Rising Fuel Costs - Passing the costs to your customer?

Nomad74

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Credit cards open up more customers for you. Some people like using their cards as they get air miles or other points. Yes you pay a fee but it just opens you up to so many more people.
I make the customer pay the fee. But I let them know before hand when booking the appointment. I charge 4%
 

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I make the customer pay the fee. But I let them know before hand when booking the appointment. I charge 4%
Not sure if that's ok by the credit card people. I got the idea that if they found out, they could cancel your privileges. I read somewhere that that's about to change.
 

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Credit cards open up more customers for you. Some people like using their cards as they get air miles or other points. Yes you pay a fee but it just opens you up to so many more people.
I agree people like using them but I disagree it opens you up more.
I've only had a few over the years go on about the cc perks but they still write me a check. And u have plenty of corporate accounts that send checks. It just takes longer to get paid.
 

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Credit cards open up more customers for you. Some people like using their cards as they get air miles or other points. Yes you pay a fee but it just opens you up to so many more people.
I have a very small, but affluent customer base. About 75% of them Venmo me. Once in a blue moon I’ll lose a customer for not taking credit cards, and that’s because they don’t have the money to get their carpet cleaned. I don’t care about those customers.
 

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I make the customer pay the fee. But I let them know before hand when booking the appointment. I charge 4%
I'm thinking of charging this fee as well. But Credit card users are more likely to tip, so I don't want to discourage their use of credit cards.
 
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KevinD

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More and more businesses around here are charging a fee for credit card usage.
Guess everyone is getting tired of paying the banks.
And here we thought we were working towards a cashless society.
 
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If the card just says Visa, fine. If someone tries to use a Sierra Club or other "affinity" high percentage rate card, I say go ahead and charge them for making you pay for their charities.

Otherwise, I'd rather quote a discount for cash.
 
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Nomad74

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I went to Subway the other day and was informed they no longer take cash.

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steve_64

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I went to Subway the other day and was informed they no longer take cash.

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This weekend I was at two stores Lowes was one and they couldn't process cards. Cash only.
I don't carry a CC.
If they won't take my cash no problem someone else will.

And no discounts for cash. It's my price regardless.
 

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Credit cards open up more customers for you. Some people like using their cards as they get air miles or other points. Yes you pay a fee but it just opens you up to so many more people.
I'm with Costco business services,

They use elavon and they were about 1 1/2 % and .12 cents a transaction.

They sent me a notice saying they're gonna charge 4.5% now.

That's nuts.

That's AMEX fees
 

SamIam

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Ok so new bill says 3.35% .29 cents a transaction

Mastercard visa non qualified discover

Visa standard is 4.2% and .29 per transaction.

Amex is 2.8% and .29 per transaction
 

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