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   From: lcraver@home.ca   
      
   On Thu, 05 Sep 2013 15:03:42 -0700, Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy   
    wrote:   
      
   >Welcome to capitalism, and what the market will bear. Without the   
   >kind of "power," credit cards wouldn't be much of a factor in the   
   >market.   
   >>   
   >> Since a merchant has to cover ALL costs this means society as a   
   >> whole pays for this quasi-monopoly   
   >>   
   >In fact, no, the merchant does not have to cover all costs. If the   
   >merchant follows the rules, they are protected from fraud.   
   >Ultimately, of course, the consumer pays all costs for everything.   
   >Since it isn't even theoretically possible for anyoen else to do   
   >so.   
      
   You're missing my point - I wasn't saying a merchant has to cover all   
   credit card costs - I was saying that there are costs of doing   
   business and a business that fails to cover all their costs over the   
   long haul is out of business.   
      
   That's true whether we're talking cost of inventory, salaries, taxes,   
   card processing costs whatever. TANSTAAFL.   
      
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