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Memnoch The Devil (memnoch@news.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?
 
  I am about as far from a lawyer as you can get (thank god), but my
understanding is that while charging a surcharge is not illegal.. it
is a violation of the credit companies policies.  The surcharge that
the business receives for billing a credit card is meant to be paid
by the business.  It is NOT meant to become a credit tax for the
consumer.  Most of the businesses I have dealt with that charge these
surcharges will flip out if you threaten to notify the credit
companies.  So, my recommendation is to notify them that you are
informing the proper people, then do so.  I would never do 
business with a place that passes on its credit surcharges..
  (especially not one that claims it is giving a "cash discount")