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Ron Natalie wrote: I haven't seen such a thing in decades and I've lived and travelled through many states. Well, it isn't exactly a gas station, but Old Bridge airport gives a ten cent per gallon discount if you pay with cash, check, or a Phillips card. There are two prices posted on the pump. George Patterson If you're not part of the solution, you can make a lot of money prolonging the problem. |
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Peter Gottlieb ) wrote:
It is still done all the time; just about all ultra discount internet electronics junk outfits do it. No doubt they do this so the unsuspecting consumer has no recourse after s/he receives their order, assuming that even happens. Stay far away from those e-tailers, or at least look here first: www.resellerratings.com -- Peter ----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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"Ron Natalie" wrote in message m... I haven't seen such a thing in decades and I've lived and travelled through many states. I remember it briefly in the early eighties and the stations allowed you to avoid it by using "their" credit card and I had a bunch of gas cards as a result. I terminated all of them when they went back to taking VISA/MC for the same price. Most of the OIL cards now are logo'd VISA/MC/AMEX cards now anyhow. When Debit cards came out a few years back, many merchants were charging about 25 cents for DEBIT transactions until it was widely pointed out that a debit transaction cost much less (one cent) than processing a paper check. The AM/PM gas stations (ARCO) around here kept the practice in place for about two years after the other merchants went to doing it free. I stopped going to those stations and don't know if they STILL do it. |
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"Ron Natalie" wrote in message m... "Tom Fleischman" wrote in message rthlink.net... What about all the gas stations that have a cash price and a credit price? I haven't seen as much of that in the past couple of years, but it was common practice at most gas stations up until just recently I haven't seen such a thing in decades and I've lived and travelled through many states. I remember it briefly in the early eighties and the stations allowed you to avoid it by using "their" credit card and I had a bunch of gas cards as a result. I terminated all of them when they went back to taking VISA/MC for the same price. Most of the OIL cards now are logo'd VISA/MC/AMEX cards now anyhow. Diesel is nearly always double (cash/credit) priced at truck stops in California. |
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There was just a class action settlement on check/debit cards. The
merchants "won" (acutally the lawyers got money) the merchants can now stop taking those Visa/Mastercard debit/check cards. ARCO stations get around it by not taking credit cards at all. They have ATM's where you can get cash to feed the pumps. As for my business, we take cards. When asked if we take credit cards, our response is, "We prefer cash or check." I have made a few sales that entered "negotiations" (aka Let's make a deal). When I have given a discounted price I have insisted on cash or check. I'm sure you all like to get paid 100% of what you have worked for, Merchants are no exception. -- Kevin McCue KRYN '47 Luscombe 8E Rans S-17 (for sale) -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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Kevin McCue wrote: They have ATM's where you can get cash to feed the pumps. At a buck and a half a transaction fee. |
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"Newps" wrote in message news:E4dqb.115094$e01.418574@attbi_s02... Kevin McCue wrote: They have ATM's where you can get cash to feed the pumps. At a buck and a half a transaction fee. Of course, not an issue if you have a bank that rebates the ATM charges. |
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Ron Natalie wrote: "Newps" wrote in message news:E4dqb.115094$e01.418574@attbi_s02... Kevin McCue wrote: They have ATM's where you can get cash to feed the pumps. At a buck and a half a transaction fee. Of course, not an issue if you have a bank that rebates the ATM charges. Must be an eastern thing, never heard of that. |
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"Newps" wrote in message news:ygdqb.113585$Fm2.101748@attbi_s04... Must be an eastern thing, never heard of that. Actually, it's an "internet bank" thing. Since these have no brick and mortar branches (and hence ATM's), they will generally credit you the charges back for whatever ones you do use. |
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In article , Roy Smith wrote:
When I paid my bill, I was astounded when they tacked on a few extra bucks to cover credit card transaction fees! It wasn't a whole lot of money, but I've never heard of anybody ever doing anything like that. I didn't even think it was legal. It's done but not a common practice. The University of Washington (where I'm a student) charges $4 processing fees for payments below $250 and a $20+ (forget exact amount) fee for credit card payments above that. Most busniess eat the fees (ie. pass it along in hidden costs) for processing and eqp. Some don't. It's crap either way thou... |
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