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Originally Posted by jeffk
For a long time, they ate the cost. It's unclear to me why that has changed. It annoys many customers to have it shoved in their face.
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The surcharge used to be explicitly prohibited by the merchant agreement. This was eliminated in 2013 as a result of a lawsuit. Once that contractual ban was removed, it has taken 10-12 years for the upcharge to filter out into the market and become the norm...