okwithmydecay@leminal.space to Australia@aussie.zoneEnglish · 19 days agoWhen will ban take effect? What to know about Australia's card surcharge changeswww.sbs.com.auexternal-linkmessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkWhen will ban take effect? What to know about Australia's card surcharge changeswww.sbs.com.auokwithmydecay@leminal.space to Australia@aussie.zoneEnglish · 19 days agomessage-square17linkfedilink
minus-squareosanna@lemmy.vglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·19 days agonice! I love when the government does good shit, but then they do shit like the under 16 social media ban, and I wonder what the fuck they’re smoking.
minus-squareFreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·19 days agoThis is good on paper, but all it means is retailers will add the fee on to the price, increasing prices across the board.
minus-squareForgottenUsername@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-219 days agoYour $5.08 coffee with surcharge will now be $5.20 without
minus-squareFreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·14 days agoBingo - and even for people who pay cash who previously wouldn’t have to pay a surcharge.
minus-squareosanna@lemmy.vglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·19 days agothat’s true. When they pass things like this, the expectation is prices will go down. Prices never go down. it just means the retailers will get more of the profits :/ LINE MUST GO UP!
minus-squareFreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·14 days agoAnd the government knows prices will go up, and they’re happy cause they make more money in tax.
minus-squarecdzero@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days agoThe fee incurred by the merchant will also be reduced by way of the bank’s fee to them being capped.
minus-squareFreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·14 days agoSure, but any merchant fee will just be added on to the price of products now, so everything will be priced higher.
minus-squarecdzero@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·14 days agoLook in all honesty you are probably right.
nice! I love when the government does good shit, but then they do shit like the under 16 social media ban, and I wonder what the fuck they’re smoking.
This is good on paper, but all it means is retailers will add the fee on to the price, increasing prices across the board.
Your $5.08 coffee with surcharge will now be $5.20 without
Bingo - and even for people who pay cash who previously wouldn’t have to pay a surcharge.
that’s true. When they pass things like this, the expectation is prices will go down. Prices never go down. it just means the retailers will get more of the profits :/
LINE MUST GO UP!
And the government knows prices will go up, and they’re happy cause they make more money in tax.
The fee incurred by the merchant will also be reduced by way of the bank’s fee to them being capped.
Sure, but any merchant fee will just be added on to the price of products now, so everything will be priced higher.
Look in all honesty you are probably right.