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In the US it is catching on, particularly outside of the population dense centers of cities. You see signs now charging surcharges on card payments to cover the
by friend_and_foe 3y ago
In the US it is catching on, particularly outside of the population dense centers of cities. You see signs now charging surcharges on card payments to cover the processing fees, thus disincentivizing card payments.
Personally I do everything in my day to day life with cash. I don't want to use a card, ever, if I can avoid it.
- wiml 3y agoTypically, if a business accepts cards, part of their agreement with the card-processing company is that they cannot charge a surcharge. Card transactions have to be the same price (presented to the customer) as cash transactions. (I forget how gas stations get around this.) I do tend to see "card transactions under $X will have a Y¢ surcharge" handwritten signs in smaller businesses. I don't know if that's permitted or if MegaGloboCorp simply hasn't cared that the dive bar or taqueria isn't holding to their contract.