sanitation@lemmy.today to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoEvery payment option has a feelemmy.todayimagemessage-square114fedilinkarrow-up1493
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minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoIs that true in the US? Where I come from, card payments have a fee that the merchant has to pay, but bank transfers are free and instant.
minus-squarefoodandart@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 months agoYup! The bakery where I buy my coffee on occasion has their menus listed with two prices… The card prices are 4% higher. So an item that is priced at 7 bucks cash is listed as $7.28 for card. Makes me so glad that I have never signed up for a card. Over 60 with NO credit rating… delightful.
Is that true in the US? Where I come from, card payments have a fee that the merchant has to pay, but bank transfers are free and instant.
Yup! The bakery where I buy my coffee on occasion has their menus listed with two prices… The card prices are 4% higher. So an item that is priced at 7 bucks cash is listed as $7.28 for card.
Makes me so glad that I have never signed up for a card.
Over 60 with NO credit rating… delightful.