XPost: nf.general 
 From: bo0tiez@hotmail.com 
  
 don't feel bad...where i live there are no banks and only two small food 
 stores...having no transportation to any nearby areas i rely on direct 
 deposit of my pay and my debit card for all purchases...any purchase i make 
 at either store i am charged $1 for using my debit card (no matter if it's 
 below $5 or not)and if i would like cash back along with my purchase i am 
 charged $2....thankfully the package i have to RBC allows so many free debit 
 uses before the bank starts charging 
 > 
 > I'm not really worried about an extra 25 cents on a less than five dollar 
 > purchase although the principle annoys. 
 > However continuing discussion, including with the manager of the retail 
 > store where I first encountered the extra charge, seems to indicate that 
 > such surcharges are more common than I realized! 
 > 
 > One person mentioned such debit card surcharges at take-out food outlets! 
 > Oddly enough, it being fresh in mind, I had asked the SUB. shop shortly 
 the 
 > initial experience mentioned and was reassured that they 'do not' 
 surcharge 
 > for using a debit card. 
 > But by the sound of it surcharging may be built into some retailers 
 > procedures and/or cash register systems? 
 > 
 > Maybe next thing there will be a surcharge on anything less than, say 
 fifty 
 > dollars ($50)?????? Or $100? Or ... ? 
 > 
  
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