From: clare@snyder.on.ca   
      
   On Wed, 26 Nov 2025 11:27:38 +0100, "Carlos E.R."   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 2025-11-26 01:25, Ed P wrote:   
   >> On 11/25/2025 7:03 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >>> On 2025-11-25 22:28, Ed P wrote:   
   >>>> On 11/25/2025 1:45 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >>>>> On 2025-11-25 03:16, Ed P wrote:   
   >>>>>> Couple of weeks ago there was discussion of dishwashers.  I   
   >>>>>> mentioned mine failed the night before leaving for a couple of   
   >>>>>> weeks.  It is a 7 year old GE that does a good job so worth fixing.   
   >>>>>> I called Mike, the appliance guy while away so he could come today.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> I could have done the job after watching a video.  My guess for   
   >>>>>> time would be about an hour+ for the repair, plus time getting the   
   >>>>>> part. Mike said it is a common failure and he has probably done a   
   >>>>>> hundred of them and carries a couple of the circuit boards with   
   >>>>>> him. It was amazing to watch him do the job in about 20 minutes.   
   >>>>>> remove lower panel, removed door, disassemble door, remove circuit   
   >>>>>> board, then reverse.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Cash price $280.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Do you know how much was "work" and how much the components? These   
   >>>>> things are still much cheaper on my corner of the world, often the   
   >>>>> replacements boards are too expensive, not the workmanship.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Labor was $99   
   >>>> Part and tax $204   
   >>>> Credit card total $303.   
   >>>> Cash price $280.   
   >>>   
   >>> Ah, ok, so labour was not that exorbitant. The part was expensive. But   
   >>> now I am curious about some other thing: they charge differently with   
   >>> credit card than with cash?   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Seriously?  If you pay with a credit card, they pay about 3% fee, and   
   >> there is a record of the transaction.  As a business, you report it, pay   
   >> various taxes on the income, both business and personal.   
   >   
   >Well, I know that the cost for the merchant is different, but it is   
   >forbidden to charge differently. It is usually written in the contract   
   >with the bank.   
   Used to be - but I don't think it is anymore - at least it is not   
   enforced.   
      
   A lot of "small" businesses also do a lot "under the table" - where no   
   income is reported and no taxes paid or collected. Can't do that with   
   the credit card.   
      
    The "cash price" is the "under the table price"   
      
   People often asked me for my "cash price" and I had to tell them there   
   was no difference  (I didn't take creditcards - it was cash or cheque   
   or bank transfer)   
      
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