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That "free" money comes from fees paid by the seller to the credit card company, and is passed along to you in the form of higher prices. Unfortunately, paying
by smichel17 5y ago
That "free" money comes from fees paid by the seller to the credit card company, and is passed along to you in the form of higher prices. Unfortunately, paying cash seldom lets you opt out of these credit card driven price increases.
- blairbeckwith 5y agoThat last part is what makes "free" vs. "well not actually free" functionally identical.