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- From: lstowell@pyrnova.mis.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: The unhappy byproduct of gas stations and ATM cards
- Message-ID: <184190@pyramid.pyramid.com>
- Date: 9 Nov 92 23:08:09 GMT
- Sender: daemon@pyramid.pyramid.com
- Reply-To: lstowell@pyrnova.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell)
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- Organization: Pyramid Technology Corp., Mountain View, CA
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- >In article <n|#@byu.edu>, $stephan@sasb (Stephan Fassmann, Software) writes:
- >|> 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?
- >
- In article <1992Nov7.222528.29181@porthos.cc.bellcore.com> jung@base.bellcore.com (Eric Jung) writes:
- >Well, I think you're right, but it's a useless law, because it is not
- >illegal to offer a cash discount.
- >
- I don't know of any such "law" in the first place. There are
- credit card merchant contracts for cards like Visa, MC, Amex
- which prohibit such practices, but these are strictly contracts
- that allow the credit card company to cancel a merchant who
- violates them...not that most won't if offered cash.
-
- There are oil companies who have routinely charged approx. a 4
- cent surcharge for plastic....and advertise this as a courtesy
- to their cash customers who don't have to bear the burden of
- subsidizing their credit customers.
-