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Re:Visa and Mastercard agree to lower average credit card in... by jkaplowitz on Friday May 19, 2023 @04:21AM (#35999222)
The price tag in Europe already has at least one exception in some countries like Germany: bottles and cans subject to the deposit system usually have the deposit added on top of the listed price. Of course, one can recover the deposit by returning the bottle or can to a suitable store, but it is usually added on top of the sticker price.

But yeah, I guess that doesn't differ by payment method, so it wouldn't affect the choice of payment method.

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Re:Visa and Mastercard agree to lower average credit card in... by ivan_gammel on Friday May 19, 2023 @04:56AM (#35999432)
Yes, deposit is different: it is fixed absolute amount on a single specific product, it is refundable, so in the end your expense will be the price without it. Also it is much higher than any transaction costs. Transaction fees on the other side do require some calculation effort and you have to remember the percentage.
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Re:Visa and Mastercard agree to lower average credit card in... by Semaphor on Friday May 19, 2023 @04:59AM (#35999446)
But a) those prices are straightforward, 0.08, 0.15 and 0.25 are the options depending on the type of bottle, b) as you said, you get the money back, and most importantly c) the deposit money is included on the price sticker.
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