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Apple Considering Turning iTunes Store Accounts into PayPal Competitor?
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Unless AT&T's fragile, overloaded 3G network drops your connection, and everyone in line starts throwing pickled jalapeños at you for slowing everyone down.
Interseting...
I could see a payment system that works offline. ie. Use your iPhone to order and pay at Starbucks to us the cliche example, but similarly at vending machines, kiosks, etc... IIRC, DoCoMo in Japan already does this to some extent... and I know there are plenty of micro payment service in Africa based on text messaging.
However, I would not expect to see anything like this from anyone, especially Apple, for several years since Apple always seems LATE to the party with things like this, not first, but you never know you know...
I could see a payment system that works offline. ie. Use your iPhone to order and pay at Starbucks to us the cliche example, but similarly at vending machines, kiosks, etc... IIRC, DoCoMo in Japan already does this to some extent... and I know there are plenty of micro payment service in Africa based on text messaging.
However, I would not expect to see anything like this from anyone, especially Apple, for several years since Apple always seems LATE to the party with things like this, not first, but you never know you know...
Yeah nothing like the half story...
I love that policy. Nothing worse than waiting a week or two before the lazy azz seller decides to ship something.
Ship it USPS orUPS and get your money.
It protects the buyer and themselves against dishonest buyers or sellers that don' have the product they are selling.
I've been thinking about how this would be nice.
I could just get iTunes prepaid cards to use for purchase on different sites.
But I feel Apple (while they did change their name from Apple Computers to just Apple Inc) if they do this will be spreading too far out. Unless they are truly capable of managing all this they should focus themselves on computers and peripherals.
I could just get iTunes prepaid cards to use for purchase on different sites.
But I feel Apple (while they did change their name from Apple Computers to just Apple Inc) if they do this will be spreading too far out. Unless they are truly capable of managing all this they should focus themselves on computers and peripherals.
Unless the following...
You have 20 positive sales within a certain time frame or the seller gives you positive feedback. If none of that occurs you wait. Makes sense to me from a BUYER safety standpoint.
Funny how that works on this board huh
Thoughtful and level-headed analysis
Besides the die-hards who will buy and support anything Apple, I find it hard to fathom how some of the same issues haunting PayPal wouldn't haunt Apple Pay services as well. In addition, if there are only a limited number of vendors who accept it, the usefulness and marketing potential subsequently deteriorates as well.
I think it is a good idea but Google Checkout is way better than Paypal.
And I will vote positive for anything that could lead to the demise of Paypal.
And I will vote positive for anything that could lead to the demise of Paypal.