An Apple store found a new low recently when a Sydney, Australia father was not able to purchase an item because the Apple staffer would only process his payment using Apple pay. In a move the buyer recounts as being 'stupidity', a staff member repeatedly tried to get the customer onto Apple pay instead of just processing the payment for the item. Things went downhill after the staffer asked the customer if he had an iPhone. The customer got the impression that he would need to use the Apple Pay app to buy what he wanted, when what he really needed was to pay and leave. After trying, and failing, to find a staff member who would just process his payment, the customer left the store, walked across the street, and purchased the same item from a JB Hi Fi store.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 06 2019, @08:24PM (1 child)
Apple Pay means YOU pay Apple, while Apple NO pay taxes around the world.
YOUR taxes would be lower if these giant conglomerates paid their fair share.
(Score: 2) by isostatic on Thursday February 07 2019, @10:03AM
It means that apple keep (most) of the 2% transaction fee, rather than the credit card, but the amount of taxes apple pay doesn't really come into it.