From: "Tim" 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: IKEA to start charging 70p per transaction for using M/card / VISA credit card
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 16:52:48 +0000 (UTC)

"Mike Mitchell" wrote
> I don't have a debit card, I don't want one, ...

That's your choice.  Now stop whinging when it causes you problems!

"Mike Mitchell" wrote
> ... and I don't want a bulky cheque book in my shorts
> when I go shopping on a fine day with no jacket.

A minute ago it was OK for the bulk of cash in your pocket - it was just the
security you were worried about.

Why not just rip one-or-two cheques out of the book - can't you find room
for them in your shorts?!!

"Mike Mitchell" wrote
> Credit cards were invented to make purchasing
> easy, not rip off consumers. Seventy pence,
> indeed, just for swiping a card! It is truly shocking.

OK - how much do you think the retailer is charged to accept the credit
card?