7/9 "Gas stations' sneaky trick"
link:www.yahoo.com/s/914178
I'd think it's illegal unless they display both prices.
\_ This is a violation of their CC agreement. They're not supposed to
charge different prices if you use a CC.
\- while i believe that is normally true, i think there must be
some loopholes ... possibly with some "powerful clients" ...
like ARCOs have officially and openly had cash != credit
prices for a long time and VISA etc are clearly aware of that.
it's not like a random cafe having a verbotten "$5 min" clause.
[BTW, in some "remote" where credit cards are not de rigeur
but accepted from say tourists, it is totally standard to
markup by credit card fee ... like say you want to bill a
tour in nepal to your CC ... in fact, if they dont charge you
a CC surcharge, you can be real sure you are massively over
paying]. |