merchants 'get around' this legally (in new york anyway) (including gas 
stations) by stating that all pricing is posted for cash (at x% discount). 
you 'lose the cash discount' when paying with plastic... (thus, this is not 
a surcharge but rather a recovery of the cash discount ....yeah, 
yeah...double-talk and so forth...(-: )..

m


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Ammerman" <rammerman@verizon.net>
To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <piclist@mit.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 2:06 PM
Subject: Re: [OT] Getting cash abroad


>> It's very rare to see a surcharge for using credit cards in North
>> America. About the only place it every happens is in extremely low
>> margin shops like small computer shops.
>>
>> In the few places I've been in Europe I've never seen a surcharge.
>
> I could be wrong, but I think a prohbition against charging more for a
> credit-card is in most merchant agreements that you sign to become a
> merchant (at least in the US).
>
> -- Bob Ammerman
> RAm Systems
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