And partial credit to Costco for, despite having a scale based system, being lax enough that you can leave the heavier stuff in your cart, or move things on the scale without it bugging out.
I wouldn't be surprised if the HW in use just doesn't have a reader due to that, and they'll start supporting it in the next upgrade (speculation: maybe next year? It'd be 10 years).
So they refuse to support tap-to-pay cards, or anything else with NFC.
The hardware they had years and years ago already supported Apple Pay and NFC, because they were using the same hardware as all the other stores that had already adopted Apple Pay and NFC.
The hardware they have today also supports it, at least at other stores.
We have the same problem here in Texas with the store named H-E-B, after the founder Howard Edward Butt.
https://thekrazycouponlady.com/tips/store-hacks/does-home-de...
> According to Home Depot, the reason they don’t accept any tap-to-pay options is that their registers aren’t equipped for contactless payments.
> When I spoke with a Home Depot customer service representative in February 2023, they told me that they hoped to add tap-to-pay as an option in the near future. How soon “near” happens, we’re not sure.