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This shouldn't change anything on the web where only payment methods with transaction fees were accepted all along. Why would you want to break out the fee into another line-item?

In the offline world, this settlement only offers a new label for an existing practice. Cash discounts were already legal, and a credit surcharge is just a cash discount by another name. I don't expect anyone that wasn't interested in advertising cash discounts to want to start advertising a credit surcharge. That sounds much more offensive to customers that want to give you their money but also want to use their credit card.




> Why would you want to break out the fee into another line-item?

It's not unusual in things like concert ticketing to have a headline price of, say, $30 then when you get to the checkout there's an extra $10 in processing fees and delivery charges. I assume companies think this makes them more money than being up front about the total cost.

> Cash discounts were already legal, and a credit surcharge is just a cash discount by another name.

In one case the customer pays less than the advertised price, in the other case more.


Reminds me of how the Affordable Care Act's health insurance requirement was declared legal.




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