Electrician has added £20 charge for paying by credit card

brianposter

jet01 said:

If he’s trying to illegally charge an extra £20 he has no right to then it’s not a fair price no matter how good is work might be. I wouldn’t want to do business with people who try to rip me off and then try to blame their card merchant when they are called out on it. 

Fair doesnt have anything to do with it. It is obviously unfair that those who pay by credit card should pay less than people who pay by other means.

Dr_Crypto

Either way you probably lose.
He may simply decline to accept payment by card.
He may capitulate. If so he won’t come back should you need further work or indeed if something goes wrong with this job.
If you want to pay by card you should probably pay the fee.