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AndyCambs · 25-12-2011, 04:59

I notice that the news stated retailers would be permitted to charge a "reasonable" fee, and the figure mentioned I think was 2% credit card and 20p debit card.

If a retailer is going to charge to use a debit card, then I just wondered how much the costs for alternative methods of payment would be?
If I paid in cash, then I believe there is a similar banking charge for this to be deposited.

So does this mean they're going to include the possibilty for a retailer to charge for ANY payment type, and if I have cashback, (since there's no additional charge for the retailer) can we charge the retailer a fee?

My main point is, whilst I can understand a small fee for credit cards, debit cards should not attract any fee whatsoever.

25-12-2011, 04:59	#20
AndyCambs cf.mega poster Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Peterborough Services: Virgin Media XL Broadband XL Virgin Mobile V+ installed! and a happy Virgin Media customer Posts: 2,560	Re: Government to ban card surcharges I notice that the news stated retailers would be permitted to charge a "reasonable" fee, and the figure mentioned I think was 2% credit card and 20p debit card. If a retailer is going to charge to use a debit card, then I just wondered how much the costs for alternative methods of payment would be? If I paid in cash, then I believe there is a similar banking charge for this to be deposited. So does this mean they're going to include the possibilty for a retailer to charge for ANY payment type, and if I have cashback, (since there's no additional charge for the retailer) can we charge the retailer a fee? My main point is, whilst I can understand a small fee for credit cards, debit cards should not attract any fee whatsoever.