Absolutely positive. I have two merchant banking accounts and both are written into the contracts. They can and will pull anyones contract that gets caught doing this. This all came to head years ago in Ma when virtually all the gas stations were doing this. It was in the news for a while and the state Atty General went after a bunch of people then it all stopped. You cannot legally charge more for use of a credit card nor can you offer a cash discount as it's the same thing in reverse.
To the BEST of my knowledge Ma has NOT changed their laws. I have not heard anything on this nor have I seen any information from the bank indicating otherwise.
Now these stations may offer you whatever they want but the bottom line is they are trying to save the money THEMSELVES and I can guarantee you that if you dropped a dime to Mastercard/Visa/Etc that they would shut them down in a heartbeat. Once MC/Visa/etc dumps you then you are done period with them.
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Originally Posted by Jenn
Interesting. are you sure of this Salty? I did not know that either....stopped last night and filled up with super @ $4.25 a gallon. As I was pumping I was reading the sign on the pump that stated due to rising debit/credit card fees they were offering a cash discount. $4.05 if you paid cash!!!! of course I was a little miffed I was paying 20 cents more a gallon on my debit card
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