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- From: kester@mte.ncsu.edu (Dan Kester)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: The unhappy byproduct of gas stations and ATM cards
- Message-ID: <1992Nov10.172804.10255@ncsu.edu>
- Date: 10 Nov 92 17:28:04 GMT
- Article-I.D.: ncsu.1992Nov10.172804.10255
- References: <Bx9vxr.7zu@chinet.chi.il.us> <n|#@byu.edu>
- Sender: news@ncsu.edu (USENET News System)
- Organization: North Carolina State University
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- In article <n|#@byu.edu> $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.
- It is not against the law, but it is against Visa policy (the agreements the
- stores sign with Visa). However, it is okay to give a discount for cash.
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- What's the difference? If the posted price is $10, you can't be asked to pay
- $11 for using your Visa, but you can be given a discounted price of $9 for
- paying cash.
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