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Credit Card Surcharges

blue.peter · 2023-01-27 13:27:58

I'm hiring a fellow to do a job in my home, and was a little taken aback by part of our discussion about it. What follows is a series of excerpts from our e-mail exchange: Me: Him: Me: Him: Now, that's perfectly understandable, but doesn't address the issue. I know that these surcharges were banned about five years ago,…

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gt94sss2 Posts: 6,300 Forumite

5 February 2023 at 7:15AM

MrFrugalFever said:
If a charge is being levied and you have a choice to decline such method of payment I really don’t see what the issue is.

Simply that the law says such a fee is illegal I imagine..

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