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I've honestly never quite realized up until now how utterly ridiculous it is that people (especially in the US) regularly demand that their food be chauffeured to them. (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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[–] -1 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

Delivery fee and Service fee? The service is delivery!

No, the service fee is either charged by the payment provider (or at least to offset the fee the payment provider charges). Has nothing to do with delivery (you also have to pay it when you pre-pay for takeout online)

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Visa and Mastercard processing fee is slightly less than 2% of a total operation. Who takes the rest?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    I don't know what payment service was used here. It is only around 2-3% on my invoices.

    edit: Seems in the US a bunch of other stuff (like cost of running a website, insurance) can be included in the service fee.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    2-3% is insane. It boggles my mind how it became accepted to pay almost everything with a credit card in america.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    I'm not American but I got one with my bank account a few years back and I do use it a lot. It makes online payments super convenient. And with offline shopping it's the vendors that eat the fee, so also no downside for the consumer (though I tend to use the debit card for that).

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