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r�is�n_dubh

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19. I'm shocked I tells ya...

Reply to Skittles (Reply #8)

Tue Apr 14, 2026, 07:28 AM

18 hrs ago

My mom always pays cash (she lives in NJ), or uses her debit card.
We don’t have these surcharges in England. Sure at a random ATM in a dodgy convenience store, perhaps. But you can go to an ATM at any supermarket and take cash out and you don’t get charged either by the machine or your bank. And no credit card surcharges anywhere.

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Surcharges Are Suddenly Everywhere--And Grumpy Americans Are Paying Up [View all] question everything Yesterday OP

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My spouse's dentist added a surcharge because he used credit card! question everything Yesterday #4

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Paper checks work like cash. Demobrat 22 hrs ago #10

Also debit cards. My auto mechanic encourages using them to avoid these charges. question everything 16 hrs ago #21

My dentist does the same. Doctor charges for all cards. Demobrat 11 hrs ago #28

Mine (recently retired) didn't take cards. Alice B. 19 hrs ago #17

I guess they don't make enough. demosincebirth 22 hrs ago #12

Look at your checks closely demosincebirth 22 hrs ago #11

Chances are, you encounter it multiple times per week. Torchlight 18 hrs ago #18

Yup. SheltieLover Yesterday #3

Are you all just noticing... r�is�n_dubh Yesterday #5

it's why I pay in cash Skittles 23 hrs ago #8

I'm shocked I tells ya... r�is�n_dubh 18 hrs ago #19

I used to pay cash a lot Tree Lady 11 hrs ago #31

Cash whenever possible BeneteauBum 11 hrs ago #32

Here in CA if you use a CC then it is 3% of the balance due. Jacson6 13 hrs ago #24

I needed a plumber this past weekend OnionPatch Yesterday #7

3% for a credit card Old Crank 21 hrs ago #14

I had the appliance guy out for my dishwasher recently. mnhtnbb 20 hrs ago #16

We had guy out to fix ours Tree Lady 11 hrs ago #33

Tell him check today or you'll bring cash tomorrow then order him out. Wonder Why 9 hrs ago #34

Highway robbery. calimary 23 hrs ago #9

The war-criminal's "golden age" is just starting... Justice matters. 21 hrs ago #13

Surcharges make sense for surprise expenses for business Old Crank 21 hrs ago #15

Following Europe's example DFW 17 hrs ago #20

The businesses have to pay a fee for that transaction, so they pass it on. maxsolomon 13 hrs ago #22

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22% at the restaurant I went to on Saturday. maxsolomon 12 hrs ago #25

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Checkout Line Occupancy Fee bucolic_frolic 12 hrs ago #26

They quite literally want to bleed the American public dry clevergrrrl 11 hrs ago #29

"Everything as a service". OC375 11 hrs ago #30

TBH, we WERE warned shanti 7 hrs ago #36

Another symptom, no more "cash over"... dobleremolque 9 hrs ago #35

Surcharges? Aussie105 7 hrs ago #37