[153674] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Dear Linkedin,
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Thomas)
Sun Jun 10 14:26:18 2012
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 11:25:35 -0700
From: Michael Thomas <mike@mtcc.com>
To: "John T. Yocum" <john.yocum@fluidhosting.com>
In-Reply-To: <4FD4E5D4.5080003@fluidhosting.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On 06/10/2012 11:22 AM, John T. Yocum wrote:
> A merchant can offer a cash discount.
I believe that the law just recently changed on that account. I believe
that what Barry says was the old reality.
Mike
>
> --John
>
> On 6/10/2012 11:16 AM, Barry Shein wrote:
>>
>> I was under the impression (I should dig out my contract) that
>> merchant contracts also forbid charging more for a charge than for
>> cash or conversely "discount for cash!" but I see so many violations
>> of that particularly at gas stations I wonder if that's negotiable in
>> the contract.
>>
>> I remember my father buying a car and pulling out a credit card asking
>> if they accepted them? The dealer said sure no problem so he said fine
>> then take another 3% (whatever) off I'll pay cash/check.
>>
>
