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Mike R Reged: 05/26/03 Posts: 15299 Loc: Stinson Lake - New Hampshire Re: It Never Gets Old       12/29/03 06:39 PM Edit   Reply   Quote   Kevin....we dont take Amex in our shops because they are a living example of gouging...they charge the merchants around 3% per transaction.....where with MC/Visa, if you you know how and where to look, you can get a deal of around 1.25%....big difference if you do high volume business......if a customer disputes a charge on an Amex account....the amount being disputed automatically gets taken out of the merchants account until it is resolved....with MC/Visa the money isnt debited or credited until the conflict is actually resolved ( and 90% of our charge disputes end up in our favor )... once again....big difference....I love AMEX as a consumer...detest it as a merchant..... -------------------- Milk Cows...not Taxpayers Post Extras

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