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[quote=Anonymous]I used to immediately think it was sketchy and fraud, but I've encountered more and more places I've frequented for years switching from credit cards to cash because of the high cc fees.

My doctor's office made this switch in January. They were accepting cash or checks but have eliminated the check option as of April due to so many bad checks being passed. It's a pain in the butt to always make sure I have enough cash on hand to cover my previous balance, but I really like this doctor so I deal with it. My longtime hair stylist has also switched to cash or Venmo only. My local pizza joint will give a 10% order discount if you pay with cash vs. card.

I did drop my mechanic after he made a stink out of me not paying for a $1700 repair bill with cash or check. I told him I was not going to take an Uber to go to an ATM (none nearby within walkable distance) or go home for a check (if I could even find one at the time!). If he wanted payment via one preferred method, he should have made that known before the work was done. He and his front desk lady both complained very loudly about the high cc fees they'd have to pay on a $1700 charge. She even thought about trying to figure out what the fee would be and adding it on until I told her she could not do that because no fee was previously disclosed. Because they were both being such jerks about it, I pulled out my AMEX to pay, which notoriously has the highest merchant fees for companies, instead of the Visa I was going to use.    [/quote]

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