Lidl Pay - What A Faff

molerat

Lidl have introduced Lidl Pay where you can add a payment card to your Lidl Plus card / app and is promoted as "Pay with just one scan".  Well that is sort of correct. Open Lidl Plus app and select your Lidl Plus card which now needs auth, either biometric or PIN, then scan it at the checkout.  Put goods through and select "Pay with Lidl Pay" on the screen" which then makes you get your phone out of your pocket, open the app and authorise the transaction.  Far simpler to just pay with card / phone ! Lidl Pay deleted.

Peter999_2

That does sound really bad.   So much quicker to unlock your phone, present it to the RFID and it pays using your credit card.   No need to make it more complicated.

molerat

It would likely work in one scan if you present the card at the end of the transaction but that means you cannot see the coupons / discounts coming off as each item goes through.

j.p

You can't see the coupons / discounts coming off, but the till actually displays the actual total amount you are about to pay, including discounts, and gives you a last chance to either pay with Lidl Pay or review your purchase and pay in some other way.

It's no different than approaching a manned till with a figure in your head of what you're about to pay, and be ready to ask for a review and challenge the total before paying if there's a discrepancy. You could have added up each item in your mind as you walked around the store doing your shopping, for control. I do it every time.

I've used Lidl Pay a number of times and I think it's well done and it's a good compromise between convenience and security, and I like it.