Not arguing - it's NOT FREE. It's pre-paid. And that's a fact.
OTOH the car includes 20 FREE lugnuts to mount the wheels. You even get to keep them beyond the two years of pre-paid charging (but ONLY at EA) - at no additional charge.
If you don't buy the car, there's no free lugnuts or charging.
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I didn’t pre-pay for anything, so I disagree. Of course, BMW pays for it somehow, but it’s not a “pre-payment.” I suspect there’s no customer-specific contractual relationship, but rather a co-investment. There’s certainly a quid pro quo, but I think calling it “pre-payment” is a misnomer.
OK im on android and unless apple is different I dont need to tap anything or add a card or anything like that. I just added the ea app. activated the 2 year bmw charging with the code and all I do is when I pull up I open the app (i already have plan set as default) plug in the car and then click the charger number on the phone app and off it gos. I dont need to interact with the charger at all or tap anything or nfc anything. think perhaps so of you are over complicating this. you shouldn't have to tap anything or nfc anything on the charger itself. the app is tricky though. you open the app click on the location and then when the little icon appears click it again and it will show all the chargers at that location. just plug in your car and on the app click the charger you are using.
I literally have the app open and charger picked before i even park. I get out plug in car click the icon on the app and walk away. Takes 10 seconds and I ever touch the charger. now it will show you a dollar amount but when finished it credits it. sorry not trying to insult anyone but several times I see people talking about tapping phones to chargers and opening apple pay and selecting wallets and cards.... I dont have to do any of that and my guess is you dont on apple either... not for the free charging anyway.
It should be possible to tap the charger like doing an Apple Pay payment. But, my experience is it's very unreliable. Swiping on the app worked every time as you outline.
I tried to use EA Apple wallet for free 30 min charging it never worked in the past, but I figured it out why it didn’t. There are two nfc scanners at EA one is only for Apple Pay with credit card, three’s another scanner only for use with EA Apple wallet. Apple Pay one is obvious to see it’s sticking out with credit card logos.
So IM confused here a bit. IM not slamming apple but I am curious why are yall doing all the wallet and nfc and tap to pay and wallet cards and and and...? Im talking out of not knowing but it seriously just sounds like yall over complicating it. I mean you just need the app . set up the free two year charging and thats it. you pull up, plug in the car, open the app, click on the charger you are plugged into and bingo you are charging. Zero need for all that other stuff or to interact with the charger screen at all or the nfc. Ive been charging on ea for over a year with three cars and never once tapped to do anything or touched a charger screen. I mean is there something im missing that is different when using a iPhone? It just seems when I do come on here there is always a syncing , software , phone or charger issue and it overwhelmingly seems to be iphones. again just curious is all.
Some of us have gotten used to using Apple Pay, though, and there's nothing else we need to do besides touch the phone to the reader and we're done. No app, no swiping, no nothing. When it works it's faster and simpler. When it doesn't... well, then you have to do the other.
glad you've had success. Both methods have been hit or miss for me. The convenience of the app swipe is nice, but EA has bugs in it, at least in my experiences.
In my case, I always had the charger plugged into the car before I used the app. I'd see in the app that one of the plugs was "unavailable" (because it was plugged into my car!). Then, when I swiped after selecting the charger, it would start charging.
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