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That's illegal in most states/violates all credit card agreements for the vendor. (but still a valid comparison)
by mayneack 14y ago
That's illegal in most states/violates all credit card agreements for the vendor.
(but still a valid comparison)
- damian2000 14y agoNot illegal in Australia, where kogan is from. Unfortunately there's no limit on the amount a merchant can charge for payment/card fees. For example, I believe the most popular taxi charge company here (CabCharge) charges a 10% fee when paying by credit card.
- bcowcher 14y agoI do believe the RBA was going to investigate this [1]. If they do anything about it is something else entirely however.. [1] http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/reserve-bank-is-investigating-rip-off-credit-card-fees/story-e6frf7jo-1226072019435 http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/reserve-bank-is-investigati...
- mayneack 14y agoIn the US. My bad.
- molmalo 14y agoHow about a discount to cash then? Its the opposite, buy has the same result.
- mayneack 14y agoMost common (in the US) is just a minimum credit card purchase.
- jack-r-abbit 14y agoMany gas stations here (in California anyway) still offer a slightly lower price for cash customers.
- koide 14y agoIn Europe many get away with it.
- RandallBrown 14y agoBut places can just offer s "cash discount" and it ends up being exactly the same. All the gas stations around me charge 10 cents more for credit cards and it's infuriating.