<div class="bbWrapper">Another stupid rule made by the government.<br />
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Nobody likes fees, but if a business wants to get the fee back they will increase prices. downside is, if you currently pay 50p per transaction, and they add 5p to every item then if you buy 11 things you are out of pocket.<br />
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Having said that I don't believe the casinos that charge are charging at cost, its another form of revenue.<br />
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I don't mind charges, well reasonable charges, depending on the transaction size. I used to charge 50p on anything under £5. That was my cost for a debit card transaction, we used to sell a lot of 99p items which would cost us around 66p. If we sold one to a customer using a debit card, we would be 17p out of pocket if we didn't charge.<br />
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The rules are, surcharging is allowed only to the extent of passing on the cost of processing the payment i.e. it is not permissible to gain additional profit through surcharging. <br />
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I refuse to play at any casino that charges 2.5%, which seems to be more and more. If they are being charged 2.5% for debit card transactions then they should look at a new provider. Worldpay as an example only charge 0.75% (and you can get discounts if you do a lot of transactions), Barclays are around 1.75%.</div>