rick@gtisqr.UUCP (Rick Groeneveld) (01/11/89)
What is all this crap about credit cards doing here in comp.sys.amiga?
pfaff@atlantis.asd.contel.com (Ray Pfaff - Oakwood 457 934-8162) (06/09/89)
In article <MYXg=3y00VA6E4WFIr@andrew.cmu.edu> (Eric Jenkins) writes: >John Sparks writes: >6. Is there and additional charge for use of credit cards? (This is > the one that I hate the most. And Eric explains : > The reason companies have an additional charge for use of a credit card > is because credit card companies charge the companies for use of > a credit card; usually between 3%-5% of the purchase price. I'm not sure if it still works this way, but a few years ago you could get around this scam by making the retailer bill you separately for the 3-5%, marking it on the bill as a charge for using the credit card. Most will object to this for a very good reason - you can send the bill to your credit card company and they will credit your account and charge the retailer for the surcharge instead. As I said, I don't know if this still works or how universal it is, but I'm sure you could check with your credit card company.