Originally Posted by
drewguy
What is the purported justification for a cc fee but not a debit card?
Simply €€€€ ...
Debit cards usually incur - depending on the country - a fixed processing fee (<1,-€) to the merchant using the system regardles of the amount.
And only when currency exchange is involved (not all EU member countries use €uro as their currency ...) the usual conversion expenses are added.
In comparison CC´s incur significantly higher charges to the merchant (who passes them to the customer and likes to add some revenue to the transaction process ...)