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Apple Axes 'No Cash' Policy for iPad Sales
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Gees, there's one in every thread.
Just my opinion, that's all. Don't get your panties in a knot.
Oh...because you are poor, you are not allowed to save "pennies" to buy a computer (iPad)? Damn, you Conservatives don't want the poor to become educated or tech savvy, do ya? They might actually wise up to the rich hold'em down!
So, I just looked in the mirror... Yep, all of my bills are paid on time and in full every month. I put money into my retirement accounts and am even saving for a house. So, I'm pretty sure that me, managing to do all of that without taking any money from the government, is not impressive. It is EXPECTED. I will think less of her for spending her "fixed income" money on a luxury good that I'm not sure I can even justify to my wife. I can tell you for sure, if I were on a fixed income, I would realize that money isn't going to keep coming forever (assuming social security or some kind of annuity) and I'd be saving it in a high interest savings account for when I need it.
Also, a few posts down you say that Apple does have to accept cash, but someone on page 2 already pointed out why they don't AND linked to the relevant page from the US Treasury's website.
I'm pretty sure if I gave Apple 1 billion dollars in CASH.....they would take it.
Pretty sure they'd call the FBI.
In reality Apple's cash policy is actually a micro-payment strategy. People can buy debit cards for cash. This is a PR stunt. Apple should sell cash debit cards in stores, online, and through dealers, to overcome this issue.
This story is a "last known photo".
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This story is a "last known photo".
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Huh?
This makes no sense. How does Apple limit purchases per person just from a credit card? I have 6 credit/debit cards most people have several.
This makes no sense. How does Apple limit purchases per person just from a credit card? I have 6 credit/debit cards most people have several.
You are quite incorrect:
http://www.ustreas.gov/education/faq/currency/legal-tender.shtml#q1
No business is obligated to take cash for payment. Any number of limits can be put in place as the link states. Apple could even, if they really REALLY wanted, require you to pay in gold bars, diamonds, salt cubes, or sea shells. They don't HAVE to sell you anything, and as such don't HAVE to take your money.
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Being robbed is the least worry. Losing a finger is far more dangerous.
Incase you don't know what I'm talking about, I'm referring to that man who got an iPad in a bag ripped out of his hand by some scumbag thief and the man also got a finger ripped off. It was in the news not that long ago.
here we go
I bought an ipad with my debit card. A few days later I went to buy an ipad case. So happens I left my card at home that day. I did have the 40 bucks to buy a case and was turned away. I was like wha?????
They said they needed my card so no one could buy more then 2 cases. I was like "I'm a repeat mac customer. you have my email on file. Here is my ID. Since when is a card better then cash?"
For those trashing the lady on a fixed income, It just supports the Mac elitist attitude. Makes me ashamed to be associated with such mac users.
Feel free to try and justify your rants. What makes you better then this lady
I bought an ipad with my debit card. A few days later I went to buy an ipad case. So happens I left my card at home that day. I did have the 40 bucks to buy a case and was turned away. I was like wha?????
They said they needed my card so no one could buy more then 2 cases. I was like "I'm a repeat mac customer. you have my email on file. Here is my ID. Since when is a card better then cash?"
For those trashing the lady on a fixed income, It just supports the Mac elitist attitude. Makes me ashamed to be associated with such mac users.
Feel free to try and justify your rants. What makes you better then this lady
Respectfully, I disagree. My father-in-law purchased an iPad as a replacement for his computer. The guy does his online banking, reads the news, checks the weather and visits a website now and then.
No HDD, nothing to really backup, no viruses, stupid simple interface... Why not an iPad?
Oh, and he absolutely loves it...
Both of those practices are perfectly legal, as has been shown many times in this very thread.
I agree with you: no one should be lauded for doing what they perceive to be their duties and obligations. Like yourself, I pay my bills on time. I enjoy the little things in life. I payed back my student loan, drive a BMW, etc.
The huge problem with your comment is that you assumelike othersthat "fixed income" means that it's coming from the government. There is absolutely no reason to speculate about that: even if it is, and even if you are a California resident, you have resources to change the system.
What really bothers me is two things: 1. You openly say you will think less of somebody over how they use their own resources (which you have no knowledge about) and 2. That you equate an iPad with a luxury item. Everything is relativeyou have no tangible or thorough knowledge of this woman's sitz-im-lieben: not a thing. Or perhaps you have iron-clad information that no one has that her income is actually not coming from a "high interest savings account" which she is now using "when she needs it" to buy an iPad.
And really: you can't justify an iPad for your own wife? That's kind of deuchey. Or maybe you should get a better job...
Agreed. The original poster should have done a simple 'Google' to find out:
http://www.ustreas.gov/education/faq/currency/legal-tender.shtml
When it is a general policy for all goods it is accepted. When it is selective it can be viewed as discrimination. Thats why Apple caved
I would like to hear why your initial assumption is that this woman doesn't know how to manage her money. Based on the tiny bit of information in the article, she might just as easily be better at managing her money than you are. After all, she saved enough out of her fixed income to buy an iPad, which obviously requires fiscal discipline.
In fact, if she's extremely fiscally responsible and carries no debt, buys nothing on credit and actually saves up the money to make her purchases, her credit rating might well be terrible. I think you're making the mistake of assuming that credit ratings reflect fiscal responsibility when, in reality, they are based primarily on how profitable you are to creditors. And creditors don't make any money from people who actually save up to buy things.
Furthermore, this woman might be eligible for all the credit cards in the world but chooses not to have them so she can avoid debt, interest payments and fees. Of course, neither of us has any idea what her financial situation or history really is. I just find your derogatory assumptions puzzling.
Makes apple sound more like a cult. How does a company not take cash, never really thought about it but I will have to look up the laws about not taking actual currency.
If you look at the history of the posters, I think you'll find most of the derogatory comments are courtesy of our local infestation of Apple-hating cultists.