[78-L] Convenience fees

[Taylor Bowie]

I had an open shop old/rare book business for nearly 25 years,  and I recall 
that my contracts with Visa,  MC and AmEx clearly stated that I was not 
allowed to add on a surcharge,  nor refuse to accept a card due to the small 
amount of the sale.  Perhaps the CC companies have loosened up on this 
policy?

Taylor B


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <soundthink at aol.com>
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Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 11:32 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Convenience fees


> These so--called convenience fees are illegal. It is against the law to 
> charge a surplus fee for using a credit card.
>
> Cary Ginell
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Lichtman <jeff at swazoo.com>
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> Sent: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 11:28 am
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Convenience fees
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> I see one major auctioneer has started adding a "convenience fee" now
> for all card payments on their auctions at short notice. . .
> ¦ D P Ingram ¦ Ab Ingram Oy ¦
> I don't have a problem with an auctioneer setting
> uch terms for payment as long as he does it
> penly and up front. I can make up my own mind as
> o whether I want to pay the fee, which applies
> nly to credit card and Paypal payments. If I
> on't want to pay the fee, I can skip the auction
> r choose some other method of payment (such as a check).
>
>                       -        Jeff Lichtman
>                                jeff at swazoo.com
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