Well, it's not "illegal", in a criminal or quasi-criminal sense. It's contrary to the contract that the vendor has with the CC companies. It's up to the CC folks if they want to sue or not. And, they likely don't give a hoot, 'cause I doubt that they're losing much business by it.
I don't like the fact that some places advertise "cash prices" and tag you with an extra 3% if you want to charge it. I think that's misleading advertising. OTOH, it doesn't bother me if the vendor wants to knock off a couple of bucks if I offer to pay cash, and I don't think there's anything wrong with that at all. After all, the "sticker price" is always negotiable... My two cents (less 3%) worth? cheers, frank Chris Brogden wrote: > Technically this is illegal. Part of their merchant agreement is that > they will not raise prices for credit card purchases. They may not have > been prosecuted for it yet, but that doesn't make it right. > > chris -- "Honour - that virtue of the unjust!" -Albert Camus
