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pampango

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30. "Most of Europe has had it for years too. America is usually the last to adopt new technologies even

Reply to Kablooie (Reply #20)

Tue Oct 28, 2014, 09:59 AM

Oct 2014

though we often invent them first." And our internet speeds are snail-like compared to Europe and Japan.

Nice post. It kind of makes you want to bang your head against a wall.

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Big Retailer's New Clunky Attempt To Kill Apple Pay And Credit Card Fees [View all] Kablooie Oct 2014 OP

dear apple lovers: it's called "free market competition" nt msongs Oct 2014 #1

Keeping Apple from competing is free market competition? DisgustipatedinCA Oct 2014 #8

+1 Agschmid Oct 2014 #11

Apple is not being kept from competing. nt. NCTraveler Oct 2014 #12

Am I reading this wrong? Action_Patrol Oct 2014 #14

^^THIS^^ Atman Oct 2014 #16

Another vendor is offering a service that will save more money. NCTraveler Oct 2014 #25

You're being daft. Action_Patrol Oct 2014 #31

A group of businesses colluding to stop something isn't "free market competition" FLPanhandle Oct 2014 #13

That doesn't mean what you think it means. Action_Patrol Oct 2014 #15

I am going to take a wild guess that these large retailers Erich Bloodaxe BSN Oct 2014 #2

Not exactly Xithras Oct 2014 #7

Cash is looking better with each new tech. development. canoeist52 Oct 2014 #3

Exactly! arcane1 Oct 2014 #4

yep. no worries about security breaches. littlewolf Oct 2014 #5

We are doing this more and more JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #26

The real problem... Xithras Oct 2014 #6

CurrentC is dead on arrival too, Sen. Walter Sobchak Oct 2014 #21

That's more marketing than anything. Xithras Oct 2014 #23

Consumers fear overdrafts more than credit card security breaches Sen. Walter Sobchak Oct 2014 #24

I don't see why I can't just use the Clipper card I use on transit KamaAina Oct 2014 #22

If I'm running a business, I wouldn't limit how my customers want to pay me. FLPanhandle Oct 2014 #9

If you own a small business you can go quite crazy SheilaT Oct 2014 #28

Limiting options isnt always bad for business. Travis_0004 Oct 2014 #32

Wow that sounds clunky & unsafe. Good luck, Walmart. DirkGently Oct 2014 #10

Here's what's really happening... brooklynite Oct 2014 #17

In this case, good... I really don't want Apple controlling payments with more of their JCMach1 Oct 2014 #18

You do realize that Android phones have NFC capability too FLPanhandle Oct 2014 #19

Seems like that's not going to happen anyway since the payment universe is set to remain fragmented. JCMach1 Oct 2014 #33

Japan has had a secure system like Apple Pay since 2004. Kablooie Oct 2014 #20

"Most of Europe has had it for years too. America is usually the last to adopt new technologies even pampango Oct 2014 #30

I Heard Something Over The Week-End That The New Apple 6 ChiciB1 Oct 2014 #27

Cash is almost always accepted everywhere. SheilaT Oct 2014 #29