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In message <k9mo11p30kajnn50k5dri2p7ljnjvf6fkj@4ax.com>, IanAl
<me@privacy.net> writes
>On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 23:06:25 +0000, Jonathan Bryce
><jonathan@localhost.localdomain> wrote:
>
>>Derek Hornby wrote:
>>
>>>> Yes. The law which explicitly allows sellers to make a surcharge for
>>>> card use has been around for several years.
>>>
>>> And quite right. It costs the retailer more to deal with card transactions
>>> than cash. Also the retailer takes more risk with cards than cash.
>>
>>Credit card transactions are more expensive than cash, however debit card
>>transactions, except for very small amounts, are a lot cheaper.
>
>That's why I never understood why shops with a Visa sign refused the
>Barclays Connect card when it first came out. Perhaps it was a
>misunderstanding, or Barclays cocked up the charging arrangements for
>it - e.g. percentage vs. charge per transaction.

Why make things out to be so complicated Hornby as of toy trains when I
were a boy.

It is all a matter of "SEX & INTRIGUE" - "LOOKING A GOOD PERSON" -
"BEING A SOMEBODY" -- ETC. + + - + ETC.

Grotty (:-))
--
Roger J. P. Jones