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Old Oct 4, 2010 | 9:29 pm
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Originally Posted by soitgoes
There is a difference.
A difference that makes no difference is no difference. The end result is the same - you pay more with a credit card than you do with cash.

Originally Posted by soitgoes
A discount is supposed to be taken from the advertised/quoted price. A surcharge is applied to the advertised/quoted price.
And since the merchant already includes that 3% in the price in order to give that cash discount (I assume you're not gullible enough to think they didn't do that), how is that different?
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