[78-L] Convenience fees

William A. Brent bbrent at pipeline.com
Sat Mar 14 11:49:31 PDT 2009


so the way retailers got/get around this is not charging MORE for CC sales,
but offering discounts for cash.

and in NYC may offer big discounts for cash - as there is no taxable 
record of the sale -



At 02:39 PM 3/14/2009, you wrote:
>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?




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