Originally Posted by
tcook052
How high a merchant fee? Here's in N. America as I understand it's in the range of 1.5 - 3% so is it higher in Japan?
Perhaps the fee you can negotiate with the card provider depends on the volume of business. The Boston Globe says that Boston cab drivers pay 5-6% in transaction fees.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/mas...es_cabdrivers/
(I think they might be overcompensating with the automatic prompts on their machines that suggest tips from 15% to 25%, but I digress ... )