Had same problem I think their readers. Worked perfect at Whole Foods and 
McDonald's. Walgreens doesn't seem to care. We need find out how contact  
management.
Tom

> On Jul 30, 2017, at 8:58 PM, James Bennett <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I used Apple Pay at the Walgreens at Frankfort Ave & Ewing Friday. Wouldn’t 
> accept it the first few tries. Finally worked on the 3rd or 4th attempt. 
> Don’t know if it was me holding the phone wrong or the reader, ‘cause I’ve 
> only used Apple Pay a few times so far.
> Jim
> 
>> On Jul 28, 2017, at 1:21 PM, tom holloman <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> John
>> Agree. Did remind clerks. I suggested have tech check reader to Walgreens 
>> and she just gave me a blank look. Starbucks said they didn't have it. The 
>> reader was old kind. Worked perfect at ace hardware too. Didn't work at our 
>> local grocery store and clerk said I was only one that had tried.they could 
>> care less.only two places that have on our island are the grocery store and 
>> ace, so most my use off island. Yesterday was first time I had so much 
>> trouble. Had over $100 in cart at Walgreens. Would have left but we are on 
>> tight schedule because late planes were all full so I paid cash.
>> Tom
>> 
>>> On Jul 28, 2017, at 7:12 AM, John Robinson <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Tom,
>>> 
>>> Most all the Starbucks take ApplePay, the one here was not on the top of 
>>> the list so other stores had it long before we did…now when I purchase a 
>>> drink I have to remind the clerk, especially if they are new, to hit the 
>>> CREDIT button before handing the reader through the window…if I’ve tried to 
>>> lower the watch to quickly it won’t work, I have to raise the watch and 
>>> then go to the reader a second time…it then always works.  Walgreen’s is a 
>>> perfect read every time, so your store needs to work on this.
>>> 
>>> John
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Jul 28, 2017, at 1:07 PM, tom holloman <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> That's good news especially after my experience on Maui yesterday. First 
>>>> one great at Whole Foods held watch up and bang, done. Next one Walgreens 
>>>> reader didn't take watch or iPhone. Has to be reader because it had just 
>>>> worked at Whole Foods. Also tried at different machine in their pharmacy, 
>>>> same result. Next stop Starbucks because I thought they took it but they 
>>>> said no.
>>>> These merchants need train clerks or keep machines working.
>>>> I really hate to hand my card to a stranger.
>>>> Tom
>>>> 
>>>>> On Jul 28, 2017, at 5:54 AM, John Robinson <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 1st   
>>>>> 
>>>>>  Last night my wife found the nail polish she had been looking for ever 
>>>>> so long.  Amazon didn’t have it….”out of stock, didn’t know if it would 
>>>>> ever be offered”.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Then she found a company that offered the product…who are they?  Are they 
>>>>> a front for my info?  Are they simply mining credit card numbers, 
>>>>> addresses, email addresses?   
>>>>> 
>>>>> But, if she wants it, I better take the chance and order…(been married 54 
>>>>> years, I’ve learned my position)….
>>>>> 
>>>>> In the cart and now to checkout….once in checkout I was so hoping PayPal 
>>>>> would be there..and fantastic, it was!  Whew, now no info to this 
>>>>> firm…however right beside PayPal was ApplePay!!!  Goodness the Gods are 
>>>>> smiling…
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hit ApplePay, the next process was to authenticate with the 
>>>>> fingerprint…game over, I was done…not a single other thing to do, Apple 
>>>>> completes the entire transaction.  I hear the ping on the iPhone from 
>>>>> Apple, seconds later another ping from the company thanking me for the 
>>>>> order, giving me the order number and date of delivery…
>>>>> 
>>>>> No being transferred to PayPal, putting in my password to PayPal and 
>>>>> picking the institution I want them to use for the payment…
>>>>> 
>>>>> Folks, this ApplePay is amazing, using it on the internet is even better 
>>>>> than at a Point Of Purchase checkout at a store….You owe it to yourself 
>>>>> to utilize this system…
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 2nd  
>>>>> 
>>>>> Just how good is Siri?  Lots of comparisons by the rag writers, for me 
>>>>> the answer lies in does Siri do what I want?
>>>>> 
>>>>> This morning on the way to work I was beside a Sone Container Semi, I 
>>>>> wondered if the company was publicly traded…”Siri, is Stone Container 
>>>>> Corporation a publicly traded company”?   
>>>>> 
>>>>> Here is what she sent….now you see why I talk as much to this lady as I 
>>>>> do my wife…before you protest, remember, we’ve been married 54 years!!  
>>>>> 
>>>>> Stone Container Corporation
>>>>> 
>>>>> SSCC was formed in November 1998, with the merger of Jefferson Smurfit 
>>>>> Corporation (JSC) and Stone Container Corporation (Stone). JSC’s roots go 
>>>>> back to 1974, when Dublin, Ireland-based Jefferson Smurfit Group (JSG) 
>>>>> acquired partial interest in Time Industries, a Chicago-based paper and 
>>>>> packaging company. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> JSG established a major presence in the United States with the 1981 
>>>>> acquisition of the Alton Box Board Company and the 1982 acquisition of 
>>>>> Diamond International’s packaging operations. In 1983, JSG’s U.S. 
>>>>> operations reorganized and the majority of these operations became 
>>>>> subsidiaries of JSC. JSC went on to establish a leadership position in 
>>>>> the U.S. paper and packaging industry with its 1986 acquisition of 50 
>>>>> percent of Container Corporation of America (CCA) from Mobil Corporation. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Morgan Stanley Leveraged Equity Fund II (MSLEF II) purchased the other 
>>>>> half of CCA. JSC restructured as a privately held company in 1989, 
>>>>> jointly owned by JSG and MSLEF II.
>>>>> 
>>>>> As part of the restructuring, JSC acquired the remainder of CCA. In 1994, 
>>>>> JSC recapitalized as a publicly traded company.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 3rd  
>>>>> 
>>>>> This one is hard to understand, why would anyone be buying the iPhone 7 
>>>>> when the 8 is just a couple months away?  Maybe the Android users are 
>>>>> reading the same news the rest of us see,  a new Android virus every 10 
>>>>> seconds, expecting 3.5 million this year alone….for some reason they are 
>>>>> moving NOW instead of waiting for the 8….good news for Apple but 
>>>>> unexpected.  
>>>>> 
>>>>> The iPhone 8 isn't even here yet and Android owners are already switching 
>>>>> to Apple
>>>>> 
>>>>> A Message from Sears Published July 25, 2017
>>>>> 
>>>>> <1501002431322.jpeg>
>>>>> 
>>>>> File photo: Craig Federighi, Apple's senior vice president of software 
>>>>> engineering, speaks during an announcement of new products at the Apple 
>>>>> Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, Calif., Monday, June 5, 
>>>>> 2017. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)  (Copyright 2017 The Associated 
>>>>> Press. All rights reserved.)
>>>>> 
>>>>> In a report published on Tuesday, market research firm CIRP revealed that 
>>>>> Apple attracted more Android switchers in the most recent quarter than at 
>>>>> any other time in the past year. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> While over 75% of iPhone buyers were upgrading from the iPhone 5s, iPhone 
>>>>> 6 or iPhone 6s (as well as the SE, 5c and Plus models), 20% of consumers 
>>>>> surveyed said that they were switching over from an Android device.
>>>>> 
>>>>> "The good news for Apple is that relative to earlier quarters, they 
>>>>> attracted a higher percentage of iPhone buyers from Android phones," said 
>>>>> CIRP partner and co-founder Josh Lowitz. "In the past three quarters 
>>>>> before the June 2017 quarter, Android owners had represented 14% to 17% 
>>>>> of iPhone buyers. With lengthening upgrade cycles and a growing 
>>>>> percentage of owners with the most recently released models, continued 
>>>>> platform switching will be important to the success of the next iPhones."
>>>>> 
>>>>> In addition to the increased rate of Android switchers, far more iPhone 
>>>>> buyers elected to upgrade to the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus in the 
>>>>> quarter ending in June than the previous quarter. The percentage of 7 or 
>>>>> 7 Plus buyers didn't quite crack 70% last quarter, but this quarter, the 
>>>>> number jumped to 81%.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Additionally, legacy models sold in the same quarter last year (when the 
>>>>> 6s was the latest iPhone model) accounted for 34% of all iPhones sold in 
>>>>> the US. This year, that number fell to 19%. Even with the iPhone 8 set to 
>>>>> be unveiled in the next two months, consumers are still buying the 
>>>>> latest, greatest iPhones. It'll be interesting to see how this affects 
>>>>> iPhone 7s and iPhone 8 sales later this year.
>>>>> 
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