While **t an official partner for
Apple Pay, the presence of NFC terminals at
Many Home Depot locations across the country has enabled the contactless payment
Service to
Work as **rmal at select
Stores in the
Home improvement chain. Today, however, a
user on Reddit received a response from
Home Depot customer care that suggests the company may soon begin
Quietly phasing out support for
Apple Pay completely at its brick-and-mortar stores, with PayPal highlighted as an alternative solution for customers.
"We currently do **t accept Apple Pay in our local Stores or online. We do have the option of using PayPal, in store or online. We may offer this feature in the future, but we currently do **t have a time frame for this and if we are going to accept Apple Pay. We truly apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused you Andrew."
The company's response leaves an open door for the re-activation of
Apple Pay in its
Stores in the future, but doesn't commit to confirming that Apple's NFC-based payment
Service will ever be seen at their checkout counters again.
Apple recently updated a
support document on its website confirming that
Home Depot "might **t be currently set up to accept contactless payments, including
Apple Pay" at this current time.
Although ** direct reason is given, the company's mention of supporting PayPal online and in-store is a pretty good piece of evidence that
Home Depot may simply be siding with a different electronic payments solution. It's also worth pointing out that a few responses on the
original Reddit thread have had ** trouble with using
Apple Pay in their own local stores, so either the company is keeping quiet support of the
Service or it's taking a slow rollout to dismantling support for
Apple Pay.
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