card charge

wiseonesomeofthetime

I was at a small gig the other night and t-shirts were £20 cash, £22 credit card.

I suppose that falls into the same category, however, in the absence of said cash, I just paid the £22, despite it being, effectively, a 10% surcharge, as it was more convenient for me than leaving the venue, finding an ATM for the cash and returning to the venue.

NoodleDoodleMan

Did they "come clean" on the 5% issue ?

retiredbanker1

wiseonesomeofthetime said:

I was at a small gig the other night and t-shirts were £20 cash, £22 credit card.

I suppose that falls into the same category, however, in the absence of said cash, I just paid the £22, despite it being, effectively, a 10% surcharge, as it was more convenient for me than leaving the venue, finding an ATM for the cash and returning to the venue.

Report them to Trading standards.

wiseonesomeofthetime

retiredbanker1 said:

wiseonesomeofthetime said:

I was at a small gig the other night and t-shirts were £20 cash, £22 credit card.

I suppose that falls into the same category, however, in the absence of said cash, I just paid the £22, despite it being, effectively, a 10% surcharge, as it was more convenient for me than leaving the venue, finding an ATM for the cash and returning to the venue.

Report them to Trading standards.

They're back in Canada now, so unlikely Trading Standards will be interested now tbh.

Nebulous2

retiredbanker1 said:

wiseonesomeofthetime said:

I was at a small gig the other night and t-shirts were £20 cash, £22 credit card.

I suppose that falls into the same category, however, in the absence of said cash, I just paid the £22, despite it being, effectively, a 10% surcharge, as it was more convenient for me than leaving the venue, finding an ATM for the cash and returning to the venue.

Report them to Trading standards.

My life is not that black and white. 

I was at a food market recently and was charged less than I expected for two coffees. From memory I think they were £2.80 each and he took a fiver cash. I pointed out he had charged me less than the price on his board and he said. "There's always a discount for cash."

I thanked him, enjoyed my coffee, and never thought about it again until I read your comment here..... 

Nasqueron

Nebulous2 said:

retiredbanker1 said:

wiseonesomeofthetime said:

I was at a small gig the other night and t-shirts were £20 cash, £22 credit card.

I suppose that falls into the same category, however, in the absence of said cash, I just paid the £22, despite it being, effectively, a 10% surcharge, as it was more convenient for me than leaving the venue, finding an ATM for the cash and returning to the venue.

Report them to Trading standards.

My life is not that black and white. 

I was at a food market recently and was charged less than I expected for two coffees. From memory I think they were £2.80 each and he took a fiver cash. I pointed out he had charged me less than the price on his board and he said. "There's always a discount for cash."

I thanked him, enjoyed my coffee, and never thought about it again until I read your comment here..... 

Probably tax evasion then, that or he's one of those people who wrongly think cash is cheaper/fee free