A Florida business owner recently discovered that a local gas station was tacking on a full $1 per gallon surcharge just for using a card. Imagine filling up a 20-gallon tank and paying an extra $20 just for swiping your card. https://www.kiplinger.com/personal-finance/swipe-surcharge-how-to-avoid-gas-station-credit-card-surcharges #creditcard #Surcharges #gasstation #charges
Swipe Surcharge: How to Avoid Gas Station Credit Card Surcharges

Some gas stations are charging up to $1 more per gallon for credit card payments. Learn how to spot these fees and save on fuel.

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"In too many countries around the world, poor and working people effectively are subsidising the IMF through #surcharges, even as the #IMF is pushing countries to enact unpopular austerity measures that could provoke unrest. "

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/10/4/the-global-souths-poor-should-not-be-subsidising-the-imf

The Global South’s poor should not be subsidising the IMF

The IMF is making the polycrisis we are facing even worse by forcing its most indebted borrowers to pay surcharges.

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Check before you tap: #Consumer warning over #PayWave #surcharges. "Consumer NZ said any #surcharge should be clearly displayed, and asked people to get in touch if they were charged more than 2.5 percent when they used PayWave." https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/517250/check-before-you-tap-consumer-warning-over-paywave-surcharges
Check before you tap: Consumer warning over PayWave surcharges

Contactless payments have taken off in recent years, but with convenience, there is always a cost.

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How one SF #restaurant is #thriving #without #tips or #surcharges

https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/article/california-service-charge-ban-sf-restaurant-19444226.php

> Amid industry-wide teeth gnashing over California ban on service charges, I look at Zazie, a little French bistro that hasn’t had tips or charges for years.

A severe #drought has caused water levels in the lake to drop far below normal, resulting in weight limits and rising #surcharges for #vessels traversing the #canal - chart @BNNBloomberg https://cutt.ly/ewmbTQn2
The Fed's Inflation Fight Faces a New Challenge: A Dry Panama Canal - BNN Bloomberg

Weight restrictions and surcharges are lifting cargo prices and worrying economists about inflation risks 

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#Fed 's #inflation fight faces a new challenge: A dry #PanamaCanal - #weight restrictions and #surcharges are lifting cargo #prices and worrying economists about inflation risks, chart @markets