I’ve noticed that businesses are up charging for credit cards, incentivizing the use of cash. Especially in these mean economic times. Could this be part of the plan to ween everyone off of using credit cards? Cash puts the power back into the hands of the people. Just a thought
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I don't think it's that new or noteworthy. Many places have always given a discount for cash. Most notably gas stations.
Credit card companies charge businesses fees for processing credit card payments, so businesses pass along this cost to customers. And then use discounts for cash payments to attract more customers.
If this was part of the plan to ween people off credit cards, it's one slow acting plan, because it's been pretty common at least since I first learned to drive and started buying my own gas for the past 30 years.