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In article <4ol24r$l6e@shore4.intercom.net>,
Memnoch The Devil <memnoch@shore.intercom.net> wrote:
>The following is an email reply from this individual regarding my reply 
>to his original usenet posting about simm prices. I was quite shocked to 
>see that his idea of 'cash discount' was to plainly imply (as he clearly 
>stated in his email back to me) there was actually a 2.5% CREDIT CARD 
>SURCHARGE!!!!!! Shucks, from the many varied postings and replies, I 
>thought that chargeing a SURCHARGE was illegal. Am I wrong? Or is this 
>person doing something unethical?

The practice of adding a surchase is questionable, however, it is not 
unrealistic.  The vendor has to pay a surcharge to the credit card 
people.  Therefore if you pay via credit card, Mr. Brodmann only gets 
97.5% of what you pay, so he raises his prices to reflect this.  If you 
paid attention you would notice his "cash discount" was really just a 
"non-credit card discount" and applied to checks too.

>In any event, he did not state if one could actually go to his store and 
>by them at cash prices, and I'm not retarded enough to actually send cash 
>monies through the mail. He's not family, and even then I woundn't!

You are right, sending money through the mail is a bad idea.  How about a 
check though?  Checks are definately tracable...  Put "For Deposit Only" 
on it and then you will know who got the money.

>: Have tons of satisfied customers you can check out if you want.

I'm one of them.  I purchased a 16 meg SIMM from him about two years 
ago.  Mr. Broddman assisted me in selecting the appropriate SIMM and then 
quoted me a price (same as he listed), and despite the fact that I was 
using a purchase order which was a pain in the ass for him carried 
through with the order in an expedient fashion.

Quite honestly I don't understand why you are complaining about the "cash 
discount".  He was very upfront about it.  If you don't like paying via 
check, add 2.5% to the price and compare the prices to other dealers.

dan