Aren't you confusing the booking fee with the credit card surcharge?According to insider, the lack of charge in the shop and the £2 charge online is less than it costs them, i.e. they are subsidising the use of credit and debit cards. I would suggest they'd have a very good case (assuming that is true) to argue that the £2 booking fee is not an "excessive charge".
Aren't you confusing the booking fee with the credit card surcharge?
This is about companies charging excessively for use of a credit card, rather than a blanket 'booking fee.'
According to insider, the lack of charge in the shop and the £2 charge online is less than it costs them, i.e. they are subsidising the use of credit and debit cards. I would suggest they'd have a very good case (assuming that is true) to argue that the £2 booking fee is not an "excessive charge".
This argument is rubbish. A credit card company will charge a fixed % of the transaction and debit cards are charged at a fixed amount.
I cant remember the exact amount but debit card charges are about 25p and the credit card range si think form 2-4% depending on the card issuer ( american express are always at the higher end which is why lots of smaller retailers wont accept them)
But what this ignores is the basic fact that the club has to sell the tickets somhow and the most cost effective way is by electronic means. All forms of sales will incur a cost to the club and to suggest that buying via the internet using a debit card is not to the benefit of the club is ludicrous.
This argument is rubbish. A credit card company will charge a fixed % of the transaction and debit cards are charged at a fixed amount.
I cant remember the exact amount but debit card charges are about 25p and the credit card range si think form 2-4% depending on the card issuer ( american express are always at the higher end which is why lots of smaller retailers wont accept them)
This argument is rubbish.
Debit card transaction costs are between 10p and 20p each time. Credit card transaction costs are a %. High street retailers like to give the impression that these costs are absorbed by them as goodwill where in fact they have already been factored into the price you pay at the till.