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Old Nov 20, 2012 | 6:38 pm
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Originally Posted by jerryhung
"legal issue"? I thought it's just "high fee from AMEX" issue
The flipside, from what I am lead to believe, is that Amex charges convert to cash much more quickly than Visa/MC. This is one of the reasons why Costco, for example, only accepts AMEX and interac... their business model depends on the quick conversion to cash.
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