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Most Americans want to electrify their homes — if they can keep their gas stoves (grist.org)
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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

When I accept digital payments for my professional work there is always a fee no less than 1% and sometimes as high as 3.75%. Is your experience different?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I think they're making fun of the US for still having fees.

    Here in europe bank transfers are generally free.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Point scored for Europe. I wish that was the case here. I use a service that will do ACH transactions (account to account) for about 1% but many people only want to pay with cards and that means 2.75% or more. Banks suck.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yeah so over here you would lose more from clients not doing business with you because your prefer checks than what it would cost to pay the fees, but I thought you meant transaction fees for the person paying, not for the business. Debit is much less expensive than credit too so some businesses just don't accept credit (but it's getting rare).

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Mostly I do accept the digital payments. Very few, particularly since the pandemic, pay with checks. But it hurts a bit when its accounting time to pay those big fees. Its just profiteering because they can do it as a group of monopolists.

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