On Thu, 7 Jan 2016 13:19:34 -0700, graham > wrote:

>On 07/01/2016 11:44 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On 1/7/2016 12:09 PM, Gary wrote:
>>> Ophelia wrote:
>>>>
>>>> +1 sf simply doesn't understand how our debit cards work.
>>>
>>> That's evidently true. She seems to think that you pay a transaction
>>> fee every time you use a debit card. It's not true at all.
>>>
>>
>> Correct, the merchant pays a fee. You just pay higher prices for
>> everything as the merchant has it build into the selling price.
>
>During a visit to the US some years ago I was astonished to find gas
>stations offering a discount for cash but full price for credit cards.
>That practice is not allowed in Alberta. If a merchant tries that, the
>companies come down on him like a ton of bricks, The same used to apply
>when merchants tried to apply minimum purchase amounts. I've seen people
>using plastic to pay for a $2 coffee, which is ridiculous, even allowing
>for the high profit margin on that drink.
>Graham

The other one was full price for full service instead of pumping your
own.