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Excelius t1_jaj8g5j wrote

Reply to comment by Rivarle in Thrift Stores! What are your favorites? :) by lucbuzz

> It's not like their registers are too out dated to have a credit card feature.

A lot of times it's not the technology, as much as the processing fees.

From what I've seen transaction fees typically range from 1.5% to 3.0% of each transaction. According to this Square charges 2.6% of the transaction prices plus 10 cents per transaction.

These days nearly all businesses just accept that as a cost of doing business and raise their prices to match, but some don't.

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Rivarle t1_jajd06i wrote

Found this relevant article from CBS Pittsburgh.
A for-profit business selling merchandise that was indirectly donated in the first place, and they're too cheap to factor in transaction fees? Pretty lame for the customers who have to deal with credit card fees. The website actually touts "ATM in store for your convenience" as a "feature".

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enraged_hbo_max_user t1_jajwgqa wrote

The only place an ATM not affiliated with my bank has been a convenience worth the fees I get pounded with is a strip club.

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