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From: ag5@pucc-i (Henry C. Mensch)
Newsgroups: net.legal
Subject: Re: credit vs cash sales
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Date: Tue, 28-Aug-84 15:06:43 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 28 15:06:43 1984
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The only place where I have seen this phenomenon is in
gas/service stations in various places around the 
country.  It seems fair for the merchant to offer a cash
discount since (a) he offers the customer a convenience
by taking a bank card draft for payment (I don't believe
that bank cards (VISA, Mastercard) constitute legal tender.)
and (b) the merchant bank usually charges a "small" surcharge
for the processing of bank card drafts.  

As a user of bank cards, I have never experienced the
cash discount/credit markup in a store.

Oh, well. . .  Guess I was lucky . . . .
~?




			Cheers,
			Henry C. Mensch
			Purdue University Computing Center
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