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Wed Oct-13-10 02:50 PM
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| 30. Just because he is doing it doesn't mean it is allowed by merchant agreement. |
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Edited on Wed Oct-13-10 02:53 PM by Statistical
Essentially he is in breech of contract by violating the terms under which he agreed to accept credit cards.
All it would take is one of his customers calling VISA and complaining and he would be forced to stop. Repeat offenses would result in him losing ability to accept credit cards period.
Merchants are prohibited from charging more for using VISA or Mastercard (and VISA is the one that strongly enforces this). Neither Discover nor Amex have such a prohibition but no business ONLY accepts Disc and Amex.
Separately it is illegal in a few states:
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Florida
Kansas
Maine
Massachusetts
New York
Oklahoma
Texas
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