Nottseagull
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I think it's outrageous that Ryanair are allowed to advertise fares where it is not posssible to avoid a surcharge whichever way the customer pays.
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Card charges - excessive charges to be banned next year
- Thread starter moggy
- Start date
why should customers subsidize the use of the software that produces the tickets that we buy?
In waitrose this morning the buggers added on £2 on to my shopping when i challenged this they said it was to help subsidize the stocking of the shelves and general maintenance of the building.
£1.80 minus whatever the software royalty charge is for the transaction as well.
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
Not withstanding the fact they have to employ someone to actually do the transaction so how is that cost covered ?
Er, that's ME isn't it, when I buy them online?
And general staff costs would be factored into the cost of goods. It costs them more to pay the physical ticket office staff, yet if I go there in person I'm not charged the fee. So your justification is totally flawed.
There's an exchange in The West Wing when they are talking about the cost of drugs I can't remember the precise exchange, but simply put it goes a little like:
-A pill cost 10 cents to make, but they charge $10
-The second pill costs 10 cents, the first pill costs $30m
The point being all the research and development that goes into finding a pill that works, with few side effects is so costly, that the $10 per pill is a way of spreading that research cost out to ensure that the best pills are available.
Obviously, the software for the ticket is not as expensive to develop, but the same sort of parallels are there: the cost of developing the product is perhaps too high for one off payment, so lower that one-off payment and charge per transaction. They are also then on call should there be issues with the system.
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
Really, I'll leave it at that lest an insult again
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
- 35,851
so you'd rather they add £1 to the cost of tickets? fair enough, if you'd rather have the costs hidden, it would save the club this grief over the subject. im just highlighting its not a CC fee and its hardly profiteering.
The Large One
Who's Next?
When I had my shop, as a trader I was charged twice. Once for the transaction from customer to card company (RBS), and a second one for the movement of funds from RBS to my bank account. The total came to about 81p per customer transaction whether by credit or debit card.
Amex charged a flat £4.40.
Amex charged a flat £4.40.
Captain Sensible
Well-known member
The last few tickets I've bought only have a £1 booking fee. Not £2 anymore.
Talking of Ryanair, it's outrageous that he charges £10 per person per flight if you use a debit card. But then again you can fly to cork for 2 euro! So I'd rather have real pricing and get rid of all this booking fee crap.
Talking of Ryanair, it's outrageous that he charges £10 per person per flight if you use a debit card. But then again you can fly to cork for 2 euro! So I'd rather have real pricing and get rid of all this booking fee crap.
mune ni kamome
Well-known member
ees complicated no?
New member
Debit card companies take around 14p - 19p for each transition, if that be £5 to £500,000.
Credit cards + amex debit card take around 2% to 4% of overall amount
Credit cards + amex debit card take around 2% to 4% of overall amount
Okay. Probably for the best.