On Mon, 10 May 2010, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote: > On 10 mei 2010, at 5:01, tytso@xxxxxxx wrote: > > > I talked to a cab driver in Boston, and he's not very happy with > > credit cards, because he was forced to use a new system for credit > > cards, and it takes what he considered an unfairly large percentage > > when customers pay by credit cards. > > And that's why credit cards are so evil. I understand there are often > provisions that sellers can't charge a premium for credit card payments > to make up for the commission so in places where creditcards are common > EVERYONE pays more because of credit card commissions. Worth noting in this context ... in many/most/all US cities, cab fares are regulated ... that would tend to not provide the cab driver/company with the ability to compensate for the CC fee with higher rates and might make them less happy about taking cards. Also, in one case where I used a card, the transaction was handled over the cab's radio to the dispatcher ... not something that made me happy. _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf