A lot of small businesses have an extra fee for using cards. I havent noticed anything different with portions unless its changed in the last month.
The cost of doing Credit Cards is a big burden to any size business... More and more are adding a "service charge" to their sale when customers use a convenient (to them) payment method. The Merchant is also now shouldered with the responsibility of getting his payment...the transfer of the funds is originated from Customer to Processor, then to the Bank and finally to the Merchant's account. W/the sale charge shrunken by all the 15 diff fees attached to the original transaction by all it passed thru! • IF, the Credit Card gets 'swiped", the Merchant wonders if the cust will dispute the charge!! If they dispute the Merchant is out the money! *#/#@*!!!... With almost no recourse... of course if they have video you can dipute all you want, but now you'll be committing Fraud! • lf Card has 'chip', then the EMV reader sends all info so securely that if there is a dipute filed, the Processor or the Merch's Bank pays. BUT more equip has to be bought by the Merchant. ..oops ran out of space
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