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CVS Stores Reportedly Disabling NFC to Shut Down Apple Pay and Google Wallet
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And after they get hacked like Target, Home Depot, etc. they will come around. I think the banks are gonna have something to say about this in the future. Either use secure NFC or our chip-enabled cards or you can't use CC.
Target's red card saves people 5%. I would think that other merchants might offer something like that - or special discounts/incentives. If not - I agree - what's the core benefit to the consumer?
He's not slicing in any other way.
Your acting like its important for him/her to know that other stupid people are doing their own thing.
Just stop.
It's a business. Of course it's all about the money. I expect if their decision negatively affects their earnings, they will change it fast.
Granted but this is too anti-consumer for me. They didn't have to do a thing to keep supporting NFC. On top of that not caring that the consumers personal information will be shared and distributed while at it too.
Is too much for me.
You can stop playing moderator
You clearly aren't following the thread. Have a nice day.
So instead of just not going at all (when you already knew they wouldn't accept Apple Pay), you decided to go and make unnecessary work for a store employee that has absolutely nothing to do with the decision to accept Apple Pay? What an unbelievably self-centered thing to do.
Tim Cook had it right in the keynote when he said it was about self interest for others. This CurrentC consortium isn't about consumers it's about giving the middle finger to credit card companies.
You can stop playing moderator
You clearly aren't following the thread. Have a nice day.
And after he realizes he can't argue anymore, he issues standard boring samcraig retreat.
Classic samcraig tactic.
No pics. I doubt he did it. Need proof. Without pics these are just made up stories.
And especially if Pay starts supporting more and more loyalty cards.
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And if they did it is a stupid thing to do. There'd better ways to make a statement.
Sorry, that's being a dick. 2 wrongs don't make a right. All you will do is piss off staff on minimum wage.
I haven't bought any Samsung products for a few years now since I decided I hated their rampant copying. LG has taken the lions share of the money that would have gone to Samsung.
I vote with my wallet. Already looked up the Walgreens nearby.
How old are you? 12? Your little tantrum is just making more work for an employee who has absolutely zero say in what methods of payment they accept.
There was a link earlier in this thread to a page detailing Target's implementation of CurrentC, and the listed acceptable payment sources were limited to cash, CurrentC, and the Target branded RedCards. I believe once MCX is rolled out, the retailers won't be accepting non-store-branded CCs, but I may be wrong about that. It seems that they wouldn't, though, because one of the stated reasons for developing CurrentC was to bypass the higher CC rates for the lower ACH rates. Maybe those additional store-branded cards will come with lower transaction rates as well.
Either that, or while their store-branded cards are charged the same higher CC rates, they're counting on enough people to use the CurrentC payment to offset them.
But, I have a feeling bypassing those higher CC rates is only a part of reasoning and their main purpose is to gather and keep as much personal information about their customers as possible.
While I see your point and agree, I also know as a long time ago retail employee and manager, that the employee passes down their customer experiences to his/her mgr., the manager to his district mgr, the dist. mgr. to the regional and so on.
It does get back though.
This is I am sure was the poster's original intent. The employee was just collateral damage so to speak. Either way, that employee is getting paid by the hour regardless of what tasks he/she has to perform.
I don't think the employee sacrificed much IMHO.
Fortune Mag laughed at CrappyC, umm I mean CurrentC
http://fortune.com/2014/10/26/why-qvc-and-rite-aid-are-blocking-apple-pay/
Best part:
This Apple Pay boycott seems like a bad idea. Not only are those QR codes clunkier than NFC, but the technology is relatively easy to hack. Alipay, a subsidiary of e-commerce giant Alibaba, pioneered the use of QR payments for smartphones in China until hackers started inserting malicious Trojan horses into the codes. The Chinese central bank stepped in last March and ordered Alipay to stop using the technology.
LOL.
http://fortune.com/2014/10/26/why-qvc-and-rite-aid-are-blocking-apple-pay/
Best part:
This Apple Pay boycott seems like a bad idea. Not only are those QR codes clunkier than NFC, but the technology is relatively easy to hack. Alipay, a subsidiary of e-commerce giant Alibaba, pioneered the use of QR payments for smartphones in China until hackers started inserting malicious Trojan horses into the codes. The Chinese central bank stepped in last March and ordered Alipay to stop using the technology.
LOL.
Target and other stores can already do that. It's about keeping that option available and lowering overall transaction costs. They'll never be able to eliminate transaction fees, but they can greatly reduce them based on the volume they have.
I'm with you I have not brought any Samsung products for 3-4 years. I too vote with my wallet.