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Old 10-29-2014, 10:46 PM   #109
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Originally Posted by crane3 View Post
The prices go up for everyone to cover the increased transaction costs; there won't be a separate lower price for customers who don't use apple pay; the card companies pay apple the difference & the business keep the "other" differences for a higher profit.
In theory, yes. In practice, the difference will be too small to notice. We're talking less than 1% difference. To Walmart, with hundreds of millions of transaction, it's a lot of money. To the average consumer, as an individual, it's pennies at a time.

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Those of us without a "smart phone" will pay more for everything because of apple pay or the rivals.

There used to be signs that cash customers get a discount at some business; don't believe that there will be signs that non iphone (smartphone too?) payees will get a discounted price.

The subject heading should be apple sc*r*w the people again.
Hating on Apple is quite the hobby these days.
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