Apple not just refusing cash, also refusing Apple Gift Cards for iPhones

You can chalk this one up to our bad in assuming best intentions, but when Apple said no cash for iPhones, they damn well meant it — enough to extend the policy out to no cash for anything that could in turn purchase an iPhone. Turns out you can’t even use your Apple bucks to buy an iPhone anymore.[...] Thanks to earlysound for providing this nice story on Digg.