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Re:EU NGI TALER will bring private and secure online payment... by n_ary on Thursday January 18, 2024 @04:04AM (#39039594)
I absolutely care about privacy. Also, if I can pay the kebab shop with less fee with my phone(hopefully) rather than them putting up a note that “only cash”(because CC charges large fees), it’ll be an immediate win for me to avoid carrying wallet full of heavy coins and cash everywhere like medieval times.
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Re:EU NGI TALER will bring private and secure online payment... by mytailorisrich on Thursday January 18, 2024 @04:17AM (#39039687)
If you believe that kebab shops, or any shops, that put up such signs are really about card fees then I have bridge to sell you...
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Re:EU NGI TALER will bring private and secure online payment... by actionfromafar on Thursday January 18, 2024 @04:42AM (#39039840)
They do though. I have been to several who refuse cards for payments below a certain (pretty low) amount.
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Re:EU NGI TALER will bring private and secure online payment... by mytailorisrich on Thursday January 18, 2024 @05:36AM (#39040183)
Minimum amount for card payments , indeed because of fees, is not the same as refusing card payments altogether like the person I replied to wrote.

Cash only is not really about card fees...

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Re:EU NGI TALER will bring private and secure online payment... by actionfromafar on Thursday January 18, 2024 @09:48AM (#39042297)
But if you only sell low value items, it may not be worth it, especially if you won’t loose many customers because most customers have cash at hand.
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Re:EU NGI TALER will bring private and secure online payment... by mytailorisrich on Thursday January 18, 2024 @01:01PM (#39045103)
Let's spell it out, then: Cash only is about tax, not card fees.
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