Store Refuses Cash For iPhone Purchase

[red states rule]

I found this hard to beleive - but it is true. Cash is not accepted at this store


What can cash buy? Not an iPhone

By Samantha Maziarz Christmann NEWS BUSINESS REPORTER
Updated: 05/11/08 11:18 AM


Alex Palen’s visit to the Apple Store in the Walden Galleria last week began as a pleasant one. Walking the electronics retailer’s sleek aisles, Palen found the sales staff helpful in selecting the 16 gigabyte iPhone he wanted to buy.

But when he took the cash from his wallet to pay for the latest must-have gadget, things took a turn for the worse.

“She looked at my money and said, ‘We don’t accept cash as a form of payment for the iPhone.’ When I asked why, she would only say it was the store’s policy that I use a credit card,” Palen said.

Since he doesn’t have one, Palen asked another customer if he could give him the $499 plus tax to charge it for him. Store staffers said that was against the rules, and then escorted him — and his pocket full of bills — from the store.

“I was so outraged. I was so humiliated. I just sat in the mall and couldn’t even talk for half an hour. I was so surprised this could happen in America,” Palen said. “I’ve never been told that U. S. currency isn’t enough to buy a product


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[PostmodernProphet]

????....try signing up for anything except a prepaid phone without a credit card......

[red states rule]

????....try signing up for anything except a prepaid phone without a credit card......

for auto billing sure

but for the initial purchase?

[midcan5]

RSR, I find it sort of ironic that you would complain about a business exercising its legal rights. Is there anything you don't complain about? How about sunny days?

I see you took the picture of you on your tricycle off, I kinda liked it.

[red states rule]

RSR, I find it sort of ironic that you would complain about a business exercising its legal rights. Is there anything you don't complain about? How about sunny days?

I am asking why they refuse cash - not complaining

Do have anything to add to this discussion, or just trolling?

[manu1959]

RSR, I find it sort of ironic that you would complain about a business exercising its legal rights. Is there anything you don't complain about? How about sunny days?

I see you took the picture of you on your tricycle off, I kinda liked it.

legal rights to not accept the currency of the nation it does business in....how about they not get us dollars for the credit slips.....

and just cuz i feel like tormenting someone today....which "legal right" was the business exercising......

[red states rule]

legal rights to not accept the currency of the nation it does business in....how about they not get us dollars for the credit slips.....

and just cuz i feel like tormenting someone today....which "legal right" was the business exercising......

Why any business would turn down cash is amazing. they have the legal right to do so, but it is strange

[theHawk]

for auto billing sure

but for the initial purchase?

I would assume that when you buy the phone, you are also purchasing the initial contract with AT&T for a year or two service.

[red states rule]

I would assume that when you buy the phone, you are also purchasing the initial contract with AT&T for a year or two service.

You can still pay by check monthly with a service contract. I believe AT&T lets you pay online via your checking account. As well as auto debit