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Originally Posted by JRP2TV
I won't go to any place that up charges me for using modern payment methods.
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I think it's the wave of the future. More and more retailers are getting fed up with the increasing transaction costs associated with accepting credit cards, which keep escalating because the card companies keep offering bigger rewards to the purchaser for using their particular card.
I think it's totally appropriate for the retailer to charge less to someone who purchases with a tender that does not come with a transaction fee.
I ran into it a few weeks ago at a restaurant in NY near where I live. Two days ago I went to a winery and handed cash, and the teller gave me a withering look. I said, "I'd be happy to use my card", and he said "that would be great". There was no uncharge for using the card. He was selling wine so fast that to slow down to make change would have cost him money I guess.