Discount Gas for Cash?

February 13, 2008

Gas Cash Discount

I was on my way home work tonight when I stopped at a Exxon/Mobil gas station, surprised to see the above sticker plastered on the pump.  I immediately thought that it was very odd.  In my limited experience with merchant accounts and credit card processing, I thought this sort of practice was not acceptable per the credit card companies and merchant services.

A rather boring topic for my first post in three months, but whatever.  Has anyone seen something like this before?  Doesn’t this break some terms of service with merchant services?  Is it even ethical?  I don’t know.

On a completely different note, I’m testing the upgrades I made to my blogging software, so that’s the real reason for this post :)

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  • Jeff Elliott

    This was very common in the eighties and nineties, the reason… small business owners are charged, by the card companies, a percentage of the transaction. At least that’s how it was explained to me in ’99 when we supercharged the wife’s car. The shop would have to add another 4% to the bill, he was trying to be as fair as he could with the pricing.
    That’s why if you buy gas from Walmart you get a discount if you use their gift cards.

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