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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">>To my surprise and delight, it was almost devoid of customers</span></span><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Wow, if that doesn't speak volumes about how well Apple products are selling these days...</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">>the hitherto automatic $0.99 charge to my credit card had been denied</span></span><br></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">>Apple never notified me that an automatic payment had been refused.</span></span><br></span></span></span></span></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">THIS is why I dislike automatic ANYTHING. This, and being repeat-charged for automatic payments, or the amount is changed and wrong, and somehow, never in my favor.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">>Most’s well that ends better.</span></span><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Glad things worked out for you. </span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Apple should be ashamed, but they've been like this for decades, even when Jobs was in charge. And to be fair, Google and Microsoft are even worse. Amazon is only slightly better. </span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">-- Bob Primak </span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></span></div>
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On Thursday, October 26, 2023 at 01:33:46 AM EDT, Michael Alexander <mna.ma@yahoo.com> wrote:
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Thank you all for your suggestions.</font><div style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-size: 13px;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-size: 13px;">The problem was removed. Here’s how: After convincing myself that the shut-down of my iPhone wasn’t due to hacking, I finally decided to consult Apple itself. I tried to make an appointment at the Burlington Apple store and was forced online. After rassling with Apple’s site for a while, I admitted defeat and bought my body to the store. </div><div style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-size: 13px;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-size: 13px;">To my surprise and delight, it was almost devoid of customers, so the agent at the door could give me serious attention. He had me check the iCloud status; it showed that the hitherto automatic $0.99 charge to my credit card had been denied (I’d been fooled by the fact that a $0.99 charge showed as having been paid). Apple never notified me that an automatic payment had been refused.</div><div style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-size: 13px;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-size: 13px;"> I updated the credit card number, and PRESTO my 50 gig iCloud memory allotment was restored (I’d used a measly ~15 gig).</div><div style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-size: 13px;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-size: 13px;">Most’s well that ends better.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Thanks, again, folks. I don’t have to toss & turn overnight.</div><div style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-size: 13px;"><br clear="none"></div><div style=""><font color="#26282a"> Mike Alexander</font><div id="ydp94fdd071yiv5364726487yqt68756" class="ydp94fdd071yiv5364726487yqt7739276788" style=""><blockquote class="ydp94fdd071yiv5364726487iosymail" style=""><div id="ydp94fdd071yiv5364726487" style=""><div id="ydp94fdd071yiv5364726487yqt83602" class="ydp94fdd071yiv5364726487yqt0753222633" style=""><div class="ydp94fdd071yiv5364726487gmail_quote" style=""><blockquote style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;" class="ydp94fdd071yiv5364726487gmail_quote"><blockquote class="ydp94fdd071yiv5364726487iosymail" style=""><div id="ydp94fdd071yiv5364726487" style=""><div id="ydp94fdd071yiv5364726487yahoo_quoted_8723003735" class="ydp94fdd071yiv5364726487yahoo_quoted" style=""><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div id="ydp94fdd071yiv5364726487yqt33257" class="ydp94fdd071yiv5364726487yqt5621374255" style=""><div id="ydp94fdd071yiv5364726487" style=""><div style=""><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="3" style="" color="#70aced"><b>(etc.) </b></font><div style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"><br></div></div></div><div style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-size: 13px;"><br></div>
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