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   From: gossg@gossg.org   
      
   Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy  wrote:   
      
   >To the best of my knowledge, it's not actually illegal, but a   
   >surcharge for using a credit card is prohibited by the merchant   
   >agreement. In recent years, however, that has been interpreted as   
   >saying that a discout for using cash is *not* prohibited (and is   
   >becoming quite common at gas stations, and I've seen it other places,   
   >too).   
      
   Around here, that was becoming common in the early nineties, then   
   abruptly stopped.  I thought that the contracts were amended to   
   prevent it.   
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