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- From: syd@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Dennis P Hilgenberg)
- Subject: Re: The unhappy byproduct of gas stations and ATM cards
- Message-ID: <1992Nov9.014321.8764@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
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- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 92 01:43:21 GMT
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- $stephan@sasb (Stephan Fassmann, Software) writes:
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- >I thought it was illegel to charge more for using a credit card then for
- >cash. I think I read this in the local paper but it was some time ago.
- >Anyone know for sure?
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- At least in the case of gas cards, you are not explicitly charged "extra"
- for paying with credit, but rather are given a "discount" for paying cash.
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- Is there actually a law against charging extra for credit card transactions?
- I thought that was a policy of Visa and Mastercard, not a legal restriction.
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- Dennis Hilgenberg
- syd@ecn.purdue.edu
- LaRouche in '96
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