There are other ways to send the same message. A store clerk has no say on corporate policy. Why not send the message directly to Rite-Aid corporate.
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Rite Aid Disables Apple Pay Support After Initially Accepting Payments
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There are other ways to send the same message. A store clerk has no say on corporate policy. Why not send the message directly to Rite-Aid corporate.
The key word here is "when".
NFC and paying with your phone are not currently standard, and won't be standard for many many years down the line.
I was able to enter my loyalty card at Rite-Aid yesterday and pay with Apple Pay (the cashier did require me to sign the receipt). Fortunately I'm in coastal Southern California and have numerous choices as to where I spend my money...
I apologize for my seemingly imperfect analogy. Hopefully the erudites were still able to catch my drift?
Until so few customers sign up (which is my prediction), it will ultimately fail. who wants adds, tracking and direct tie-ins to their checking account?
Yes.
- They still get paid.
- You still get to fantasize that complaining about Apple Pay puts you in league with Rosa Parks.
- Everyone else in the store gets to witness firsthand what smug douchey entitlement looks like, hopefully capturing it on video.
Wow... and it is no wonder that some people generalize or project too much. Please stop.
I've found that consumers in the US rely solely or very heavily on cost to make purchasing decisions. That's why I can't say for sure whether MCX will fail.
Except Rite Aid also disabled it for Google Wallet, it looks like they don't want to use NFC at all.
Apple users are 44% of all smart phone users (probably nearing 50% with the Iphone 6 launch) in the US; probably 75% in the most educated, affluent demos own something Apple.
So, who looks down on Apple Users exactly since they're the locomotive of the US economy?
Since they are more educated and have more money, I'm guessing they're entitled to what their money and education pays for... Nothing less, nothing more.
BTW, you do realize that this is a mac forum were you troll relentlessly. You look down on people here, no question, but you are not the general public.
Also use the "contact us" feature of stores' websites and request Apple Pay/Google Wallet support. Explain that you are concerned that they are not accepting secure tokenised payment systems in this era of rampant POS malware and debit/credit card fraud.
Explain that you will not shop at a store that is pushing a system that has to be connected to a bank account (talk about insecure!) and will go to the competition (list local competing stores that do accept Pay/Wallet so that they know you are serious) that puts YOUR security first, not its own convenience.
But be polite about it! Being rude is a good way to get your comment ignored.
Except the bank pays the fees not the merchant. I thought the "Apple Tax" thing was over.
Thank you for further proving my point about self-entitled iPhone users.
Yeesh, some people think they've above everyone else just because they bought an iPhone. Absolutely astonishing.
That raises a very good point . Sure you are protected from fraud but what about overcharges and late fees when your auto pay bounces cause someone drained your account before the banks fraud system caught it and froze everything. What about all that hassle of getting a new card and updating everything.
I haven't shopped at Target or Home Depot since those leaks happened. And I won't until I'm certain they have their game together
Well maybe this will work for low income customers. By the sophisticated more high level income customers (which are a more desirable market) will not go for saving 35 cents, but have ads and less security and can't pay with credit card.
Man Apple is messing up once again. Reminds me of Microsoft in their prime. yay yah I know it's the pay providers not Apple
Save yourself the quotes. My point was that these inconsistencies should have been handled ahead of time. I have no confidence in Apple Pay right now. As I said before I tried to use is 3 times and it worked 1 time. My credit card has never let me down and until it gets to that point it's just easier for me to pull my card out.
And for the record I bought the iPhone 6 strictly for Apple Pay...
WTF? Exactly how is this Apple's fault? Rite-Aid made a specific decision to disable it (and accidentally disabled Google Wallet at the same time). This is nothing more than their desire to control their customers from using a system that prevents them from gathering my personal information. They've lost my business, period. Not that it matters. I much prefer Walgreen's, anyway.
By the way, I didn't say I would resort to this kind of thing. I'm not the OP. I just don't think it's as big a deal as some of you are making it out to be. Seriously. It's not even worth the time it took for you to make this protracted response.
Apple has no transactions fees. Rite Aid etc pay the same fee they always have and Apple is given a cut of that by the bank.
Man Apple is messing up once again. Reminds me of Microsoft in their prime. yay yah I know it's the pay providers not Apple
Save yourself the quotes. My point was that these inconsistencies should have been handled ahead of time. I have no confidence in Apple Pay right now. As I said before I tried to use is 3 times and it worked 1 time. My credit card has never let me down and until it gets to that point it's just easier for me to pull my card out.
And for the record I bought the iPhone 6 strictly for Apple Pay...
Do you always comment before you have a clue what you're talking about? This has nothing to do with Apple. Learn to read.
Another willfully ignorant post.
Apple gets their cut from the issuing bank, out of the fee the bank already collects.
There is no difference in cost to the consumer or the merchant, in comparison to using the physical card that was loaded into Passbook.
So why alienate customers now when it very well could (or will?) become a standard?