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ericyan | 4 years ago

This practise is illegal in the UK and that's probably why they decided to this instead

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mFixman|4 years ago

The Australian practice seems fair though.

If you force cash and credit card transactions to be the same price then the extra 0.5% is charged to everyone, and outside of extreme cases like this post there is little incentive for credit card operators to lower their fee.

maccard|4 years ago

Why is that only applied to credit card transactions, and not transactions by debit card (which banks also charge for) or for handling cash?

gambiting|4 years ago

It's illegal everywhere in the EU as well. If a merchant accepts debit/credit cards then they are not allowed to charge extra for using them.

ericyan|4 years ago

Yeah, the catch is "if a merchant accepts..."

I live in the Netherlands and biggest supermarket chain here, Albert Heijn, is strictly Mastro-only. This is not a problem for the locals, but you will find angry reviews left by tourists on pretty much every ah branch in Amsterdam on Google Maps.

Symbiote|4 years ago

I see this repeated often, but it's not unusual in Denmark for credit cards, especially corporate cards, to have an extra fee applied.

Example in English: https://www.flysas.com/en/help-and-contact/faq/booking/why-d...

And in Danish: https://www.tivoli.dk/da/om/vilkaar-og-betingelser/betalings... (or without the reasoning in English: https://www.tivoligardens.com/en/om/vilkaar-og-betingelser/b... )