Replace “ApplePay” with “Tap to pay” then you’ll understand why it doesn’t work
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Walmart Still Doesn't Accept Apple Pay in U.S. Despite Daily Complaints
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They couldn't care less, they want to not pay the merchant fees. They'd lose money if they had to.
Apple has nothing to do with it. Walmart doesn't support ANY tap payment method. The banks charge merchants extra for that capability and Walmart does so much volume that the fees would add up substantially.
I try to avoid Walmart but not for this reason. I don't want to support a corporation that underpays their employees to artificially keep their prices lower than their competitors, and then their employees have to supplement their pay on government assistance in order to survive. Full time positions should be readily available, part-time jobs should be regulated (and not used as a loop-hole to screw over employees), and anyone working a full time job should be able to pay their rent and bills w/o being on government assistance.
Walmart is a trash company that is damaging to the USA. Don't shop there.
Walmart is a trash company that is damaging to the USA. Don't shop there.
Just to be clear, you scan the qr code of what? You open the app? Or there is a qr code you scan with your camera with no need to open the app?
Walmart doesn’t pay the same percentage fee that 97% of businesses pay
They are the largest company in the world by revenue ($685 billion) and therefore are able to negotiate much lower interchange fee rates than typical businesses pay
The typical credit card fee structure assessed on most businesses (that doesn’t differentiate Apple Pay percentage from a regular credit card percentage) does not apply to companies that have hundreds of billions in revenue
As much as I’m not a big fan of Walmart, their store, their rules.
As long as sales aren’t meaningfully impacted by the lack of Apple Pay, that won’t change.
As long as sales aren’t meaningfully impacted by the lack of Apple Pay, that won’t change.
I'm sorry, but is it REALLY that big of a deal? It seems like people enjoy complaining about trivial things. I have my iPhone and Apple Watch on me at all times, and I use them wherever Apple Pay is accepted. But I also carry my wallet with me, because I have my driver's license in there, my credit cards, and sometimes cash (but not usually). If I'm leaving the house, I have my physical wallet. If a place doesn't accept Apple Pay, I use my credit card. It's not the end of my world. I'm not inconvenienced. I don't get all the fuss.
Most of the sit-down restaurants I go to don't take Apple Pay either. Especially mom and pop shops. They bring me the check, I throw my CC in there, and they bring it back.
Seriously, is this the hill that ya'll are going to die on?
Most of the sit-down restaurants I go to don't take Apple Pay either. Especially mom and pop shops. They bring me the check, I throw my CC in there, and they bring it back.
Seriously, is this the hill that ya'll are going to die on?
They accept chip or their app. NFC is disabled on all their terminals, so they don't accept tap from any cards or phones.
It's been several years since I shopped at Walmart, but not because of this. I don't really care if I put a card in or tap my phone.
Walmart employees are a significant user of Food Stamps yet work 40+hours. Sam Walton continued to drive his old truck and live in his modest home. That modesty did NOT rub off on the rest of the family,
One would not be surprised to see each family member's super yacht and personal jet let alone exotic cars.....
One would not be surprised to see each family member's super yacht and personal jet let alone exotic cars.....
Toyota did the same thing with CarPlay. They were 100% committed at the most senior VP level to "Never lose control of the Entertainment Stack".
Then market research determined people literally made buying decisions on CarPlay (and assumedly Android Auto) support. In other words Toyota was losing a Statistically significant, measurable number of $50K automobile sales because of this corporate policy.
The policy changed. I suspect more than one person lost their job. Although probably not the megalomaniac that had this brilliant plan.
Walmart will not change this policy until they can measure a loss of revenue. As long as 70% of the people use the app and complain, and 30% of the people stick their card in the slot -- Walmart DOES NOT CARE!
They are an amoral corporation that exists to turn your wants and needs into stock dividends. If you buy from Walmart you are the problem not them.
Then market research determined people literally made buying decisions on CarPlay (and assumedly Android Auto) support. In other words Toyota was losing a Statistically significant, measurable number of $50K automobile sales because of this corporate policy.
The policy changed. I suspect more than one person lost their job. Although probably not the megalomaniac that had this brilliant plan.
Walmart will not change this policy until they can measure a loss of revenue. As long as 70% of the people use the app and complain, and 30% of the people stick their card in the slot -- Walmart DOES NOT CARE!
They are an amoral corporation that exists to turn your wants and needs into stock dividends. If you buy from Walmart you are the problem not them.
You do realize that the card you put in Walmart Pay still uses the Visa/Mastercard networks
LOL. I know people just want to walk through the world waving their phone at everything but it doesn't always work like that.
They encourage you to like into your bank account for a fee-free ACH transfer, or at least they used to.
Target's RedCard does it too, via app or actual card, but at least they give you 5% off when using it. Target also supports Apple Pay.
Apple throws their weight around in their own store (App Store), so seeing another big beast do the same will be like looking in the mirror
I don't have a wallet. My driver's license is stored in the car and I am not obligated to carry an ID in my country.
^ THIS.
We visited Glacier National Park in Montana, and then Banff, Canada in 2018. While in Canada I used Apple Pay entirely for 3 days except for one transaction (I cannot remember why that one transaction was unique). I even paid for fuel at the pump. It was other-worldly to me at the time. We get on the plane and return to the US and I could only use Apple Pay in 3 stores I shop at. And it's only marginally budged since then. The US card network and rules are entirely stone-age IMO.
Same, feel the same way about Apple’s App Store. Their store, their rules. Don’t like it? Tough.
Careful with this type of conversation, if the EU was to catch wind of Walmart's blatant anticompetitive behavior, it will be the end of all of this. Someone tell Tim Sweeney!!!
I became the biggest Pay snob after the pandemic. The only places that I know of that don't take Apple Pay are...
Meanwhile...
- Walmart
- Amazon Fresh
- Hobby Lobby
Meanwhile...
- Target
- Costco
- Smart & Final
- Nearly every grocery store
Walmart Pay encourages people to just attach their bank accounts to do EFTs, which are much lower cost.