Moonglow
Diamond Member
I have four wheelbarrows but I use an armored truck fer my cash.If you plan to cut back on credit card transactions then you'd be wise to invest in a wheelbarrow.
Xiden is still "president".
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I have four wheelbarrows but I use an armored truck fer my cash.If you plan to cut back on credit card transactions then you'd be wise to invest in a wheelbarrow.
Xiden is still "president".
Interesting.First of all, let me say that Credit card companies’ fees are already being paid by customers because they are part of a merchant’s overhead expenses.
I also know that the restaurant industry has been devastated by our governments imposed regulations, and SHUT-DOWNS , and I for one have been VERY Sympathetic about that from day one.
However, over the last few weeks I have notices after gtting my bill from some restaurants a Credit Card Fee for using my card.
Now I dine out several times weekly with my wife and have notices a Fee added on the bill for using a credit card, ranging from 2 percent to 4 percent. Being told about it in advancer, or having it listed on the Menu is not the Issue, not at all.
As we all know very well the cost of eating out has skyrocketed with food and also the drink prices! And mostly all of the restaurants have raised their prices. I know that, and I’m not complaining about that. But now adding a Credit Card Fee on top is what I think TO MUCH.
I believe that without a doubt it will reduce the number of times people go out to a restaurant. That is a Given.
And as a customer who frequently dines in restaurants, I know will impact my going out for dinner as often as I have been..
First of all, I feel that if the restaurant is raising their prices then they should not be charging this ridiculous fee for the use of someone using their Card As a practical matter, since more than 80, and maybe 90 percent of bills at full-service restaurants are paid by credit cards, such fees should be built into the prices, as they most probably were already. .
I think the prices they are charging now is getting to be too much already, then you include the tip, the gas to get there, the Valet for parking, and now a credit card fee?. They are going to be pricing themselves out of existence.
All prices already went up. I’m VERY Sorry for all those that suffered last year. But my fixed income didn’t go up, and I’,m sure that most of their other customers haven't either. So everyone is in the same predicament. We all feel the squeeze.
Well, I never use debt in any way (I think that's very foolish) but I have learned this year not to use a debit Visa card, because stores or magazines get you on automatic renewal! They don't ask, or they pretend you said it was okay and just keep charging forever. AND the biggest cheat going now is the box you supposedly checked, as if, that the charity or politician group can take the amount contributed out of your account every month. I was caught TWICE by that and my husband once. We got free of them all, but we both lost money on all three of these thefts. In both cases, I at least will never contribute there again. And I pay for any subscription by check so they can't put me illicitly on automatic renewal. And contribute to any charity by check or PayPal or Amazon Pay ---- some way that can't be jiggered by these thieves.This is why it pays to use cash as much as you can. It only means less debt on your plate.
God bless you always!!!
Holly
Ooh! YUM foods!Businesspeople really appreciate and prefer cash money.
I haven't seen what you've described around here when I choose to have Mexican cuisine or fried chicken at Taco Bell and KFC. However, the message has been given, if you want the convenience of using credit, you will have to pay.
Many places no longer take cash because handling it exposes their employees to possible COVID.This is why it pays to use cash as much as you can. It only means less debt on your plate.
God bless you always!!!
Holly
If places don't like the exchanging of cash from one person's hands to another anymore, how do they handle the fact that they do have to hang on to the credit card receipts that have to be signed by the customers?Many places no longer take cash because handling it exposes their employees to possible COVID.
Cash is always valid legal tender and that is just another “scare you” mechanism of the hoax. If they will not accept your lawful legal tender, take the items and go, You tried to pay. They refused, nothing the police nor courts can or will do. Best if you video tape their refusalMany places no longer take cash because handling it exposes their employees to possible COVID.
I think the whole mess was stupid, but you cannot argue that it is not happening.If places don't like the exchanging of cash from one person's hands to another anymore, how do they handle the fact that they do have to hang on to the credit card receipts that have to be signed by the customers?
God bless you always!!!
Holly
They NEVER did they work it into the priceThe restaurant shouldnt have to subsidise your credit.
With all due respect, RR...you've ALWAYS paid to use your credit card...the fee was built into the menu price! What those restaurants are doing now is fighting back against the credit card service providers...some of which are now charging more than 5% to process transactions. That's 5% of the GROSS in an industry that works on a rather small percentage of profit! All those ads you see on TV with "points" and "cash back" on their card? Who do you think pays for all of those freebies? The businesses are stuck with that fee and it's just a question with how they pass that cost along to you! A restaurant that I go to has done something unique. They charge you 4% if you use a credit card...they give you a 5% discount if you pay in cash! When I spoke to the owner about it he conveyed that he'd had it with the service providers gouging him and if he was going to be giving someone 5% he'd rather give it to his customers as a reward. So if you go into that restaurant and pay cash you save 9%. You're going to see more and more things like that going forward.First of all, let me say that Credit card companies’ fees are already being paid by customers because they are part of a merchant’s overhead expenses.
I also know that the restaurant industry has been devastated by our governments imposed regulations, and SHUT-DOWNS , and I for one have been VERY Sympathetic about that from day one.
However, over the last few weeks I have notices after gtting my bill from some restaurants a Credit Card Fee for using my card.
Now I dine out several times weekly with my wife and have notices a Fee added on the bill for using a credit card, ranging from 2 percent to 4 percent. Being told about it in advancer, or having it listed on the Menu is not the Issue, not at all.
As we all know very well the cost of eating out has skyrocketed with food and also the drink prices! And mostly all of the restaurants have raised their prices. I know that, and I’m not complaining about that. But now adding a Credit Card Fee on top is what I think TO MUCH.
I believe that without a doubt it will reduce the number of times people go out to a restaurant. That is a Given.
And as a customer who frequently dines in restaurants, I know will impact my going out for dinner as often as I have been..
First of all, I feel that if the restaurant is raising their prices then they should not be charging this ridiculous fee for the use of someone using their Card As a practical matter, since more than 80, and maybe 90 percent of bills at full-service restaurants are paid by credit cards, such fees should be built into the prices, as they most probably were already. .
I think the prices they are charging now is getting to be too much already, then you include the tip, the gas to get there, the Valet for parking, and now a credit card fee?. They are going to be pricing themselves out of existence.
All prices already went up. I’m VERY Sorry for all those that suffered last year. But my fixed income didn’t go up, and I’,m sure that most of their other customers haven't either. So everyone is in the same predicament. We all feel the squeeze.
With all due respect, RR...you've ALWAYS paid to use your credit card...the fee was built into the menu price! What those restaurants are doing now is fighting back against the credit card service providers...some of which are now charging more than 5% to process transactions. That's 5% of the GROSS in an industry that works on a rather small percentage of profit! All those ads you see on TV with "points" and "cash back" on their card? Who do you think pays for all of those freebies? The businesses are stuck with that fee and it's just a question with how they pass that cost along to you! A restaurant that I go to has done something unique. They charge you 4% if you use a credit card...they give you a 5% discount if you pay in cash! When I spoke to the owner about it he conveyed that he'd had it with the service providers gouging him and if he was going to be giving someone 5% he'd rather give it to his customers as a reward. So if you go into that restaurant and pay cash you save 9%. You're going to see more and more things like that going forward.
The person that's always gotten screwed is the CASH customer who isn't given a different rate! They end up picking up part to the cost for people who use credit cards.Had a boss when I worked in a bike shop many years ago and he'd tell the customer we have a cash price and a card price.
It was a toss up between those who didnt care and those who ran to the bank to get cash.
Some people actually got pissed over having to pay more for using a card.
Then pay cashFirst of all, let me say that Credit card companies’ fees are already being paid by customers because they are part of a merchant’s overhead expenses.
I also know that the restaurant industry has been devastated by our governments imposed regulations, and SHUT-DOWNS , and I for one have been VERY Sympathetic about that from day one.
However, over the last few weeks I have notices after gtting my bill from some restaurants a Credit Card Fee for using my card.
Now I dine out several times weekly with my wife and have notices a Fee added on the bill for using a credit card, ranging from 2 percent to 4 percent. Being told about it in advancer, or having it listed on the Menu is not the Issue, not at all.
As we all know very well the cost of eating out has skyrocketed with food and also the drink prices! And mostly all of the restaurants have raised their prices. I know that, and I’m not complaining about that. But now adding a Credit Card Fee on top is what I think TO MUCH.
I believe that without a doubt it will reduce the number of times people go out to a restaurant. That is a Given.
And as a customer who frequently dines in restaurants, I know will impact my going out for dinner as often as I have been..
First of all, I feel that if the restaurant is raising their prices then they should not be charging this ridiculous fee for the use of someone using their Card As a practical matter, since more than 80, and maybe 90 percent of bills at full-service restaurants are paid by credit cards, such fees should be built into the prices, as they most probably were already. .
I think the prices they are charging now is getting to be too much already, then you include the tip, the gas to get there, the Valet for parking, and now a credit card fee?. They are going to be pricing themselves out of existence.
All prices already went up. I’m VERY Sorry for all those that suffered last year. But my fixed income didn’t go up, and I’,m sure that most of their other customers haven't either. So everyone is in the same predicament. We all feel the squeeze.
With all due respect, RR...you've ALWAYS paid to use your credit card...the fee was built into the menu price! What those restaurants are doing now is fighting back against the credit card service providers...some of which are now charging more than 5% to process transactions. That's 5% of the GROSS in an industry that works on a rather small percentage of profit! All those ads you see on TV with "points" and "cash back" on their card? Who do you think pays for all of those freebies? The businesses are stuck with that fee and it's just a question with how they pass that cost along to you! A restaurant that I go to has done something unique. They charge you 4% if you use a credit card...they give you a 5% discount if you pay in cash! When I spoke to the owner about it he conveyed that he'd had it with the service providers gouging him and if he was going to be giving someone 5% he'd rather give it to his customers as a reward. So if you go into that restaurant and pay cash you save 9%. You're going to see more and more things like that going forward.
Then OK. Good for you, I do have a problem with it,The CC companies charge a fee, and take a percentage...the businesses are just trying to get that back.
So say it cost $25.00...if someone uses a card, and not cash, the CC might charge 2 percent, thus the business really isn't getting the $25.00.
I have no problem with this.