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Can customers be charged for using their credit card ie 1% extra
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Suzex
Posts: 1 Newbie
in Credit cards
My dentist has just told me that I have to pay 1% on top of his charges for the privilege of paying by credit card. Is this legal? Suzex
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Yes it is.
In the United Kingdom, merchants won the right through The Credit Cards (Price Discrimination) Order 1990 to charge customers different prices according to the payment method.0 -
Although its usually against the Visa/Mastercard merchant agreement. Ringing Visa/Mastercard is often a good idea when you see this....0
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One is a Statutory Instrument, made under an Act of Parliament...and the other is a Merchant Agreement. Now which do you think would take precedence in a dispute?Although its usually against the Visa/Mastercard merchant agreement. Ringing Visa/Mastercard is often a good idea when you see this....
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My bad sorry, I was thinking of the US....0
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Although its usually against the Visa/Mastercard merchant agreement.
This is what The Credit Cards (Price Discrimination) Order 1990 made illegal in the UK! Credit Card companies cannot force merchants not to surcharge for credit card payments, even if it is in the merchant agreement.0
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