Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 2:47 am
$1.99 at one station in town supposedly
you pay an extra 5c if you pay with a credit card?Fender wrote:$2.10 here for cash
$2.15 for credit
edit: Akron, OH
There are a couple of stations near me that don't take debit/credit, cash only. They are usually about 5c cheaper. Typically, a merchant has to pay 3% of the total transaction to MasterCard or Visa, especially small merchants, like mom'n'pop gas stations. So, if a gallon is $2.15, they'd normally pay about 6c per gallon to the CC company. By taking cash only, they pass that savings on to the consumer and sell higher volumes.busetibi wrote:you pay an extra 5c if you pay with a credit card?
wtf??
Every station I've seen along the freeway charges 5c extra for diesel on credit too.Fender wrote:There are a couple of stations near me that don't take debit/credit, cash only. They are usually about 5c cheaper. Typically, a merchant has to pay 3% of the total transaction to MasterCard or Visa, especially small merchants, like mom'n'pop gas stations. So, if a gallon is $2.15, they'd normally pay about 6c per gallon to the CC company. By taking cash only, they pass that savings on to the consumer and sell higher volumes.busetibi wrote:you pay an extra 5c if you pay with a credit card?
wtf??