Your money isn’t good enough for Apple
OK, I know that a dollar isn’t worth what it used to be. And I know that we are slowing churning away inexorably to a time when none of us will use any other form of payment that some type of credit/debit/money/RFID chip/Mark of the Beast type card or swipey thing-a-ma-bob. I understand all of that and fully accept it. Hell, I hardly even use cash for anything anymore. I’ve been guilty of whipping out my debit card to buy some bubble gum or a soda. And nothing ticks me off any more than standing in line behind someone that refuses to accept the inevitable and gets out their checkbook to make that $12 purchase at Wal-Mart. GET OUT YOUR DEBIT CARD AND SAVE US ALL A LOT OF TIME!
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At this point, cash is still cash and can be used to purchase anything in a physical environment, such as a retail store, grocery, mall, or even a cell phone store. Cash is legal tender and not subject to the whims of some corporate entity that is crying over some problems with their product.
Someone needs to remind Apple of this…
I’m sitting around trying to relax today (I’m in the middle of a short vacation) and I read about some garbage that Apple won’t let you pay cash for an iPhone now. How stupid is this. I mean, come on guys! Do you really think that by making people purchase an iPhone with a credit card that you are going to curb sales made by unauthorized resellers? Are you really that concerned that people will not want to sign up for an AT&T account that you are going this far to protect your partnership with them?
I realize and understand that there is an obligation to AT&T with the iPhone. I understand having to protect your business and your business relationships, contractual agreements, and protect your own bottom line. Fair enough. You guys just keep on sending down updates that don’t allow people to use the iPhone with another network. That’s fine by me and I’m pretty sure it’s fine by the vast majority of iPhone owners. We wanted an iPhone, so we had to move to AT&T. No big deal. If you want an iPhone to work on another network, that’s silly. That’s like saying you want to buy a Mustang but you don’t want it to be a Ford, so I should be able to buy a Chevy Mustang. ‘Scuse my English but, it ain’t gonna happen.
But not allowing people to use good, hard cash money to buy an iPhone? Ridiculous. There are going to be a great many more people ticked off about this than are going to be happy about it. And I don’t think it will affect unauthorized sales all that much either.
Rethink this, please. Cash is cash. People work hard for it. Let them buy what they want with it.
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