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From: mats@dual.UUCP (Mats Wichmann)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Cash-payers: take note - (nf)
Message-ID: <424@dual.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 7-Apr-84 13:01:26 EST
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Posted: Sat Apr  7 13:01:26 1984
Date-Received: Sun, 8-Apr-84 01:37:07 EST
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Organization: Dual Systems, Berkeley, CA
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It has been suggested that allowing a surcharge for credit card purchaes
would only stimulate gouging for credit cards, not lower prices for cash
purchases. The example used to illustrate this was gas purchases, a 
singularly poor example for price comparisons. Gas prices fluctuate by
fairly large amounts on what is pretty much a weekly basis (although
they haven't been hopping quite as much recently as in the past). The
statement that after a month the prices with cash discount were at the level 
the  non-discounted price had been at ignores the possiblity (even, probability)
that the prices rose by that amount during the month. While I am not
arguing that the suggested situation might in fact occur, I would like
to see an example that shows it a little better. Can anyone think of
another example?

	    Mats Wichmann
	    Dual Systems Corp.
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