This keeps coming up, but I never understood why people have so many issues paying. I'm a shy guy, but really? The employees generally don't bother you until you talk to them, which is low pressure and refreshing. When you're ready to pay all you do it walk up to ANYONE who works there and say "I need to pay." It's not enough to just look at them, "use your words mini-me!" They either help you or get someone who can and within 2 minutes you're out the door. It's really not a difficult process.
This has worked for me in Apple Stores across three states. When I'm ready to pay I walk up to pretty much anyone, and if they can't ring me up (there's specific people who do this) they set aside a moment to find me someone, give me their name, and send me in their direction. I sometimes have to wait for one customer to be finished first. Usually the person's working around the Genius Bar. It has never been a pain.
I never had to wait before with the original express checkout, the one Apple copied the concept from - you know the one that ran on Windows from Microsoft.
I suppose in excepting cash transactions, they copied that concept as well?
There are many standard ways of doing business and handling transactions, if a company chooses to use one or the other, it doesn't mean they're copying anyone. Like putting the registers at the back of the store when most have them up front. Apple used the idea from clothing boutiques because it encourages browsing. And also the showroom concept of keeping most of the stock in the back and out of sight so that the items for sale can stand out.
And yes, as a rule all business oriented machines run Windows. IBM not Microsoft is originally responsible for that.
And I think the original comment implied Apple selling the new iPod Touch checkout system to companies of other retail stores where for the most part, you are waiting in line to make your purchase. The comment had nothing to do with the Apple's older system.
Because they don't want to have people unable to pay for something, which costs them money.
People still swipe!
Outside of the USA people use chip and pin which is a lot easier and more secure. God knows why the USA haven't adopted it properly. Swiping is sooo 90s! Hopefully outside the USA they'll have chip and pin.
Please sell your POS software to retailers. Our family business/retail store is completely run on iMacs POS/CRM/Back-end/Accounting. But Apples own software would surely be optimal!
This is what I was referring to in my original post, not waiting in line at apple, but every other store. Granted finding a person to help you at most stores is a pain, but imagine if best buy used this setup during the holidays, rather than waiting in the cattle corral they have setup....
I suppose in excepting cash transactions, they copied that concept as well?
There are many standard ways of doing business and handling transactions, if a company chooses to use one or the other, it doesn't mean they're copying anyone. Like putting the registers at the back of the store when most have them up front. Apple used the idea from clothing boutiques because it encourages browsing. And also the showroom concept of keeping most of the stock in the back and out of sight so that the items for sale can stand out.
And yes, as a rule all business oriented machines run Windows. IBM not Microsoft is originally responsible for that.
And I think the original comment implied Apple selling the new iPod Touch checkout system to companies of other retail stores where for the most part, you are waiting in line to make your purchase. The comment had nothing to do with the Apple's older system.
Right Lily- and I forgot Apple never copies anything from anybody. How stupid of me. Thank you for that waste of a disertation trying to point out my misunderstandings.
The iPod Touch custom Apple applications are using a PEN STYLUS !
It is only used for customers to sign their names. Most people have never signed their name with their finger, so Apple lets them use the stylus for it.
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After year's of poo pooing a pen stylus for the iPhone, Apple is finding that for their OWN applications, finger gestures for input, does not cut it!.
HOW ABOUT FOR THE REST OF US?
Multi-touch is impossible with a stylus, so no, Apple is not finding that their finger based method does not cut it.
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Writing with a pen is SO much more natural than typing on a virtual keyboard, and is SO much better for graphics than finger painting.
Signing your name is much more natural using a pen than using your finger tip.
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Give us a real PEN STYLUS option too!
You can go buy that pen stylus if you really want it, I have one for writing notes, it's called a Pogo Sketch and it works great. It also works while wearing gloves as well.
Right Lily- and I forgot Apple never copies anything from anybody. How stupid of me. Thank you for that waste of a disertation trying to point out my misunderstandings.
I never said Apple never copies anything. I'm saying you misunderstand a lot of things and post responses that do not apply or make much sense. I'm really beginning to think you're suffering from brain damage. And having tried to discuss things with you before, I know it's pretty much like talking to a child because of your inability to stay on track just as you've done here. Instead of an intelligent response, you completely move the discussion towards something I never implied, then call yourself stupid for thinking it.
Man oh man...this is yet another, 'just the beginning' moment for Apple.
Can you imagine the Touch to be the 'go to' machine for retail instant checkout, instant emailed paperless receipts, instant inventory control/auto reordering, etc., and instant sales data capture and analysis.
Not being in retail that's all I can think of.
One more, employee motivation/rewards program right on the Touch. Lance Armstrong comes on and says, 'Congratulations, this is your best sales day yet! You will be getting a $50 Apple gift Card mailed to you.' Or better yet, just Stevo saying, 'Good job, worker bee!'
I can see this being a mandatory piece of equipment for easy registration at Universities among other applications to aid Universities to efficiently take your money!
I never said Apple never copies anything. I'm saying you misunderstand a lot of things and post responses that do not apply or make much sense. I'm really beginning to think you're suffering from brain damage. And having tried to discuss things with you before, I know it's pretty much like talking to a child because of your inability to stay on track just as you've done here. Instead of an intelligent response, you completely move the discussion towards something I never implied, then call yourself stupid for thinking it.
Can you imagine the Touch to be the 'go to' machine for retail instant checkout, instant emailed paperless receipts, instant inventory control/auto reordering, etc., and instant sales data capture and analysis.
That has already been already implemented on WinMobile platform. Welcome back to real life!
I never said Apple never copies anything. I'm saying you misunderstand a lot of things and post responses that do not apply or make much sense. I'm really beginning to think you're suffering from brain damage. And having tried to discuss things with you before, I know it's pretty much like talking to a child because of your inability to stay on track just as you've done here. Instead of an intelligent response, you completely move the discussion towards something I never implied, then call yourself stupid for thinking it.
Apple does need to re-think their check-out procedures, and it feels like they have far too many employees being far to unproductive on the floor.
I think you need one counter that is always available as a check-out location, which is clearly marked. You then get idling employees to pick customers off that line to keep things moving.
When you are buying accessories that you can grab yourself, the current system doesn't seem to work well. I don't know if that will get better if the transaction time drops, but even just the CC auth phase takes a bit of time.
Some people (think they) know exactly what they want. Their (my) personality is to walk into a store, grab what you need, pay, and leave. Don't need a whole lot of hand-holding, have more improtant things to do than spend another 10 minutes in the store. If you create that added value of follow-on sales, well, that might be ok... but once you start cc auth that game is over.
Because they don't want to have people unable to pay for something, which costs them money.
People still swipe!
You missed my point entirely. "People still swipe" in the USA only. In Europe for example they don't even accept cards that way anymore. You are not allowed to pay for things with a signature, yo u*must* have the PIN method. Most other developed countries are either 80 to 90 percent converted to the new way or like Europe, don't allow the swiping and the signing thing at all.
If they are trying to go global, they need to get with the latest technology and allow for PINs to be used. I'm saying the hardware should have been designed to allow both methods as it's currently useless for any of the stores outside of the USA and (for about six more months) Canada.
I prefer waiting in line to standing about in an aisle trying to randomly catch the eye of a guy who is walking and moving around the place serving the pretty girls first. Just my opinion
Worked fine for me the other day when I stopped in the local Apple Store for a Magic Mouse that I picked off the shelf - only the staffer who checked me out (!) was a cute girl. Painless and much quicker than the old system - scan the package bar code, swipe the card and sign the screen. By the time we'd walked over to a table with a tape printer hidden underneath, my receipt was ready, though I could have skipped the hard copy and Apple would have emailed it to me. Literally done and gone in 60 seconds.
You still can't come up with an intelligent, reasoned response to anything at all, can you? It's like reading responses from an I Ching program from 1983.
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This keeps coming up, but I never understood why people have so many issues paying. I'm a shy guy, but really? The employees generally don't bother you until you talk to them, which is low pressure and refreshing. When you're ready to pay all you do it walk up to ANYONE who works there and say "I need to pay." It's not enough to just look at them, "use your words mini-me!" They either help you or get someone who can and within 2 minutes you're out the door. It's really not a difficult process.
This has worked for me in Apple Stores across three states. When I'm ready to pay I walk up to pretty much anyone, and if they can't ring me up (there's specific people who do this) they set aside a moment to find me someone, give me their name, and send me in their direction. I sometimes have to wait for one customer to be finished first. Usually the person's working around the Genius Bar. It has never been a pain.
to paraphrase Obi-Wan Kenobi
"which is worse? The non-answer, or the non-answer that follows it"
They had a real answer to express checkout which worked flawlessly for 3 years but had to change it for OBVIOUS reasons.
To quote Yoda - "Much to learn, you still have."
The iPod Touch custom Apple applications are using a PEN STYLUS !
After year's of poo pooing a pen stylus for the iPhone, Apple is finding that for their OWN applications, finger gestures for input, does not cut it!.
HOW ABOUT FOR THE REST OF US?
Writing with a pen is SO much more natural than typing on a virtual keyboard, and is SO much better for graphics than finger painting.
Give us a real PEN STYLUS option too!
I never had to wait before with the original express checkout, the one Apple copied the concept from - you know the one that ran on Windows from Microsoft.
I suppose in excepting cash transactions, they copied that concept as well?
There are many standard ways of doing business and handling transactions, if a company chooses to use one or the other, it doesn't mean they're copying anyone. Like putting the registers at the back of the store when most have them up front. Apple used the idea from clothing boutiques because it encourages browsing. And also the showroom concept of keeping most of the stock in the back and out of sight so that the items for sale can stand out.
And yes, as a rule all business oriented machines run Windows. IBM not Microsoft is originally responsible for that.
And I think the original comment implied Apple selling the new iPod Touch checkout system to companies of other retail stores where for the most part, you are waiting in line to make your purchase. The comment had nothing to do with the Apple's older system.
Because they don't want to have people unable to pay for something, which costs them money.
People still swipe!
Outside of the USA people use chip and pin which is a lot easier and more secure. God knows why the USA haven't adopted it properly. Swiping is sooo 90s! Hopefully outside the USA they'll have chip and pin.
ATTN Apple,
Please sell your POS software to retailers. Our family business/retail store is completely run on iMacs POS/CRM/Back-end/Accounting. But Apples own software would surely be optimal!
This is what I was referring to in my original post, not waiting in line at apple, but every other store. Granted finding a person to help you at most stores is a pain, but imagine if best buy used this setup during the holidays, rather than waiting in the cattle corral they have setup....
I suppose in excepting cash transactions, they copied that concept as well?
There are many standard ways of doing business and handling transactions, if a company chooses to use one or the other, it doesn't mean they're copying anyone. Like putting the registers at the back of the store when most have them up front. Apple used the idea from clothing boutiques because it encourages browsing. And also the showroom concept of keeping most of the stock in the back and out of sight so that the items for sale can stand out.
And yes, as a rule all business oriented machines run Windows. IBM not Microsoft is originally responsible for that.
And I think the original comment implied Apple selling the new iPod Touch checkout system to companies of other retail stores where for the most part, you are waiting in line to make your purchase. The comment had nothing to do with the Apple's older system.
Right Lily- and I forgot Apple never copies anything from anybody. How stupid of me. Thank you for that waste of a disertation trying to point out my misunderstandings.
Look at that picture with this article!
The iPod Touch custom Apple applications are using a PEN STYLUS !
It is only used for customers to sign their names. Most people have never signed their name with their finger, so Apple lets them use the stylus for it.
After year's of poo pooing a pen stylus for the iPhone, Apple is finding that for their OWN applications, finger gestures for input, does not cut it!.
HOW ABOUT FOR THE REST OF US?
Multi-touch is impossible with a stylus, so no, Apple is not finding that their finger based method does not cut it.
Writing with a pen is SO much more natural than typing on a virtual keyboard, and is SO much better for graphics than finger painting.
Signing your name is much more natural using a pen than using your finger tip.
Give us a real PEN STYLUS option too!
You can go buy that pen stylus if you really want it, I have one for writing notes, it's called a Pogo Sketch and it works great. It also works while wearing gloves as well.
just stay close to the pretty girls
Right Lily- and I forgot Apple never copies anything from anybody. How stupid of me. Thank you for that waste of a disertation trying to point out my misunderstandings.
I never said Apple never copies anything. I'm saying you misunderstand a lot of things and post responses that do not apply or make much sense. I'm really beginning to think you're suffering from brain damage. And having tried to discuss things with you before, I know it's pretty much like talking to a child because of your inability to stay on track just as you've done here. Instead of an intelligent response, you completely move the discussion towards something I never implied, then call yourself stupid for thinking it.
Can you imagine the Touch to be the 'go to' machine for retail instant checkout, instant emailed paperless receipts, instant inventory control/auto reordering, etc., and instant sales data capture and analysis.
Not being in retail that's all I can think of.
One more, employee motivation/rewards program right on the Touch. Lance Armstrong comes on and says, 'Congratulations, this is your best sales day yet! You will be getting a $50 Apple gift Card mailed to you.' Or better yet, just Stevo saying, 'Good job, worker bee!'
I can see this being a mandatory piece of equipment for easy registration at Universities among other applications to aid Universities to efficiently take your money!
And what about hospitals?
I never said Apple never copies anything. I'm saying you misunderstand a lot of things and post responses that do not apply or make much sense. I'm really beginning to think you're suffering from brain damage. And having tried to discuss things with you before, I know it's pretty much like talking to a child because of your inability to stay on track just as you've done here. Instead of an intelligent response, you completely move the discussion towards something I never implied, then call yourself stupid for thinking it.
i don't think your post is fair to children...
Can you imagine the Touch to be the 'go to' machine for retail instant checkout, instant emailed paperless receipts, instant inventory control/auto reordering, etc., and instant sales data capture and analysis.
That has already been already implemented on WinMobile platform. Welcome back to real life!
And what about hospitals?
They have already used WinMo PDA.
Look at that picture with this article!
The iPod Touch custom Apple applications are using a PEN STYLUS !
After year's of poo pooing a pen stylus for the iPhone, Apple is finding that for their OWN applications, finger gestures for input, does not cut it!.
HOW ABOUT FOR THE REST OF US?
Writing with a pen is SO much more natural than typing on a virtual keyboard, and is SO much better for graphics than finger painting.
Give us a real PEN STYLUS option too!
It's for the signature, not for using the application. I've never once missed having a stylus with the iPhone.
I never said Apple never copies anything. I'm saying you misunderstand a lot of things and post responses that do not apply or make much sense. I'm really beginning to think you're suffering from brain damage. And having tried to discuss things with you before, I know it's pretty much like talking to a child because of your inability to stay on track just as you've done here. Instead of an intelligent response, you completely move the discussion towards something I never implied, then call yourself stupid for thinking it.
Good try- but FAIL.
I think you need one counter that is always available as a check-out location, which is clearly marked. You then get idling employees to pick customers off that line to keep things moving.
When you are buying accessories that you can grab yourself, the current system doesn't seem to work well. I don't know if that will get better if the transaction time drops, but even just the CC auth phase takes a bit of time.
Some people (think they) know exactly what they want. Their (my) personality is to walk into a store, grab what you need, pay, and leave. Don't need a whole lot of hand-holding, have more improtant things to do than spend another 10 minutes in the store. If you create that added value of follow-on sales, well, that might be ok... but once you start cc auth that game is over.
Because they don't want to have people unable to pay for something, which costs them money.
People still swipe!
You missed my point entirely. "People still swipe" in the USA only. In Europe for example they don't even accept cards that way anymore. You are not allowed to pay for things with a signature, yo u*must* have the PIN method. Most other developed countries are either 80 to 90 percent converted to the new way or like Europe, don't allow the swiping and the signing thing at all.
If they are trying to go global, they need to get with the latest technology and allow for PINs to be used. I'm saying the hardware should have been designed to allow both methods as it's currently useless for any of the stores outside of the USA and (for about six more months) Canada.
I prefer waiting in line to standing about in an aisle trying to randomly catch the eye of a guy who is walking and moving around the place serving the pretty girls first. Just my opinion
Worked fine for me the other day when I stopped in the local Apple Store for a Magic Mouse that I picked off the shelf - only the staffer who checked me out (!) was a cute girl. Painless and much quicker than the old system - scan the package bar code, swipe the card and sign the screen. By the time we'd walked over to a table with a tape printer hidden underneath, my receipt was ready, though I could have skipped the hard copy and Apple would have emailed it to me. Literally done and gone in 60 seconds.
Good try- but FAIL.
You still can't come up with an intelligent, reasoned response to anything at all, can you?
Jess
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