Re:Apple Pushes Deeper Into Mobile Payments
by manuelflara on Saturday January 25, 2014 @08:43AM
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Yes, they've been using this in Spain for a while in all Apple Stores. There are a few things that make it "not awesome". For example, an employee always had to review my purchases (I wasn't buying anything expensive, less than €100), and one time there was an issue with the payment and it required the intervention of one of the employees as well. But I agree, once it's a "take item, scan it, walk out" and it works flawlessly, it can be a game changer if they apply it to other retail shops.
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Re:Apple Pushes Deeper Into Mobile Payments
by bruceboughton on Saturday January 25, 2014 @11:58AM
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In the UK, you really can walk in, pick something up, pay on your phone and walk out. No staff intervention necessary.
Granted, all the really high value stuff is out back so perhaps this doesn't scale as well to other retailers.