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It is illegal to charge more to pay by credit card than by check (but can give a discount for cash/check payments)

By Michael Simkin on August 19, 2019
Posted in Consumer

It pisses me off when companies want charge 3% or more to pay them by credit card.  If you don’t want to take credit cards fine, but don’t profit from it!  Elavon through Costco only charges 1.99% + 25 ¢ (for phone transactions) so don’t lie and try to make profit from a credit card…

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