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global1

(26,507 posts) Tue Jul 27, 2021, 09:30 PM Jul 2021

I Learned Today That My Doctor Is Passing On To His Patients/Customers His Processing Fee He Pays... [View all]

to credit card companies.

I told him I've been using only my credit card and not using cash - because of the pandemic and didn't want to deal with dirty money or change. I was trying to keep myself safe - and now I'm being charged for that when I use my credit card.

I told him as a business man - paying the credit card processing fee is a cost of doing business and is good customer service - making things more convenient for his customers.

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I Learned Today That My Doctor Is Passing On To His Patients/Customers His Processing Fee He Pays... [View all] global1 Jul 2021 OP

In some states it is illegal to "pass on" credit card processing fees... PoliticAverse Jul 2021 #1

How would that be enforced? dsc Jul 2021 #2

Yes, that was the way merchants in New York got around the law "5% cash discount" years ago. n/t PoliticAverse Jul 2021 #6

It used to be illegal everywhere because the credit companies Bev54 Jul 2021 #4

Sorry. Blue_true Jul 2021 #3

Or pay by debit card. Bev54 Jul 2021 #5

Write him a check. multigraincracker Jul 2021 #7

Two things. First thing, credit card companies mahina Jul 2021 #8

That may be in violation of his credit card processing agreement Ms. Toad Jul 2021 #9

Up to 5% transaction charges are a burden. In the end it's a cost and one way or another, it ... marble falls Jul 2021 #10

Lots of stores and restaurants in NYC now passing on CC charges. brooklynite Jul 2021 #11

Brooklynite in post number 11 has it right left-of-center2012 Jul 2021 #12

Why would he not? He tabulates his expenses and adds a profit margin. GulfCoast66 Jul 2021 #13

Time to find another doctor MichMan Jul 2021 #14