OT: Credit card policies (was Re: Dear Linkedin,)

Sun Jun 10 21:28:39 UTC 2012

On June 10, 2012 at 14:33 jra at baylink.com (Jay Ashworth) wrote:
 > ----- Original Message -----
 > > From: "Michael Thomas" <mike at mtcc.com>
 > 
 > > On 06/10/2012 11:22 AM, John T. Yocum wrote:
 > > > A merchant can offer a cash discount.
 > > 
 > > I believe that the law just recently changed on that account. I
 > > believe that what Barry says was the old reality.
 > 
 > Perhaps, but Cash/Credit for gas dates back to before I moved to Florida in 
 > 1981.  Even Further Off-Topic, isn't "debit" supposed to be "cash"?  Why do 
 > I pay the Credit price for it?

I think part of the problem is there's no uniform answer to these
observations.

I remember news reports with videos of cash/credit signs at gas
stations saying these were illegal (well, violated their contracts)
but no one was enforcing it, an urge to get attorneys-general in on
the act since non-uniform contract enforcement could be a violation of
some sort of commercial laws or grounds for a civil suit if an injured
party has standing.

Or maybe some gas companies had the leverage to get exceptions written
into their contracts, etc.

They're just contracts, they can say anything as long as it's legal.

-- 
        -Barry Shein

The World              | bzs at TheWorld.com           | http://www.TheWorld.com
Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: 800-THE-WRLD        | Dial-Up: US, PR, Canada
Software Tool & Die    | Public Access Internet     | SINCE 1989     *oo*