Yes, weekly. Are there people left in this world who haven't shopped at Wal-Mart? I'll take convenience over being salty because they don't offer a particular payment system.
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Unlike Costco, Walmart Has 'No Plans' to Accept Apple Pay
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I'll sum up what you just said: You're a sensible shopper who isn't entitled.
Shame really. We don't really go to Walmart often anyways. Target is our go to store or Kohl's, which are two different places of course. If Target wants to get on the Apple Pay wagon...awesome.
People here seem to want to show off their entitlement, whether they have a high-paying job or oh, I don't shop at Walmart.
Take the poster who quoted me earlier, then look at my posting history. Never have I bragged about the devices I have as this poster seemingly implied.
Yet another reason to avoid Walmart like the plague. I have numerous reasons that I won't get into here,but its insane that my crappy local grocery store now supports it but a national chain outright refuses to. Target is guilty too but at the very least, their app supports it even though the store doesn't.
Never implied that you were bragging about your devices. Who is the one assuming and implying? Just found it difficult to believe you identified as someone who is in extreme poverty while having all those devices. Most people who identify as poor can't afford those devices even if they were 80% off.
I'd choose Costco over Walmart anytime other than air refreshers for my car but I have been getting them from amazon lately
Can we make this a weekly feature, where MacRumors shames B&M stores that don't accept Apple Pay? (Publix, Kroger, Lowes, Home Depot, etc)
First off, yes it is about money. If not direct income it is about stock value(Walmart's and Apple's) so you can't say it isn't about money.
What if Apple said they would share that data with them or pay for system upgrades to support it. It is in Apple's best interest for everyone to support ApplePay.
In retrospect, They (Other forum members) likely have shopped at Walmart before, but I think that’s part of their reason for not shopping Wal-Mart in the future is because of experiences they didn’t like or services not offered. In most cases, Somebody has to experience something first before they can just start applying negativity of why they won’t shop at Walmart.
That's fair, but I find it impossible to believe they'll never shop at Walmart again over this. They'll find themselves in a Walmart at some point.
Actually a lot of places do, 7-11 being one of them as an example. Now the reality is the U.S. should follow the majority of the world and require chip and pin for ALL transactions. They should also make it like many parts of the world where your card never leaves your hands, you put it in a card reader (a portable one at restaurants, drive-thrus etc.) and enter your pin, remove the card and put it in your wallet.
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The only ways I end up in a Walmart are:
- They offer me something of decent value for free or I get paid to take it.
- There is nowhere else (including online) that sells what I am looking for.
- They are the only place to get anything where I am at.
Some may not shop at Walmart, assuming they have plenty of other retailers for options in their area. Some might have to shop Walmart because they don’t have any other retailers in the area that have certain amenities. I Have three Walmarts within a 20 mile radius in the part of the city where I live, however I don’t shop them, as I prefer other retailers and grocery stores combined, but if I did need something at Walmart or I found a sale price they were offering, I certainly would not rule them out.
Amazon usually has better prices and will deliver to your door, if they don't, Target almost always has the better deal here and you don't have to wait 20 minutes in a checkout line.
It is about "money" in the indirect sense that Walmart gets more of it from suppliers the more they know about you. Better?
Walmart already has the equipment, they have just disabled it. A higher volume of transactions at 1/7 a cent per dollar from the banks/credit card companies would be in Apple's interest, yes, but I am sure they have weighed that vs the dilution of their brand's privacy stance were they to give Walmart what they want.
Walmart was the first Chip & PIN retailer in the US.
AND WE do have chip card support! The fact that it’s PIN or not depends on your card, not the system.
From an end user/consumer's point of view: So what. Apple Pay is so not important (to the end user). I used to use Apple Pay exclusively at my nearby grocery store for the last year and yes it was a few seconds faster than using a credit card - if my finger wasn't wet from lifting cold items on to the conveyor but it definitely wasn't any faster or more convenient using it at another store.
I've since moved to a small town where nobody utilizes ApplePay enabled terminals... And I don't miss it one bit. Using a credit card is just as fast.
To all of those moaning & complaining that ApplePay isn't available in your area... I'll let you in on a little secret: so what. It's a gimmick. Totally absolutely unnecessary. I don't miss using it at all.
I've since moved to a small town where nobody utilizes ApplePay enabled terminals... And I don't miss it one bit. Using a credit card is just as fast.
To all of those moaning & complaining that ApplePay isn't available in your area... I'll let you in on a little secret: so what. It's a gimmick. Totally absolutely unnecessary. I don't miss using it at all.
Its funny to see all the posts from people who claim that they would never set foot in a Walmart - then why all the moaning and bellyaching? If you'd never set foot in a Walmart then what does it matter whether they accept Apple Pay or not? I would be interested to hear the views of die hard Walmart shoppers - whether they care or not? I suspect Walmart knows they don't....
Visa has a Contactless mandate in the EU, which made Walmart cave. We could use such a mandate here.
If you paid with a PIN it was almost certainly because you used a debit card that took the money directly from your checking account and not because you used a credit card. The transaction processing is different between the two and the point that many are trying to make is that retailers in the US aren't set up for credit card PIN transactions which use the PIN number from the chip itself. (A debit card transaction is basically an ATM style transaction where your number and PIN go to a back-end computer at your bank for validation. It looks nearly the same to you, but it's not an EMV chip and PIN transaction.)
My Citi corporate card begs to differ.
My first premier bank card also begs to differ.
Why is it silly? First, each of us is entitled to our own principles, many of which will likely not match up with a healthy portion of society. That poster values the benefits that accompany a contactless payment solution (specifically Apple Pay in this example). I echo his/her sentiment as both the convenience but more importantly, the vastly improved safety/security of Apple Pay vs. swipe/chip.
Using Apple Pay has personally saved me at a minimum, the serious inconvenience of having to deal with a replaced credit card/new account number and at worst, fraudulent transaction m, twice in the past two months. In both instances retailers had their customer’s information compromised but because I used Apple Pay, my credit card account was protected and I didn’t need to have my bank reissue a new account number and deal with the hassle of updating that account info everywhere I use it.
So yeah, if I can choose between retailers that offer contactless payments and one that doesn’t, even if I have to pay slightly more, I’ll always choose the more secure merchant.
European Walmart’s have Contactless.
Canadian Walmart’s are getting Contactless.
Americans got screwed and have Walmart Pay.
The only company that could make Walmart budge on this would be Target. Target and Walmart are direct competitors, often setting up shop side by side or across the street from one another.
Walmart and Costco? There's some overlap between the two... but Costco is about being a member and buying stuff in bulk... Walmart is more of just a general retailer...
If Target offered Apple Pay and it resulted in Walmart losing sales to Target, then Walmart would reconsider.
Walmart and Costco? There's some overlap between the two... but Costco is about being a member and buying stuff in bulk... Walmart is more of just a general retailer...
If Target offered Apple Pay and it resulted in Walmart losing sales to Target, then Walmart would reconsider.