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CVS Stores Reportedly Disabling NFC to Shut Down Apple Pay and Google Wallet
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The U.S. uses inches, feet, and gallons. I'm a U.S. citizen: we're morons. Merchants in Europe look at me card and laugh - hell, I know people who use travelers checks
The U.S. uses inches, feet, and gallons. I'm a U.S. citizen: we're morons. Merchants in Europe look at me card and laugh - hell, I know people who use travelers checks
OK Mr. gradeschool...
Umm... We're not the one's campaigning to stuff carts for 15 year old children to empty in protest of someone not supporting Apple's latest brain child to pour more cash into Apple's vast pit of money.
1) Note theNo, the revolutionary part ofPay is the first implementation of EMVCo's tokenization standard.
NFC is just the connection between the phone and the merchant's terminal. It's been used for years for contactless cards. And to the merchant, the iPhone looks like a contactless card.
. 2) Read the post I was replying to.
The banks save a ton of money because of reduced fraud. No added cost to pass along.
But you don't know for sure that it will be reported, or if that's even how it would be handled. Do you think a company willing to shun NFC over something as rotten as CurrentC would really do the right thing?
I would rather give up any chance of CVS supporting Apple Pay than make an employee's day miserable. I just don't believe in humiliating people to achieve goals.
As it turns out, retailers are using CurrentC to avoid credit card fees. Even after Tim Cook laid it out for them, they still don't understand. If a payment system is not about the consumer, it's not going to work. Walmart, Bestbuy, CVS, and the rest of the retailers adopting CurrentC are wasting their time. Apple Pay will crush them.
I don't think you understand how the world works. Also you speak horrible Canadian.
The only way to avoid credit card fees is not to take credit cards. I doubt that MCX merchants will stop honoring credit cards. In fact, I will use my credit card more often just to piss them off .... if I have to go their store.
Ahh ... sorry about that.You don't understand what the
This isn't a battle between CurrentC and Apple Pay. This is a battle between MC/Visa/AMEX and the merchants who are trying to get around paying cc fees. Apple is just a pawn (bishop, knight) in this battle.
The credit card companies are happy to have Apple Pay be at the forefront of this issue because (as evidenced by this thread) their customers will quickly grab the torches and pitchforks to defend Apple (and indirectly those same cc's). That's why they were very happy to quickly cut them in for a piece of the cc processing pie.
Really, nobody wants to anymore... have you read the discussions?
The correct wording would be "Apple fanboys with iPhone 6 don't want to anymore because they will do anything to make sure Apple makes more money."
And the Apple fanboys will gladly roll over and take it, saying oh yes... give me more... I like it that way. Blind submission to Visa and MasterCard, line up over here fanboys, don't worry, we'll %$#^ you good and you'll love every minute of it.
Okay, I had to have a little fun. SO, I wrote an email to "Customer Service" using their form from their website. This is what I said:
"I just wanted to write a quick note to your company about how you lost this previously loyal customer. I used to shop exclusively at CVS, even though there are plenty of Walgreens and Rite-Aid stores in my area. I guess I shopped there mostly out of habit, but I never really had any bad experiences. Today I discovered that you disabled your NFC readers at your registers, specifically to disable ApplePay. I was upset because I just purchased a brand new iPhone 6 Plus SPECIFICALLY because of this cool new feature, and I intend to use my new iPhone as my wallet in the near future, and will seek out retailers who participate with this form of payment over competitors who don't, whenever possible. You are making a TERRIBLE business mistake by not allowing the MAXIMUM number of customers to spend money in your stores, and I will be going to Walgreens from now on. Also, as a physician, I will advise my patients to go to Walgreens as well. Big mistake, CVS!"
For those of you who are enjoying making CVS clerks return shopping carts full of crap to the shelves, perhaps you should pursue the email campaign instead. Voice your complaints to CVS, and then maybe they'll lighten up on their no-NFC policy and start allowing ApplePay again. I really *am* suggesting my patients go to Walgreens preferentially, mostly because it's like two blocks from my office, but also just to do my little part to support ApplePay.
"I just wanted to write a quick note to your company about how you lost this previously loyal customer. I used to shop exclusively at CVS, even though there are plenty of Walgreens and Rite-Aid stores in my area. I guess I shopped there mostly out of habit, but I never really had any bad experiences. Today I discovered that you disabled your NFC readers at your registers, specifically to disable ApplePay. I was upset because I just purchased a brand new iPhone 6 Plus SPECIFICALLY because of this cool new feature, and I intend to use my new iPhone as my wallet in the near future, and will seek out retailers who participate with this form of payment over competitors who don't, whenever possible. You are making a TERRIBLE business mistake by not allowing the MAXIMUM number of customers to spend money in your stores, and I will be going to Walgreens from now on. Also, as a physician, I will advise my patients to go to Walgreens as well. Big mistake, CVS!"
For those of you who are enjoying making CVS clerks return shopping carts full of crap to the shelves, perhaps you should pursue the email campaign instead. Voice your complaints to CVS, and then maybe they'll lighten up on their no-NFC policy and start allowing ApplePay again. I really *am* suggesting my patients go to Walgreens preferentially, mostly because it's like two blocks from my office, but also just to do my little part to support ApplePay.
Wow reading comprehension is terrible
1. The stores are trying to cut out VISA and MC fees. They are trying to start their own DIRECT payment system to save the couple percent points.
2. Apple gets no money from stores, only small pct from VISA and MC
3 VISA and MC give up the cash to Apple cuz the Apple solution is projected to save them on the fraud expenses
4. Someonr said CVS is a dying brand? Lol you poor fool. They are a MONSTER and only growing..
5. The whole thing here is the stores trying to cut out VISA and MC - but they clearly will fail
6. Apple Pay got put in the middle almost by accident- the stores had this system in the works.
Thanks
Bye
1. The stores are trying to cut out VISA and MC fees. They are trying to start their own DIRECT payment system to save the couple percent points.
2. Apple gets no money from stores, only small pct from VISA and MC
3 VISA and MC give up the cash to Apple cuz the Apple solution is projected to save them on the fraud expenses
4. Someonr said CVS is a dying brand? Lol you poor fool. They are a MONSTER and only growing..
5. The whole thing here is the stores trying to cut out VISA and MC - but they clearly will fail
6. Apple Pay got put in the middle almost by accident- the stores had this system in the works.
Thanks
Bye
Obviously, you failed reading... becomes obvious why you are blindly accepting what you've been told.
so what.. that's a very mild form of protest.. even picketing would be more disruptive.
and anyway, why is it so stupid for people to want to run their bank accts through their phone? why are you seemingly so against it?
Ahahahahaahahahahhaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. This!
Agreed although what Google and Apple have created is a valid and good substitute to an ideal system.
I want Apple and Google to ram it down their throats when they come crawling back too. Like "Oh your back! Well the fee is up by 20cents for late adopting merchants! We know you don't have a choice so just bend over already before you loose anymore customers...."
Do you have a clinical reason to advise Walgreens over competitors? Some patients may have insurance coverage that makes your retailer of choice a financial hardship.