedom Pass? Or do you, for some reason, prefer to pay for your public transport travel? Maybe feel that as you're rich you should save your leftie council the cost of paying it for you? If so, very socially minded of you ...

[Mike4]

I have six contactless cards in my wallet. Slapping my wallet against the reader would make it almost random which card would be charged. Or worse, all of them?

I like to choose which card to use for any given transaction and so it makes sense to remove only that card from my wallet and "slap" that one. Takes me perhaps 2 seconds.

I have five, along with various other credit card-sized cards in my wallet e.g. driving license, and like you it takes me two seconds to 'slap' the right one.

And another 60 seconds to pick up all the others off the floor, embarrassingly often.

[pje16]

perhaps a better wallet prevents that red-faced moment
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01 ... UTF8&psc=1
3rd picture shows why

[Mike4]

perhaps a better wallet prevents that red-faced moment
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01 ... UTF8&psc=1
3rd picture shows why

Useless wallet. Picture 3 shows the notes won't fit in properly!!

[pje16]

Not at all
Look at picture 5 - they are at angle - have a guess what you have to

[Stompa]

Perhaps what is needed (assuming they work) is a so-called 'Tap & Go' wallet, RFID protected but with one external pocket. This sort of thing:

https://www.koruma.co.uk/eng_m_Tap-Go-T ... s-249.html

[pje16]

The amazon one I posted works with the card in the wallet
if it is placed in the first slot (which it has on either side)

[Stompa]

The amazon one I posted works with the card in the wallet
if it is placed in the first slot (which it has on either side)

Fair enough, though you would have thought they'd mention such a feature in the listing.

[mc2fool]

The amazon one I posted works with the card in the wallet
if it is placed in the first slot (which it has on either side)

But you've already said:

I tapped my oyster which was in my wallet when getting onto a bus
Behind that card was my office pass card
It said "Error multiple cards detected"

[pje16]

The amazon one I posted works with the card in the wallet
if it is placed in the first slot (which it has on either side)

But you've already said:

I tapped my oyster which was in my wallet when getting onto a bus
Behind that card was my office pass card
It said "Error multiple cards detected"

I keep another card on the other side - hope that is ok with you

[mc2fool]

The amazon one I posted works with the card in the wallet
if it is placed in the first slot (which it has on either side)

But you've already said:

I tapped my oyster which was in my wallet when getting onto a bus
Behind that card was my office pass card
It said "Error multiple cards detected"

I keep another card on the other side - hope that is ok with you

It's perfectly fine with me, but you replied to Stompa's post about 'Tap & Go' wallets saying the amazon one works like that whereas clearly it hadn't for you, hence the .

But are you saying that when reading a card on one side, despite the full thickness of RFID protected wallet in between, the reader manages to also see the card on the other side? In fact, I don't see any card slots on the outsides of the amazon one, so further

[pje16]

But are you saying that when reading a card on one side, despite the full thickness of RFID protected wallet in between, the reader manages to also see the card on the other side? In fact, I don't see any card slots on the outsides of the amazon one, so further

The leather at the front is thin enough for the card to be read
How I use it is up to me I'm not going to keep explaining myself
I have that wallet so I know what works and what doesn't

[Dod101]

I cannot imagine why anyone would want to carry three never mind six contactless cards. I have two, a credit card and a debit card, both carried loosely in my pocket, although what all this has to do with the question I have no idea.

Dod

[mc2fool]

But are you saying that when reading a card on one side, despite the full thickness of RFID protected wallet in between, the reader manages to also see the card on the other side? In fact, I don't see any card slots on the outsides of the amazon one, so further

The leather at the front is thin enough for the card to be read
How I use it is up to me I'm not going to keep explaining myself
I have that wallet so I know what works and what doesn't

Ummm ... if the leather at the front is thin enough for the card to be read that doesn't bode very well for its supposed RFID blocking.

But in any case, this isn't a personal criticism. Nobody's asking you to explain yourself or how you use it, but rather to explain how this wallet works as a 'Tap & Go' type, as per Stompa's post, while offering RFID blocking and preventing "card clash".

Especially so as the blurb on Amazon doesn't mention that feature, but as you're saying it works for 'Tap & Go' it's perfectly fair for folks potentially interested in the wallet to ask you a few questions about it (about it, not you), no?

[pje16]

Final word
I NEVER mentioned RFID - you did

[Itsallaguess]

I cannot imagine why anyone would want to carry three never mind six contactless cards.

<joke>
In the particular case cited, I think they might be needed to cover all the aliases...
</joke>

Cheers,

Itsallaguess