Re: Credit card surcharges

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From: Tom White
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 00:00

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Cynthia Smathers (cynthia@mindspring.com) wrote:
: Someone at her credit card company told my roommate that those surcharges
: are illegal, or that they violate the store's agreement with the credit
: card companies, or something like that. Anybody got further info on the
: subject?

Speaking of credit card surcharges and mindspring, Mindspring is
the only company I know of that actually has a surcharge for paying
cash/check!  The price they quote is the "credit-card" price.
Evidently, it is easier for them to bill monthly on the credit card.

So I've heard,
-Tom
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From: twhite@negia.net (Tom White)
Subject: Re: Credit card surcharges
Date: 1996/06/21
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