"Richard J." typed
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Tristán White wrote:
The OP said that his local newsagent charges.
Sorry, may not of been absoloutely clear in the original post. The
charge is for paying by card for Oyster... They often charge 80p
for paying by credit/debit card on any transaction that includes an
Oyster part but not on transactions which don't include Oyster.
That's still outrageous. I could perhaps understand him charging a
small fee for processing a credit/debit card transaction (though it's
time that nonsense ceased), but to charge it only if Oyster is involved
is ridiculous.
To be fair to the newsagent, AIUI the commission/mark-up/profit on
Oyster is very low. The credit card companies take a substantial
commission, which might swallow up any marginal profit on an Oyster
transaction.
I think there's a smallish flat rate fee for debit cards.
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