I had the same thought browsing this post. Like holy crap people. You just sound like you think you’re saving the world by not shopping at Walmart. Yeah. Totally gonna go out of business because you won’t shop there.
I don’t understand why anyone would choose a small place with a worse selection like Walgreens over Walmart. Where else do you shop?
People who want to use them.
Depends where you live. I guess Phoenix must be the better Apple Pay areas. I use it pretty much everywhere but Wal-Mart and Target. And every vending machine I’ve seen here accept Apple Pay.
It’s no different than storing your card with Amazon, or another online retailer.
Though I do shop at Walmart (and use Wal-Mart Pay) your local grocery stores and other stores around you not only have Apple Pay, but also are much easier to get to and navigate than Walmart. I can’t replace a Walmart trip with Walgreens but I can with a Costco. But Walmart pickup is just so damn convenient.
I already explained why, other places I shop include Jewel-Osco or Trader Joe’s.
That was one of the main reason why they are not accepted overseas with a lot of merchants.
It’s like the old days of stores that only accepted visa but not MasterCard. You picked where you went because it was more convenient to use your card. Now it’s everywhere. Walmart wants the data, but they wouldn’t have it if I paid cash anyway, so they are basically giving the customer the finger. If they want to link their coupons etc to their solution fine, but don’t block my method of payment because I refuse to give them my credit card info. If I forget my card at home I always have my phone so guess who gets my money.
And half the pumps I encounter are debit only. It's ridiculous. Sure they need my PIN too, but if they've got a camera, I'm really screwed. Gotta remember to carry cash!
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It isn’t my favorite place to shop but I buy a few things there from time to time. I find it humorous when people complain it is beneath them to shop there.
The only thing that would get me to use something like Apple Pay is if it offered a way to manage receipts and a way to streamline reconciling my receipts to my books in Banktivity.
Maybe because the lowest common denominator likes paying less than what you'd pay for the exact same items somewhere else, with a wide selection. Of course it depends what you're buying – Costco is better for the different set of things they focus on.
I try to eat at places that are cash only, of which there are many around here. Many small shops hate the credit card fees. Haven't bothered setting up Apple Pay cause only Walgreens uses it.