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Which? claims low-cost airlines were among the worst offenders for unfair surcharges, with some levying a fee per passenger per leg of the journey, despite only having to process one transaction.
The group believes debit card transactions cost retailers no more than £0.20 and credit card payments cost less than 2% of the transaction value, but consumers are forced to pay much more.
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I think it's about time something was done about this ,i can to a certain extent understand the charges for credit cards but debit cards are rapidly becoming the prefered method of payment by customers and retailers ,i certainly prefer paying by debit card for large items instead of carrying wads of cash about
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