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Old Oct 24, 2004 | 1:10 pm
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Braindrain
 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: YVR
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Originally Posted by tcook052
When I bought my little VW on a CC, the dealer tried to do the same and charge me the merchant fee. That is until I told him that I always understood that to be against the law. Not sure if it actually is on the books as such, but in my TA life always understood it as a no-no.
From my experience with the cut-throat, discount computer shops in YVR, it's illegal to charge more to use the credit card but perfectly acceptable to give a cash discount.
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