Re: Warning: computer companies to beware of

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From: Paul Rubin
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 00:00

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In article <E18LLB.166@news.interactive.net>,
Chris Mauritz <ritz@onyx.interactive.net> wrote:
>In nyc.general Paul Rubin <phr@netcom.com> wrote:
>:) Charging extra for using a credit card is quite normal at deep
>:) discount stores, since they have to pay a comission to the card
>:) company.  Technically they're not supposed to charge "extra", which is
>:) why you'll normally find somewhere in the ad "prices reflect cash
>:) discount" if the cash and credit card prices are not the same.  That
>:) is, the 3.5% higher amount is the "regular" price and if you pay with
>:) cash they pass the savings on to you.  It seems fair to me.
>
>It's also against the merchant agreement they sign with the credit
>card company.  I know for a fact that Amex goes out of their way to
>enforce this.

"Against the merchant agreement" is what I mean by they're not
supposed to charge extra.  Visa and MC have the same thing as Amex in
their agreements.  But offering a cash discount is ok, which is why
there's usually fine print in the ad saying "prices are for cash
only" or something like that.

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From: phr@netcom.com (Paul Rubin)
Subject: Re: Warning: computer companies to beware of
Date: 1996/11/21
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