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charge of .50¢

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Half a cent? Seems steep.

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Wordsploded by Mark

September 30th, 2008 at 3:46 pm

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5 Responses to 'charge of .50¢'

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  1. I see you noticed .50¢ but not the completely nonsensical “and any order at less in $3.00 all Debit or Credit Cards”

    AA

    30 Sep 08 at 8:38 pm

  2. I once saw an (actual) Family Dollar advertisement brochure with a whole s***load of coupons for “.50¢ off” various items, but the real prize was their special offer of a dozen eggs for “only .99¢”.

    This was in a glossy, printed-and-mailed catalog. I wish i’d taken pictures.

    Falco98

    1 Oct 08 at 12:40 am

  3. It is illegal to upcharge or prohibit CC use on a minimum dollar amount.

    Vendors CAN offer a discount for anyone using cash.

    jedipunk

    1 Oct 08 at 6:57 am

  4. I don’t think it’s illegal. But it is a violation of most credit card vendor agreements. So you can threaten to report them to Visa or MasterCard and use that as leverage to get the fee waived.

    AA, we noticed several issues, including the one you mentioned. Check out the “Wait, I don’t see the problem with this!” section for the full list.

    Mark

    1 Oct 08 at 3:06 pm

  5. It’s called Verizon Math.

    Jeremy Visser

    2 Oct 08 at 5:02 am

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