codeismylife
Do retailers actually do this? I briefly worked in retail a while back and the payment processing fees(online and offline) were all considered to be part of the cost of doing business and essentially taken up by the merchant.
Today I provide ecommerce solutions and all my merchants haven't priced in the cost of payment processing either. They aren't necessarily happy about it but they consider it to be part of the cost of engaging in commerce in the modern world otherwise they'll be annihilated by their competitors if they don't provide easy ways to accept payments from their patrons.
It makes me think that privacy is highly underestimated by Facebook. While it was once their key value proposition that real identity was desirable on a social site, with increasing political polarization and increased threats of government surveillance, the roles are now reversed and we'll continue to see privacy being treasured.
I have a Facebook account I NEVER post to and only check twice a week for about 30 seconds each instance. I do however spend an inordinate amount of time on Reddit. So much so that I deliberately have to wean myself off Reddit otherwise I'll waste too much time on it.
How well developed (or undeveloped) is the rail network in the states? Is it equipped to handle this cargo and if so, why do businesses turn to the road network instead?