Dear store with an app

[spinbaby]

I would like to buy this thing here and pay for it with money.
No, I don’t have your app.
No thank you, I have quite enough apps on my phone.
Yes, I understand the app has special deals.
I just want to buy this thing here and pay for it with money.
No, I really don’t want to join your special club.
No, I don’t want to collect points.
I don’t need another credit card, thank you.
I just want to buy this thing here and pay for it with money.
No, I don’t want a special reward for filling out an online survey.
Thank you for all these coupons with my receipt.
Next time I’ll buy this thing here at the store without an app.

[lagomorph777]

1. They must think we have oodles of free time to waste on all that nonsense...

...and unlimited storage in our phones...

Though I must admit, I almost never use cash anymore; it is a big time waster. I get annoyed when I see somebody in the front of the line using cash.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

13. I use cash

Because it makes it easier to budget.

The bills and rent get paid with cash converted to a money order.

However I get my wallet out and pull out my best guesstimate cost for the things I am buying

I do this to make paying by cash quicker for others in line.

Also people with cards can take longer than cash payers,

if they use thier card, and the card didnt read for various reasons,or the purchase goes past the money that's on the card so they have to pull out cash to cover the cost or they have to remove items so they can afford the cost.

[kiri]

21. cash is a time-honored tradition

I get annoyed and impatient when someone buys a candy bar for 75¢ and uses a credit card. Or $1.49 package of kleenex. For anything less than $10 or $20 I always pay with cash.

[NQAS]

2. Also

No, I don’t want to evaluate your service or rate your employees. I just want to buy what you’re selling and be left alone.

Also, yes I bought something from you, and, no, I don’t want to receive emails from you every day.

[underpants]

7. Gmail must live off the follow up ads

There’s no way to unsubscribe from them that I’ve found.

[LogicFirst]

34. But, you can block them. They go to junk/spam so you can delete them in bulk.

Instructions regarding how to block on your device are on Google.

[LogicFirst]

35. But, you can block them. They go to junk/spam so you can delete them in bulk.

Instructions regarding how to block on your device are on Google.

[Pinback]

37. Use disposable email addresses

that forward to your real email address (which you never give out to businesses). That way, when they start spamming you (or get hacked), you can just delete that disposable address.

I have created hundreds of these with a Spamex account. There are other services, which may or may not be better. I just use Spamex because I’ve had an account with them for years.

I still get too much crap in my inbox, but this strategy does make it easier to control.

[rurallib]

11. No kidding - If I have something to say about my experience in your store

I will say it. Otherwise just leave me alone.

[Beartracks]

22. I love it when car dealers where you just purchased a whole CAR send you promos for car sales.

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[rsdsharp]

29. Or have ten subscription cards fall out of a magazine

when your existing subscription is good for two more years.

[FoxNewsSucks]

3. No shit.

The apps just let them track everything you do and your location 24/7. I don't even like having to have the stupid card to get the sale price.

[luv2fly]

14. The apps only track you if you let them

Just like the magnetic chips in the vaccines.

[hlthe2b]

4. Just think of the coming fury as money AND credit cards are eschewed over cryptocurrency!

Funny, I always thought US Treasury controlled the only legal tender, but now that more and more stores are not accepting cash (something I thought was illegal), it is only a matter of time.

Not all change is good. Not all those who want to slow down the rate of change and consider the consequences are "obstinant old Foggies."

[sir pball]

36. Cash is only legally required to be accepted for debt.

[A]ll United States money as identified above are a valid and legal offer of payment for debts when tendered to a creditor. There is, however, no Federal statute mandating that a private business, a person or an organization must accept currency or coins as for payment for goods and/or services.

https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/faqs/Currency/Pages/legal-tender.aspx

[hlthe2b]

40. New Colorado law mandates state's businesses accept cash (other states passing similar laws)

https://www.vendingmarketwatch.com/home/news/21222930/new-colorado-law-mandates-states-businesses-accept-cash



https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2021/05/11/paying-with-cash-retailers-must-take-your-dollars-in-these-states
Paying With Cash? Retailers Must Take Your Dollars in These States
.
In recent years, left-leaning leaders in cities such as New York, Philadelphia and San Francisco, as well as in the state of New Jersey, have enacted similar laws to protect unbanked customers who rely on cash. Massachusetts has required businesses to accept cash since 1978.

The idea gained traction this year, after public health measures and scattered coin shortages made it more difficult for some consumers to make cash purchases in 2020. Republican lawmakers in Idaho, Mississippi and North Dakota proposed bills that would require shops and restaurants to accept cash, and Washington, D.C.’s City Council voted on a cash transaction bill.

While the bills in Democratic-controlled Colorado and Washington, D.C., passed, the red state proposals did not. Many Republicans opposed the bills, siding with business groups that argue retailers should be free to choose how to serve their customers.

[Scrivener7]

5. YES!!!!!! Also, dear hairdresser:

No, I don't want to rate the process of making an appointment.

No, I don't want to rate the rating thing that rates the process of making an appointment.

I have confirmed three times that I will be there for my appointment. I will effing be there!

No, I don't want to give you my email. Because you are my damn HAIRDRESSER and you don't need to email me.

Please leave me alone. We are not dating. You are cutting my hair. Stop stalking me!!!

[orleans]

24. this made me laugh. thank you! i have to pass this on to my daughter! NT

[catchnrelease]

32. Oh YES!!! This!

I get this kind of stuff now from almost every appointment I go to! Primary dr, chiropractor, eye dr, massage therapist, dog groomer, etc etc! Please rate us how many stars? So, ok I give them some stars. But that's not enough, then they want to go leave a review on yelp or facebook and so on! Give me a break, just do your job properly, I'll pay you and leave me alone!!

Also with the confirming appointments as you said. Once I don't mind as a reminder, but it's always several times.

Ironically, my hair guy is the one that doesn't do it. We've been 'together' for about 40yrs now, so he sends me a text the day before--'See you tomorrow at 10?' and I send back a and we're good. No reviews or stars, lol.

[Wounded Bear]

6. Almost as annoying as those websites the push their app before you can log on...

and there is no way to bypass the app request. Nope, you have to click through it every time you log on.

Kind of discourages you from visiting, no?

[lagomorph777]

8. Yikes - haven't seen that one.

But I don't surf with my phone; I use it as a telephone.

[Wounded Bear]

9. I don't surf much, but the particular site I'm referring to is Paypal...nt

[CloudWatcher]

17. Paypal --- all the power of a bank with fewer regulations and even less morals! n/t

[localroger]

25. Actually Paypal has been regulated like a bank for years now

Somewhere along the line the regulators pointed out to them that if you are acting like a bank you have to observe the banking rules even if you prefer not to think of yourself as a bank. That's also why they started paying interest on money held in Paypal accounts.

[brooklynite]

10. No idea what you're complaining about...

I have no problem buying things through a company's website.

[Heartstrings]

12. My experiences with local grocery stores echo the poster.

If something is on “sale” you must have their app installed on your phone to get the sale price.
Just happened to me the other day at Target. Cashier gave me the sale price on the promise that I would install the app when I got home. I didn’t…..

[FoxNewsSucks]

15. You know you're going to hell now, right?

[Heartstrings]

19. Oh I don't believe in hell.

Or heaven for that matter so I’m not losing any sleep over it.

[calimary]

16. THIS!!!!!

[aggiesal]

18. I have an app that stores all my other "Apps" Username & Passwords ...

Last count I had over 600+ accounts.
The majority are for Job Placement accounts, so I find those worth keeping.
I also have apps from Medical, Financial and other such necessities.

But I refuse to continue to create accounts for stores or services, just because I want to buy something.

If I want to transfer money to a store for payment or a family member, there is GPay, Venmo, Zelle, CashApp, ApplePay & Square,
because everyone uses something different.

My family members want to do a conference call so they set up a Zoom call, I refused to create an account with Zoom, because I use Google Meet.

Constantly wanting to create more accounts.
Unless I use it on a monthly basis, I will not create an account.

[jmowreader]

20. The most aggravating one to me is the Adobe CC popup

This damned popup comes up at random times while you’re using Illustrator or Photoshop asking you if you’d recommend their programs to others. One day I was working on a very important color correction when it came up, and I answered it as follows:

From 1 to 10, I put a 1.
In the explanation box, I put “I was doing very important work on deadline in your overpriced rental software when you started begging for affirmation. If there was even one program out there that did what yours does, your programs would be off my computer this very day.”

(And no, GIMP won’t work as a substitute. It can’t do CMYK, it can’t do duotones and it won’t edit IPSC metadata - all things I use regularly.)

I don’t see that popup anymore.

[Beartracks]

26. I didn't realize GIMP doesn't do CMYK.

That seems like an important oversight.

You can't even view your RGB image to see how it would look in CMYK?

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[jmowreader]

28. When I found out it has no CMYK support, I deleted it

GIMP is a good program for web creators and amateur photographers but I’m using it in an industrial setting. Like it or not, I’m stuck using Photoshop.

[nuxvomica]

23. I was quite inrigued by the Oculus VR

The price didn't bother me but I decided not to get it because it absolutely requires a Facebook account, which carries far too much baggage on its own.

Earlier this year when so many of us oldsters were scrambling for a vaccine appointment, I created a Walgreen's account because I had to in order to be notified when vaccine scheduling was available. I wound up getting the vaccine at a CVS, without creating an account.

No matter where I go on the internet, I feel I am swatting flies all the time: to agree to cookie policies, to avoid getting notifications in my email, to purchase something as "guest", etc. Walking into a store and paying for something in cash is unexpectedly a delight.

[petronius]

44. Same here - Oculus looked cool, but FB was a dealbreaker. I'll get into VR sometime

when there's a cleaner option...

[cayugafalls]

27. Perhaps, there is an app to help with your issue?

jk...lol

[marieo1]

30. Total Agreement

Another one as sick of all the BS as I am. You cannot just go online and purchase something from a site, it doesn't make any difference what site it is - they are all the same.

[bucolic_frolic]

31. Excellent OP!

There's no time to install and use apps. I'm already storing and sorting email. And bills. Which come with wads of promos. I swear 20% of the economy is marketing offers that few use.

[flor-de-jasmim]

33. What bugs me are popups to evaluate a site before I have even had a chance to use it!

[Pobeka]

38. But information is a valuable commodity. How can they make money without your information?

Oh, I suppose you are old fashioned like me and think they can just charge and amount, and if you think it's worth it just buy it.

Seriously though, this is the Facebook lesson -- information is valuable, extremely valuable.
*Everyone* wants in on the deal, to capture specific information about you and then resell that information

It's infuriating.

[lostnfound]

39. The waste of the American mind. Advertised to death.

Eighty year old man with not much engagement watches television. Poor eyesight, or he would read books. Technology changes so fast, or maybe he would be set up on Netflix or something.

As his days are precious it troubles me to see the absence of decent television, and whatever he watches, he is subjected to at least 15 minutes of inane advertising in every hour.

As we all are.

To get us to buy more stuff than we need, while the planet burns from overconsumption.

[Sympthsical]

41. I save tons of money on the Safeway app

The deals and coupons change every Wednesday, and we do our shopping on Fridays since as it's $5 Friday then. Combined, it's pretty sweet. You can double it up with manufacturer's coupons sometimes. My partner got a thing of Breyer's ice cream for like a buck last week. And since it's all attached to the phone number I type in, I'm still checking out at a normal pace.

It's crazy convenient for me. We usually do our shopping list on my phone while watching TV and save a bunch of money that week.

If people don't like it, that's cool.

[Duppers]

42. Absolutely!

[FakeNoose]

43. All of the above ... PLUS stop sending me emails every freaking day!

My God I'm sick of the emails.

Yes I'm loyal to certain stores and retails outlets - UNTIL THEY DRIVE ME AWAY with their incessant emails.
Then I'm done.