Saturday, February 2, 2013

Surcharging is a bad idea for merchants

Don't take my word for it....Here is a professional written opinion from a senior analyst on the new V/M settlement with retailers allowing them to surcharge their customers for paying with credit cards:

Overall, surcharging is a bad idea for merchants. Surcharging can cause consumers to think twice about their purchase at the checkout counter, but there's more to it than that. … Forcing consume...rs to use a given payment type makes them consider how much money is on-hand in cash, in a [checking] account, and available to pay for the purchase, a mindset that can reduce the amount of goods and services consumers will buy and lower the average ticket price of sales for merchants.

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