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Old Jun 14, 2019 | 8:39 am
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Originally Posted by drminn
No it doesn't. I would argue that every retail price has a built-in 2 - 3% margin for credit card fees. We as consumers pay that fee. If we pay cash, that fee goes to the merchant as additional profit.
Then I'm losing your original point. Is it that since we're all paying this markup that is built into everything, we're all really paying for these credit card bonuses we're getting?
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