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Originally Posted by Strike_King
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After reading that--it doesn't seem like it's illegal here for stations to give a discount for cash. It's the oil companies' policy that prevents it. This bill would require oil companies to allow franchisees to offer a cash discount.
Most people aren't carrying $80-$100 dollars in cash--they pay at the pump with a debit or credit card. Let's say, you need gas, no cash, and your bank doesn't have one of its own ATMs in the area. So you use another bank, or a machine in some convenience store, pay that transaction fee on the withdrawal, and in addition, the fee your own bank imposes for using a non-network ATM. Then you have the inconvenience of having to hand some third world attendant cash, walking back to your vehicle, pumping the gas, and walking back for your change (if any) and then counting it to make sure old Mr. English as a Third Language has given you the correct change. Thinking that you saved $2 by paying cash to save 10 cents a gallon on a 20 gallon fill-up, without realizing that your ATM transaction fees cost you $3.
I'll just pay the credit price, thank you.
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