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Re: FS: New Intel and IBM Cpu Prices

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From: S.Pickell
Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 00:00
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I'd like to know where he got his information that it was illegal 
eg. Revenue Canada, etc

"Tomas W. Lesik" <tomco@cyberspc.mb.ca> wrote:

>Jerome P. Yoner wrote:

>> You realize that is ILLEGAL to advertise an item at a price, and then
>> charge more for taking Visa or Master Card???


>Are you sure about that?????   Many Small businesses have been doing that as long 
>as I can remember.  99.9% of the time it will be called a credit card service fee. 
>The credit card companys charge the vendors 4% of all the charges taken in, it's 
>only fare to pass that cost on to the consumer if it can't be absorbed by the 
>vendor...

>This is specifically the reason not all businesses in this city accept any credit 
>cards...

>-- 
>Tomas W. Lesik
>Winnipeg, Canada
>tomco@cyberspc.mb.ca
>http://cyberspc.mb.ca/~tomco/
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From: pickell@cyberspc.mb.ca (S.Pickell)
Subject: Re: FS: New Intel and IBM Cpu Prices
Date: 1996/05/22
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