Well I agree with Chas, James is correct...it is indeed against credit card merchant agreement contracts to charge extra for a credit card purchase. I dont know if it is "illegal" per say...but if you do it you wont be taking credit cards in your store very long.....and you can offer a cash discount.

Society is set up to protect the consumer...very little merchant rights...the banks always win Why does the bank charge the merchant for a bounced check if the consumer is already being charged by the bank for the check bouncing? ...and if a merchant calls the bank to check on available funds currently for the bounced account the banks charges the merchant again

 

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Apparently we succesfully highjacked this highjacked thread.

 

Apparently this thread became very mature and sensible for a while !!

 

apparently there is only so much work one can do at any given point in time

 

Apparently thats my philosophy everyday @ work

 

Apparently, I don't do much work ....

 

Apparently I MISSED quite a bit in the cowna yesterday . . . . . pesky work

 

I hear you Pengy. However, it's a rare business that can survive cash-only. I've seen a few, like local pizza places and even a big retail store (called "Spags"), but it's rare.

I assume even the online businesses are paying the CC companies even if they're not paying tax. Does that sound reasonable? I think not.

 

Apparently, we seriously veered into scary territory.