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Re: Credit card surcharges

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From: jw434-81
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1996 00:00
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twhite@negia.net (Tom White) wrote:

>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.

Sure, it is much easier.  They just send the bill by e-mail and show
that your account balance is now 0.00 because they have charged your
monthly fee to your credit card.

>So I've heard,
>-Tom
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From: jw434-81@atl.mindspring.com
Subject: Re: Credit card surcharges
Date: 1996/06/22
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