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Is this hyperbolic or do they actually add 3% on to your amount? If so that is just disgusting. I can understand it from ticketek or similar, but from a governm
by anitil 9y ago
Is this hyperbolic or do they actually add 3% on to your amount? If so that is just disgusting. I can understand it from ticketek or similar, but from a government body?
- maxerickson 9y agoThey are charged with collecting the given amount of tax, not the given amount minus a fee.
- ascagnel_ 9y agoBetter than my apartment building's utility provider (for water and such) -- any payment, even if you're being so direct as to be foolish by sending cash through the mail, incurs a 7% fee.
- jandrese 9y agoThe government doesn't handle CC purchases directly, they hand it off to a third party. The third party passes on all of the CC overhead plus a bit for themselves to you. It's small government in action.