Forget Google, time to end the Visa-MasterCard duopoly

Re:Forget Google, time to end the Visa-MasterCard duopoly by reaperducer on Monday June 29, 2020 @10:44PM (#23685956)

You can't say "Get 2% if you use cash instead of VISA". (Notice that nobody ever advertises that?) Because VISA doesn't allow it.

I see this all the time. * At more than one bookstore, the dry cleaner, markets, my current and previous landlord, my accountant, and pretty much every gas station since the 1990's.

* Pre-quarantine. Now I don't see anything.

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Re:Forget Google, time to end the Visa-MasterCard duopoly by JAlexoid on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @12:19AM (#23686507)

There are cases, where the person you're interacting with isn't likely to be audited or doesn't have a direct contract with the payment processor.

Gas stations I find weird, in general. How did they get that exception?

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Re:Forget Google, time to end the Visa-MasterCard duopoly by rblatz on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @02:27AM (#23687211)

It’s really only one chain I see doing that, and I’ve never bought gas from them and never will. The first time I lied in and they told me they were charging more for card I left.

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Re:Forget Google, time to end the Visa-MasterCard duopoly by zorked on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @04:42AM (#23688030)

They should have told you that they were charging less for cash.

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Re:Forget Google, time to end the Visa-MasterCard duopoly by bluedino on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @07:41AM (#23689068)

Lots of gas stations have the 'cash' price listed on the sign

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