ita, do you mean a service charge from the vendor, or from your bank?
Some convenience stores will charge you if you use your debit to pay for something under $5.
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Sue - Jul 15, 2005 5:10:11 am PDT #191 of 10002
hip deep in pie
Nutty - Jul 15, 2005 5:10:13 am PDT #192 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
it's 'illegal' (though I suspect that's a strong bit of propoganda on the credit card companies' part) for me to express a preference to my clients for receiving payment by cash or check.
Well, if it is illegal, then all the antiques dealers I've met don't know it. Everybody I've talked to will take a credit card, but will offer you an instant discount if you can pay via check or cash. I presume they set their prices to include the credit card fee, but so prefer cash deals that they'll lose that extra profit to acquire and keep a cash-paying customer.
tommyrot - Jul 15, 2005 5:10:45 am PDT #193 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
a crappy picture of the overhead bin warning sign in my cubicle.
You're right - it looks like a rod or something has come out of the wall or ceiling and impaled the guy in the head.
eta: head-impalement x-post.
Sue - Jul 15, 2005 5:11:20 am PDT #194 of 10002
hip deep in pie
Sue, that looks like...well, head impalement. Complete with blood spurtage.
I know! That's what's crazy about it. OHS people see head getting banged with door, I see pole through head.
§ ita § - Jul 15, 2005 5:13:27 am PDT #195 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
ita, do you mean a service charge from the vendor
At the time of sale, but I'm not sure who gets the money. If you already have a minimum amount thing in effect ($10), I'm really unexcited about giving you 75c on my $22 purchase.
Sue! You'd better be careful. That looks traumatic.
msbelle - Jul 15, 2005 5:13:38 am PDT #196 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Sue, that is priceless.
beekaytee - Jul 15, 2005 5:14:14 am PDT #197 of 10002
Compassionately intolerant
It probably is bs Kat. I've never bothered to read the 15 pages of 8pt type that comes with my credit card stuff.
I still tell my clients that I prefer non-credit card payments but I don't push it strongly. I appreciate that I can offer them the convenience.
What I don't appreciate? That it takes the turnkey service I use (which is specifically geared to counselors and associations that don't have heavy transaction cycles) 7 to 10 days to deposit the payment, minus the fee.
So, not only do they get the percentage and per transaction fee, but I'm guessing there is some 'float' involved as well.
Sigh. What price convenience.
Sue - Jul 15, 2005 5:14:31 am PDT #198 of 10002
hip deep in pie
I'm pretty sure that my bank charges 55c for every debit transaction.
amych - Jul 15, 2005 5:14:51 am PDT #199 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
priceless.
But with a 5% discount if you pay cash.
-t - Jul 15, 2005 5:15:17 am PDT #200 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Totally pole through the head.