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Re:In praise of cash by Joakal on Saturday March 04, 2017 @12:19AM (#13789421)
I've been doing this by just straight up asking. "Is there a discount with cash?" "No" "Ok, I'll pay with my card"

Merchants prefer cash as card costs them money.

Usually works with dry cleaners, cafes, etc. Big businesses generally say no.

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Re:In praise of cash by OJFord on Saturday March 04, 2017 @01:03AM (#13789561)
Funny, I've always viewed it as a card surcharge rather than a cash discount.
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Re:In praise of cash by nommm-nommm on Saturday March 04, 2017 @12:17PM (#13791818)
Merchants don't always prefer cash. There's trade-offs to both. If merchants always preferred cash then there wouldn't be merchants who go cashless, and there are.
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Re:In praise of cash by mavhc on Saturday March 04, 2017 @08:25AM (#13790792)
Working with cash costs money too, counting, storage, transport, costs to deposit/get out of a bank
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