Maybe. But we don't want a Macy's or big jewelry store on this island. I'm 
going to Maui in couple weeks and will go in some stores it says have Apple Pay 
to check it out. 

> On Jan 5, 2016, at 2:38 PM, John Robinson <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> WOW Tom, it's so good it knows where the business are going to be before they 
> exist!   
> 
> John
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Jan 5, 2016, at 6:05 PM, Tom <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Careful with Payfinders. It shows three places that accept it within 8 miles 
>> of my house and none even exist on the island. Hotel Molokai is there but no 
>> Tantes. I walked down and they never heard of Apple Pay. 
>> <image1.PNG>
>> 
>>> On Jan 3, 2016, at 2:12 PM, John Robinson <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> O.K., it’s an obsession, when news like this hits I have to get it 
>>> out…inquiring minds want to know and so do the merchants.  I will send this 
>>> to a few businesses after I send to my groups.   I have almost totally 
>>> stopped shopping at Kroger as Meijer accepts ApplePay and Kroger doesn’t.  
>>> There are two terminals at Panera Bread that accept ApplePay, the third 
>>> doesn’t so I will wait if the next opening is at the register that hasnt’ 
>>> been configured for our secure payment system…it’s a great way to let the 
>>> merchants know we are serious about their adoption.
>>> 
>>> If interested there is a new App that will help us find shops that accept 
>>> our payment of choice, it seems it’s being well accepted and immediately 
>>> generating a large number of users…More descriptive info. is below the 
>>> story from the App I just downloaded.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> New PayFinders app for locating Apple Pay merchants reports 750% increase 
>>> in users in two days
>>> 
>>> A new app designed to crowdsource an interactive map of businesses that 
>>> accept Apple Pay just reported adding 12,673 new merchants in North 
>>> America, 95 percent of them being small businesses. In parallel, its 
>>> developer reported that the new app's users have increased an incredible 
>>> 750 percent over the past two days, indicating a lot of interest in Apple 
>>> Pay.
>>> 
>>> <15365-11645-ApplePay001-l.jpeg>
>>> 
>>> PayFinders helps users locate merchants who accept Apple Pay
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Brian Roemmele, the PayFinder app's creator, announced the jump in Apple 
>>> Pay interest on Twitter earlier today, observing that "Christmas was good 
>>> to the iPhone 6 series and Apple Pay adoption." On Christmas Day, Roemmele 
>>> had earlier noted that 'indirect activation data suggested that the Target 
>>> and BestBuy $100 off Apple Watch promotion may have doubled [the number of 
>>> Apple Watch] devices in use.'
>>> 
>>> Apple is quickly expanding Apple Pay's reach beyond the U.S., with the 
>>> service launching in the UK in June and more recently in Canada and 
>>> Australia last month. It is expected to begin operating in China early in 
>>> 2016.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I downloaded the app and here is what it gave me within 13 miles of my 
>>> location…Awesome!
>>> 
>>> <IMG_2620.PNG>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> To get a list I find the closest at the top of the list
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> <IMG_2621.PNG>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> By zooming in near my location the stores nearby are shown in greater 
>>> detail….
>>> 
>>> 
>>> <IMG_2622.PNG>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> This is going to be helpful, and something Apple should have included 
>>> within their Maps app from the beginning…..
>>> 
>>> 
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