• NaibofTabr
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    9 months ago

    Hmm… isn’t the credit card transaction fee usually about $3?

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        9 months ago

        No, stores pay the fee to the provider (MasterCard/Visa/American Express/etc) for processing the transaction. This is why you see those little signs that say “minimum credit card purchase $5” or w/e in smaller shops, because if the transaction is too small they lose money on it.

        You might actually inflict $2.50 in losses on the location for processing a single transaction for a $0.50 sauce cup.

        • LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          9 months ago

          That hasn’t been a thing in years, I regularly pay less than a quid by contactless, using my debit card with google pay. How else would you even pay for the bus or train?