re: PayPal joins Samsung in ad fail

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Pretty sure most Wall Street analysts disagree otherwise the stocks wouldn't have taken such hit.

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Pretty sure analysts don't have crystal balls. Most analysts were predicting slowed economic growth and a market correction in January and looky here...it's September and the market is still making new 52 week highs.

They might be smarter than you and I but they can be wrong too.

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As for overseas that's probably just a matter of time. Though Europe itself may be a tough nut to crack as they have a pretty well entrenched system already in place.

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That's the other thing...there are already mobile payment systems out there. PayPal still exists. I personally believe Apple will push this into the mainstream, but I still don't understand why they wouldn't continue to exist.

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ETA: Not to mention of course the OP's original point. Obviously PayPAl itself is worried by this smacks of desperation ad campaign.

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They're clearly worried. But if they can't figure out how to coexist with Apple pay then they're idiots and deserve to go out of business.

Why can't they partner with Apple the same way Visa and Master Card are doing? Why can't they boost advertising for their prepaid card with the spin that, "you can use it in Apple Pay"?

That's two off the top of my head, and I'm a nobody. These guys get paid a shite ton to generate ideas similar to (better than?) this. If they can't, like I said, they deserve to fail.