no credit for gas???

[simplyputsi 0]

Yeah, I stop to get gas last night and the pump says see attendant. So I go in and am like what's up? I could understand him mostly, and from what I got they were low on gas so they were only accepting cash until they got more gas and that was how it was at all the BP's in the area. I was like ummmm well ok, bye.
Was this only an Atlanta thing?

edit: I can't spell.

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[Thanatos340 1]

The real cashier was tied up in the back somewhere. There wasnt enough cash in the register for more crack Rock, So the guy was just hanging out selling gas till he had enough.

[simplyputsi 0]

You know that actually makes a ton of sense. A good idea too.

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i stopped for gas yesterday in oregon and handed the attendant my card. he said that gas was 10 cents a gallon more than the advertised $3.15. i took my card back and went to a different gas station. i've always been under the impression that businesses who accepted credit cards did so under the agreement that they wouldn't charge the customer more and would always accept them just as they would cash. i must have been misinformed.

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[Buried 0]

that's how it should be unless they offer a 'cash discount'

i'm actually curious if some items would be cheaper if we never had credit cards where companies take 2.5-7% of the total sale

Where is my fizzy-lifting drink?

[airtwardo 7]

i took my card back and went to a different gas station. i've always been under the impression that businesses who accepted credit cards did so under the agreement that they wouldn't charge the customer more and would always accept them just as they would cash. i must have been misinformed.


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Never heard of a 'cash discount' at a drop zone?

I know of several the 'discourage' the use of Credit Cards by offering up to 10% off for CASH!

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[TrophyHusband 0]

i've heard of the cash discount. i know its semantics, but i thought it was a businesses way of getting around the aggreement. "no mr. visa, we aren't charging credit card customers more, we're charging them our advertised price. we're just giving other customers a discount. there's nothing in our agreement that says i'm not allowed to give discounts is there?"

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[airtwardo 7]

DOH!


Okay I see what you're saying....not enough coffee in me yet!

Just wondering....cause I've had what you're describing happen to ME too...


Was the gas station by chance 'Indian' owned?
(Dot not Feather)

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i don't know who owned it, i only saw the attendant who was a white high school/college age guy.

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i took my card back and went to a different gas station. i've always been under the impression that businesses who accepted credit cards did so under the agreement that they wouldn't charge the customer more and would always accept them just as they would cash. i must have been misinformed.


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Never heard of a 'cash discount' at a drop zone?

I know of several the 'discourage' the use of Credit Cards by offering up to 10% off for CASH!

I HATE when dropzones do that! I think that the fee the credit card companies charge the business owners is just a business expense that they (the business owner) have to eat, not push it on to thier customers.

my body, my choice

[airtwardo 7]

I HATE when dropzones do that! I think that the fee the credit card companies charge the business owners is just a business expense that they (the business owner) have to eat, not push it on to their customers.


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Ah...EVERY business expense gets pushed on to the customer.

If you 'eat' the expenses...you're not in business long.

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[cameramonkey 0]

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Ah...EVERY business expense gets pushed on to the customer.

If you 'eat' the expenses...you're not in business long.

on a similar note, I love that misconception... that businesses pay taxes. no, dummy, you the customer pays the tax. anything that a business has to pay will trickle down to the consumer. plain and simple.

And it was my understanding that they arent supposed to charge you a different price, no matter how you slice it. whether its a "cash discount" or different prices for cash/credit customers, the end result is the same. Now, good luck on enforcing it, as I have yet to hear of somebody getting a merchant account yanked for the practice.

Two wrongs don't make a right, however three lefts DO!

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I HATE when dropzones do that! I think that the fee the credit card companies charge the business owners is just a business expense that they (the business owner) have to eat, not push it on to thier customers.

I've got no problem with it; it's just a more transparent way of addressing the cost of credit card processing fees. It gets passed on to you (the customer) in one of two ways: 1) everyone pays higher prices because some use a credit card or 2) those who use a credit card pay higher prices if they choose to use a card.

"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke