Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Passing the credit card expense directly to the consumer

I wondered if some company would start passing the cost of credit card processing onto the consumer. I just paid a bill online and it appears, although I'm not sure, to be the first time that I've seen someone pass the credit card expense directly onto the consumer. I notice that they don't take Visa, does Visa refuse to participate?
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