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Dave Smith[_1_]

On 2016-01-08 9:34 AM, Janet wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
>>
>> On 1/7/2016 11:11 AM, Janet wrote:
>>
>>>> Buy lunch and use your debit or credit card and you give them another
>>>> few shillings.
>>>
>>> I pay exactly the same price as cash. I pay no charges whatever for
>>> the use of my DD or credit cards. This is not the USA.
>>>
>>> Janet UK
>
>> The bank does it for free? No, they don't.
>
> Focus on "I pay exactly the same price as cash".
>
>

Focus on the part about the bank not doing it for free. The merchant
pays. The merchant boosts the price of his products to account for the
card charges he incurs. You do not pay an extra fee for using it, but
you do pay enough extra to cover what the merchant pays.