It's normal to have charge for merchants, but this is too much for the small merchants.

If they don't change their strategy, I doubt they can have a stable base here.

Don't think they're ready to expand to smaller merchants yet, we still don't have the method by scanning the merchants QR code.

Their current method only works for POS system.

This post has been edited by xperiaDROID: Sep 2 2018, 06:15 PM

Anyone tried to use it in 99 speedmart yet?

Cuz I'm a bit skeptical if it's available for our Malaysia Wallet or not, cuz the sticker showed outside 99 speedmart that I went previously was showing Wechat Pay logo in chinese instead of english.

Well, at least at the one I went to recently.

But as usual, "system down".



This post has been edited by xperiaDROID: Sep 3 2018, 12:41 AM

I think we still have to rely on cash most of the times during the next few years, it's because of the typical Malaysian mindset that's preventing e wallets from going mainstream.

What I'm pissed off about is when it's not ready yet, don't freaking stick the sticker outside showing that they accept the e wallet.

This happened to me many times.

If there's still issue when using others like Samsung Pay and Boost, don't expect Wechat Pay to be any different.

Although Samsung Pay is a mobile payment service instead of e wallet, it's easier to use cuz it works on most card terminals. No BS unless there's really something wrong with the card terminal, or the merchant imposed a minimum amount to pay by card.

I like the way you think, accept my payment method or you're not getting my money.

Samsung Pay has quite a large base of users, so I guess it's easier to make merchants notice that they're losing money if their staffs keep refusing to accept Samsung Pay, and I'm also intrigued by the the co-operation among users in the Samsung Pay community.

Similar way should be done when using e wallets. But too bad, the e wallet community is filled with cheapskates that keep abusing the system to get as much benefits as possible. When there's no benefit, these cheapskates will just ditch the whole service. If you've been to the Boost thread in Kopitiam, you will know it, bunch of cheapskates getting proud of themselves. And the fact that it's in Kopitiam, makes it even worse so serious users couldn't really have a serious discussion when others are fooling around.

Our thread is more civilized here cuz the thread is in a proper section, someone just gotta volunteer and open another discussion thread of Boost in this section so everything can be managed well.

Being a cheapskate is up to the person, can't be stopped. But when the thread is starting to get out of hand like the occasionally rude comments and some people sharing the promotions from other e wallets in that thread, action should be taken. But again, it's in Kopitiam, so nothing much can be done.

This post has been edited by xperiaDROID: Sep 3 2018, 02:59 PM

Just passed by a Hari Hari store in Pasar Seni, and I think I saw a sticker outside the store showing that they accept Wechat Pay.

If there's a Hari Hari store in your area, maybe can go check it out and probably buy some clothes.

No pics though, cuz I'm inside the bus.

It depends on three sides to make that happen...government needs to encourage the usage of e wallets and also control the flooded e wallet market, merchants need to adopt e wallets, and consumers like us need to use it.

Anyone here who wishes to see the day that our lovely Malaysia becomes a cashless country, please support and use e wallets (Boost, Wechat Pay, Favepay etc.) more often when the merchant accepts it.

Which e wallets are you using here?

During my previous trip, which was from Shanghai to Suzhou to Wuxi, the merchants/retailers that I visited did accept cash. It's awkward yeah, but there's no reason for them to not accept cash, not that they would look at you weirdly, just that they would know you're a tourist.

And yet Digi wants people to use their Vcash e wallet lol.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but that kind of terminal doesn't exist in China. When I was in China, I only saw merchants that either have the QR code sticker on their counter or it's implemented into their POS system so that they will scan the customer's code instead.

The terminal that we have here is just a stupid idea, that's where you will get bunch of BS like system down blah blah blah.

Cool, but I wonder how many are using Grabpay though...

But I believe that the amount of users using Grabpay are more than Mcash, VCash, Kiplepay, Razer Pay etc.

This post has been edited by xperiaDROID: Sep 4 2018, 10:32 AM

Sorry for the confusion though, but what I meant by Grabpay is actually using it as an e wallet to pay for merchants, not for the fare.

Just curious how many are actually using it normally when paying for their meals and stuffs, aside from paying Grab rides.

I see...

It's different here I guess, the terminals are just common, even the place where I got my haircut uses one instead of a QR code sign/sticker.

Yeah, Grabpay even accepts Unionpay and JCB cards as well, basically everything is covered in terms of cards support.

This post has been edited by xperiaDROID: Sep 4 2018, 01:26 PM

On Boost's thread, someone mentioned that Mydin started accepting Wechat Pay alongside Boost.

The nearest Mydin I could find is at Pasar Seni, will go there and confirm whether if they accept Wechat Pay or not soon, but most likely I'm gonna pay with Boost lol.

If I'm not wrong, the first e wallet that Mydin accepted is Vcash, and then now Boost. If there's also Wechat Pay, then at least Mydin has something to boast about cuz they accept few e wallets lol.

Someone shared this on Boost thread...

Mydin seems to be the first one that's going all in to cashless payments.

When it was first made available in KK mart, only KK mart themselves were promoting it lol, Wechat did nothing at all.

I think the e wallets are implemented into their POS system, at least that's what they showed during the launch of partnership with Boost, they used the scanner to scan the code from customer.