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graham[_4_]

On 07/01/2016 1:39 PM, wrote:
> 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.
>
No! They were self-serve stations. They gave a discount for cash.