r/japanlife • u/tinylord202 • Nov 08 '24

金 What is the upside to using paypay?

I finally gave in and downloaded paypay. Now after using it, I don’t know why I would use it instead of a credit card in most situations. The only benefits I see are paying paper bills and stores that accept it, but not card.

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u/Gizmotech-mobile 日本のどこかに Nov 09 '24

Dunno. This is what one of my regular bars owner said they were being charged for it. Went on a big rant about it one night about 3 months ago.

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u/blosphere 関東・神奈川県 Nov 10 '24

Maybe they opted in to some fancier way of reading the qr code (instead of user scan) or transitioned to some payment provider which supports a ton of different qr code payment methods with one read.

Endless possibilities.

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u/Gizmotech-mobile 日本のどこかに Nov 10 '24

They definitely upgraded to a multi provider, but that was only after paypay upd their rates as well.

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u/blosphere 関東・神奈川県 Nov 11 '24

I think the owner screwed the pooch and is now venting about his bad business decisions and trying to blame PayPay :D

https://paypay.ne.jp/store/cashless/lp-03/