My father-in-law was in the Galleria Mall the other day, and heard that someone there was rather upset in the Apple Store. Seems the store was not willing to accept the customers fat wad of cash to purchase an iPhone. I thought, no way is that true, what store would forego the real US American money in favor of the vagaries of credit? Well, it’s true. You can’t even use gift cards, which sucks (as is pointed at in the linked article) for teens who would ask for gift cards for Christmas/Birthdays/Graduation to help pay for it. You of course have a way to pay for the service contact, but I don’t know why that would mean you can’t use cash for the actual purchase of the device.
Apple iPhone Purchase Requires a Credit Card
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Yep. Don’t buy ’em then.
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Apple does this to minimize the risk of iPhones going overseas “unlocked”…there is also a limit on how many iPhones one can purchase.
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I can appreciate that, but they are quite draconian about it. No partial payments with cash, no gift cards, no prepaid ‘credit’ cards if they don’t have your name on them. And people are still so desperate to get them that they’ll jump through whatever hoops they have to.
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BN Article on what went down at the mall.
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