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Re:Kogan imposes a tax on IE7 shoppers by hammock on Wednesday June 13, 2012 @09:39PM (#4109381)
Another (and more realistic) analogy would be a retailer adding a surcharge to your total when paying by credit card.
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Re:Kogan imposes a tax on IE7 shoppers by mayneack on Wednesday June 13, 2012 @10:37PM (#4109518)
That's illegal in most states/violates all credit card agreements for the vendor.

(but still a valid comparison)

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Re:Kogan imposes a tax on IE7 shoppers by damian2000 on Wednesday June 13, 2012 @10:43PM (#4109538)
Not illegal in Australia, where kogan is from. Unfortunately there's no limit on the amount a merchant can charge for payment/card fees. For example, I believe the most popular taxi charge company here (CabCharge) charges a 10% fee when paying by credit card.
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Re:Kogan imposes a tax on IE7 shoppers by bcowcher on Thursday June 14, 2012 @01:07AM (#4109873)
I do believe the RBA was going to investigate this [1]. If they do anything about it is something else entirely however..

[1] http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/reserve-bank-is-investigati...

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Re:Kogan imposes a tax on IE7 shoppers by mayneack on Thursday June 14, 2012 @09:11AM (#4111144)
In the US. My bad.
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Re:Kogan imposes a tax on IE7 shoppers by RandallBrown on Thursday June 14, 2012 @12:38PM (#4112186)
But places can just offer s "cash discount" and it ends up being exactly the same. All the gas stations around me charge 10 cents more for credit cards and it's infuriating.
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Re:Kogan imposes a tax on IE7 shoppers by molmalo on Thursday June 14, 2012 @06:11AM (#4110603)
How about a discount to cash then? Its the opposite, buy has the same result.
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Re:Kogan imposes a tax on IE7 shoppers by mayneack on Thursday June 14, 2012 @09:12AM (#4111147)
Most common (in the US) is just a minimum credit card purchase.
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Re:Kogan imposes a tax on IE7 shoppers by jack-r-abbit on Thursday June 14, 2012 @07:36PM (#4114146)
Many gas stations here (in California anyway) still offer a slightly lower price for cash customers.
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Re:Kogan imposes a tax on IE7 shoppers by koide on Thursday June 14, 2012 @07:45AM (#4110845)
In Europe many get away with it.
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