Apple has reversed a former policy. Cash is now acceptable tender for buying an iPad:
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/7_on_your_side&id=7451437&tsp=1Not accepting the greenback is definitely un-American, and may not even be legal.
They formerly demanded a credit or debit card, as "best way we could think of to make sure that people only bought two per individual". So, obviously they were/are storing credit and debit card numbers.
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Apple Inc., the source of all things warm and fuzzy.
Regards. Al
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