Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ut-ngp.UUCP
Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!werner
From: werner@ut-ngp.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Cash-payers: take note
Message-ID: <469@ut-ngp.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 4-Apr-84 17:01:14 EST
Article-I.D.: ut-ngp.469
Posted: Wed Apr  4 17:01:14 1984
Date-Received: Thu, 5-Apr-84 02:33:33 EST
References: <607@pyuxqq.UUCP>
Organization: Comp. Center, Univ. of Texas at Austin
Lines: 12

<debugger>

yes, they disallow surcharges to credit-card buyers, but not discounts to
cash-payers, as you can see at nearly every Exxon-station.

So why don't we see more discounts?  Seems as if stores benefit in many
ways when customers use credit-cards, less cash to steal, fewer hot-checks,
automatic book-keeping.  And, of course, they don't want to start a brawl
with their bankers about credit-cards, so they don't discount.  Of course,
if there was a way to benefit both the store and the bank, and suck it
to the consumer - ah, but they found that one already, didn't they.