If there’s no way for a consumer to pay without paying a surcharge, the business must include the minimum surcharge payable in the displayed price for its products. This occurs when a business doesn’t accept cash and it applies a surcharge to all card payment types.
The same ACCC page also says that the reserve bank estimates that debit surcharges are 1% max and that if a business wants to charge the same surcharge for debit and credit, it cannot exceed 1%. So I would absolutely be dobbing this shit into the ACCC.
Interesting. Unfortunately in the past I’ve found the ACCC to not be very effective at enforcing businesses following their requirements, but it’s good to know
Copied this over from a reddit post;
The same ACCC page also says that the reserve bank estimates that debit surcharges are 1% max and that if a business wants to charge the same surcharge for debit and credit, it cannot exceed 1%. So I would absolutely be dobbing this shit into the ACCC.
https://www.accc.gov.au/consumers/pricing/card-surcharges
Interesting. Unfortunately in the past I’ve found the ACCC to not be very effective at enforcing businesses following their requirements, but it’s good to know
Yep, that violates “advertised price is bottom line price” laws. Report them.