@allrite @timrichards is anyone really making a cash/card decision right there at the register based on avoiding a surcharge?
All I'm saying is factor in the card charges across the board and raise the advertised price to say $5.05 and absorb it rather than sometimes charge $5.10 and sometimes $5 depending on whether someone holds up cash or a card.
@mike @allrite @timrichards I’ve been known to hand over an inconvenient denomination of cash like a $50 note [not out of pettiness: it might be literally all I am carrying] if it means avoiding a card surcharge. It’s up to them to figure out how to give me change, if they value cash enough to put a premium on other methods.
@futzle @mike @allrite @timrichards It's possibly a statement on my relatively privileged position (dual income household), but unless the item I'm buying is quite expensive (expensive enough that 1.5% turns in to serious money), I don't think twice about a surcharge and haven't used cash in years.
My mother gave me cash the other day 'cause I paid for dinner (no I didn't want it, but I've learnt not to argue), and now I have cash I will take a long time to do anything with.
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