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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Copied this over from a reddit post;

Per ACCC:

If there's no way for a consumer to pay without paying a surcharge, the business must include the minimum surcharge payable in the displayed price for its products. This occurs when a business doesn’t accept cash and it applies a surcharge to all card payment types.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

The same ACCC page also says that the reserve bank estimates that debit surcharges are 1% max and that if a business wants to charge the same surcharge for debit and credit, it cannot exceed 1%. So I would absolutely be dobbing this shit into the ACCC.

https://www.accc.gov.au/consumers/pricing/card-surcharges

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Interesting. Unfortunately in the past I've found the ACCC to not be very effective at enforcing businesses following their requirements, but it's good to know

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yep, that violates “advertised price is bottom line price” laws. Report them.