On Sun, 12 May 2002, Bill Stewart wrote:
The price of goods for which credit card payments are common
adjusts to a level that reflects the cost of the payment system.
For the most part, the credit card companies require the merchant to
hide the credit card charges in the purchase price, so
Now that I'm back from a week of other interest...
On Sun, 12 May 2002, Tim May wrote:
An interesting situation in Choate Prime, the world that exists
parallel (but out of kilter) to our own.
However, here on Earth, non prime, the recipient of a credit card
payment is the one who
Morlock Elloi[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
payment is the one who pays the 1-3% transaction charge. The payer pays
nothing.
There are more and more brick shops that charge 3% *more* for credit card
payments via principle of 3% cash discount.
The CC commission is calculated into
On Sunday, May 12, 2002, at 07:00 AM, Jim Choate wrote:
On or about Sun, 12 May 2002, somebody wrote:
People don't actually have to understand it as long as they get paid,
of course. People who are getting paid want to get paid as cheaply
as possible, ceterus parabus, and so any payment
At 03:50 PM 05/12/2002 -0700, Tim May wrote:
On Sunday, May 12, 2002, at 07:00 AM, Jim Choate wrote:
On or about Sun, 12 May 2002, somebody wrote:
People don't actually have to understand it as long as they get paid,
of course. People who are getting paid want to get paid as cheaply
as