From: "John Bishop" 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: IKEA to start charging 70p per transaction for using M/card / VISA credit card
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 19:08:32 +0100


"D.A.L."  wrote in message
news:zO1Wc.189$wE1.3@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net...
> >>Full press release here:
> >>
> >>http://www.ikea.co.uk/ms/en_GB/about_ikea/press_room/press_release/natio
> >>nal/70p_charge.html
> >>
> >>IKEA introduces 70p levy for customers who pay by credit card - but uses
> >>the
> >>money to pay for aggressive extra price cuts
> >>
> >>
> > Lets see if they rigorously adhere to the Price Indications (Method of
> > Payment) Regulations 1991 S1 1991/199
> >
> > The extra signage may negate the benefit.
>
> It looks like they've already started with the signs.  There are loads all
> over the store informing customers of the change from 1st September.
>
> I wonder if customers on the continent get charged for using their credit
> cards in IKEA shops.......
>
>
Being an older (not old) fart, I remember when petrol stations introduced
different pricing for credit cards in the late seventies. Wasn't this method
of pricing outlawed? I thought everybody had the right to pay the same
price, regardless of the method of payment?

John