Anyone else noticing this trend in your area?
I agree!Sometimes a small business will verbally offer a different price for paying with cash. I haven’t seen a sign by the cash register offering a 3% discount in years.
Sometimes they offer no tax and no paperwork. You know that they’re not going to declare that sale on their income tax form either. I use a card.
I see some of the smaller businesses around here doing that also, I'll pay cash to avoid it. There really should be signage stating you (the customer) will be charged for credit card use, and at what percent. It wouldn't surprise me if eventually both the card user and the vendor get dinged.
Watch them lose their mind if you write a check.paid cash (much to the cashier's visible irritation
I can't imagine convenience stores adding CC premiums to their prices. They don't want to return to being the attractive "stop and robs."The outcome is that the cash back incentive becomes of no value to the card user. This may curtail card usage, but it's kind of a gamble. Will people start avoiding vendors, or just willingly give them more? Our whole economy is moving away from cash. I hardly ever use cash, but I can't predict how this will wash out.
For the same reason I don't relish carrying large amounts of cash as a target for muggers.I can't imagine convenience stores adding CC premiums to their prices. They don't want to return to being the attractive "stop and robs."
Check writing would offer some entertainment in that regard, but it's expensive to write checks, and inconvenient. I've probably written one check this year. Possibly the service charge applies to checks too. Who really knows?Watch them lose their mind if you write a check.
Once in a great while I'll see someone pull out their checkbook at the checkout, I swear it's like the world stops for about sixty seconds. lolWatch them lose their mind if you write a check.