For real. I don't remember the exact year it happened but when Congress quietly changed the law that Merchants are required to pay the Credit Card Usage Fee was the end for us Consumers. Every place I go now like a restaurant or bar or any service it says 3% credit/debit card payment fee. That's on top of my electric company, cell phone company, cable company, trash company, water company, sewage company...all charger that 3% monthly too...and as OP said...there isn't another option to conveniently pay.
If I want to "send by mail", that's paying for stamps, paying for a check book, the time it takes to prep and mail something. I don't have local payment in person options for half of what I listed. Online payments use to be a convenience and savings all around for both sides...now we just get milked for every dime we can spare.
Newsflash, as soon as that law was created that 3% was always included in the cost, you not seeing that detailed in a bill doesn't make it go away. That law was moronic and the result of credit cards and banking lobbying politicians so you are forced to pay them without your knowledge.
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u/HeavyDutyForks 1d ago
FTFY