Ahh, I see -- the CFO at the companies looking over their quarterly income statement after their company decided to alienate a *very* lucrative demographic. Yes, there will be crying, and gnashing of teeth (or gums in this instance).
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Rite Aid Disables Apple Pay Support After Initially Accepting Payments
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Ahh, I see -- the CFO at the companies looking over their quarterly income statement after their company decided to alienate a *very* lucrative demographic. Yes, there will be crying, and gnashing of teeth (or gums in this instance).
Maybe you should go dump a cold bucket of ice water on your head.
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No, but numbers do. And quarterly numbers especially if you are running a business.
They are free to not accept apple pay. And every iPhone owner is free to boycott them.
And they are free to go out of business ...
SUCH rage, over Apple Pay? YIKES.
Again, no wonder Apple users are the laughing stock.
Wrong! "The app will use digital QR codes generated by its smartphone to process payments, and will not use NFC."
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story...mobile-wallet-2015-major-retailers/2014-09-05
Maybe you should go dump a cold bucket of ice water on your head.
I'm just saying, participating in blatant propaganda (which is generally considered a bad thing, by the way), and coercing your friends and family to act and feel the same way you do is not an example of positive human behavior.
Propaganda is defined as "information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view."
And yet some people here are more than happy to engage in exactly that kind of activity, all because one company doesn't currently want their customers to pay for goods with their smartphone of choice.
It's baffling.
Fortunately, due to the nature of competition, and forward looking companies that are trying to gain a competitive edge ... that won't happen.
Just like ATT having an exclusive with the iPhone ... other carriers lost subscribers in *droves*.
But, I'm sure you're right. Your suggestion is most probable.
/sMan 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...
220,000 stores. did you really think they would all go smoothly and work 100% at the same time? many of the stores apple announced are partners who have committed to apple pay but that doesn't mean they're ready day one. this story has nothing to do apple pay. it's a business decision that rite aid made to not accept apple pay or google wallet. they probably have an exclusive deal with a provider much like walmart. i remember they tried to make that a story too as if walmart was snubbing apple pay by not accepting it. meanwhile, they entered into a contract with an exclusive provider. they couldn't accept apple pay even if they wanted too.
Who are you to decide "what really matters"? And considering the billions of dollars lost to credit card fraud - money that ultimately comes from the consumer. Perhaps supporting systems such as Apple Pay could ultimately leave the consumer with more money and time to invest in what is important to you. Please submit a clear list of your priorities so the rest of us know how to live our lives once we nip this fraud thing in the bud. TNX!
(Oh, and you may want to stop reading and posting on threads such as this one - your time here may be seen as hypocritical)
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Apple isn't asking people to "report" stores not accepting it.
"If you're having trouble using Apple Pay at a store displaying one of these symbols, let us know."
See the nuance ?
People who think Apple Pay is a top priority in the world right now that deserves all of their attention need some serious soul searching...
It's sad you can't find a worthwhile cause than to make troll comments about other's prerogative.
I think the fact that you would do this says more about you than it does Rite Aid...
Wait, you're calling me a troll when you've only made 14 posts and most of them are to try to stir up emotions and start a boycott on Twitter?
i can tell you that i've had credit cards denied because of store policy, broken swiper, etc. about a dozen times in my life. that didn't stop me from trying my credit card at the next place.
it's been 3 days so far. some of these apple pay partners will take weeks to get their systems up to speed. your expectations are unrealistic.
well regardless its debatable that it was a major rollout given that the ipod touch at that time was essentially an iphone without the phone.
the iphone was the major rollout of that product line.
Well that's just them being royally dumb. Refuse to keep up with technology, expect to lose your business.
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They must be really looking forward to losing business.
Rage? How do you know I didn't dump a cold bucket of ice water on my head too? Just because I'm passionate about one issue, doesn't mean it's exclusive and I can't be passionate about another, albeit (in your book) less worthy, cause.
Yes, there are more important issues. There always are. Clearly a 1st world problem ... but, fabricating artificial problems is ridiculous. The US should have been to NFC years ago, if not decades. It's nice to see a company have the ability to break the log jam. And that requires support.
I've used apple pay. It's brilliant. Seamless. Painless. Quick. Efficient. If you purposely disable that functionality -- I will not patronize your facility.
Entrenched industries always have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo.
Fortunately, although there are other issues in the world to be concerned with --- those countries get to benefit *directly* from our advances in technology, instead of having to relive the dark ages themselves.
Not dumb at all..They are just making it so most smartphones can use their app.
And we all know who makes the "most" smartphones.
Don Quixote is that you?
Rite Aid chose to join a group of retailers supporting a different initiative. Big deal.
Bolded from your comment: Rite Aid is not a toddler. They are not mis-behaving. They made a business decision that they feel is in their best interest. It's what all business do, including Apple. Time will prove them wrong... or not.
Make an example of them? Hehe. I'm going out on a limb. This is only an issue on Apple-centric sites. The rest of the world doesn't really care. This doesn't even rise to the level of first world problem. The hyperbolic statements in this thread are fascinating, abhorrent, and puzzling all at once.
We've had posters suggest going into stores intentionally "fake" purchasing just to leave merchandise on the counter (as if these decisions are made at a store level). Juvenile much? We've even had someone suggest they hope Rite Aid gets hacked. Hacked!! That's incredulous. Simply because Rite Aid does something contrary to Apple, this poster wants to put the financial data of others at risk? Who thinks this way? Because Apple?
Words are insufficient to describe the idiocy of that idea.edit: Did I just read someone in this forum suggesting a boycott? Holy Sweet Jeebus Marylou Mother of Garth.
edit2: Just saw one saying it's a violation of the law and there will be lawsuits. What is wrong with people?
FYI, Rite Aid may have removed NFC capability completely (not just Apple Pay) because of their decision to go with CurrentC. I've heard that inclusion in the program precludes the use of other forms of mobile payment. Can't verify this so take it with a grain of salt.
Basically this ain't a big deal.
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And yet you are STILL on here instead of pursuing some more "productive" or "worthy" endeavor. Just love the hypocrisy.
The testing of CurrentC in the target area has one scan for the RedCard, Employee Discount AND Cartwheel.
Which is pretty nifty.... but i'm not excited about anyone being able to pick up my phone and open the app. I already have a Target Debit card - so there isn't that hurdle (i've had it for 4 years with no issues at all, no messed up charges or anything).
I've read and been told that a terminal doesn't need to have an Apple Pay sticker on it for Apple Pay to work. It just needs to have the contactless payments icon (below) to work. So...is that not actually the case?
I've used it 3 different times/stores and never saw an apple pay logo anywhere. even if the store accepts nfc but can't accept apple pay, your phone will still work (my iPhone 6+ vibrated and verified in Passbook) with the system, it's just that the payment won't go through.