On Mon, 10 May 2010, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:
On 10 mei 2010, at 5:01, tytso(_at_)mit(_dot_)edu wrote:
I talked to a cab driver in Boston, and he's not very happy with
credit cards, because he was forced to use a new system for credit
cards, and it takes what he considered an unfairly large percentage
when customers pay by credit cards.
And that's why credit cards are so evil. I understand there are often
provisions that sellers can't charge a premium for credit card payments
to make up for the commission so in places where creditcards are common
EVERYONE pays more because of credit card commissions.
Worth noting in this context ... in many/most/all US cities, cab fares are
regulated ... that would tend to not provide the cab driver/company with
the ability to compensate for the CC fee with higher rates and might make
them less happy about taking cards.
Also, in one case where I used a card, the transaction was handled over
the cab's radio to the dispatcher ... not something that made me happy.
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