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- From: reb@Ingres.COM (Phydeaux)
- Subject: Charging more for CC purchases (was: The unhappy byproduct of gas...)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov11.005924.5862@pony.Ingres.COM>
- Reply-To: reb@Ingres.COM (Phydeaux)
- Organization: E 4th St Home For The Overeducated Underemployed - Chicago Div.
- References: <Bx9vxr.7zu@chinet.chi.il.us> <n|#@byu.edu>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: 11 Nov 92 00:59:24 GMT
- Lines: 15
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- In article <n|#@byu.edu> $stephan@sasb (Stephan Fassmann, Software) writes:
- >In article <Bx9vxr.7zu@chinet.chi.il.us> koziarz@chinet.chi.il.us (Louis Koziarz) writes:
- >
- >>the credit rate now instead of cash'. Now I'm steamed. I'm gonna talk to
- > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >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 the U.S. It *is* illegal to charge more for something if you charge
- it ... that's why gas stations offer a "discount for cash." Same
- price, they just call it something else to get around the law. The
- fact that they post different prices on the pumps for cash and credit
- is only for your "convenience."
- reb
-