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Works-- but only half the time!
There are WAY too many 5 star reviews for the actual product. I would expect a 4-5 star average product to work extremely well, and very reliably. While Coin 2.0 is quite impressive and fun to play with, its success rate is currently hovering somewhere between 25-50% because of its lack of track 2 data.
If you plan to make Coin your one and only card-- beware, because you will likely get left high and dry when you need to exit a car garage or buy something at a grocery store or pay a check at a restaurant. A good bit of the time, the card reader will simply refuse to read the card, and you will be left fumbling for another card as folks behind you wait.
More than an inconvenience, this makes me less likely to USE coin. It already imposes a several second delay due to having to unlock, but if I could know it would work, it would be acceptable. But having to fiddle with a newfangled gadget, answer questions about what it is and how cool it is, and then watch it fail-- costing everyone around about 1-2 minutes of time-- is just plane inconsiderate and makes me avoid using Coin whenever there is any sort of a line of people waiting on me.
I like the device, and under normal circumstances would probably give it 2-3 stars. But there are WAY too many 5 star reviews to the point where I am assuming these reviews are from paid reviewers and I think it is worth making sure folks are aware that this product currently has significant drawbacks.
November 2015 · Office Products