Charged a fee for using a credit card
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (52208)
Staten Island, New York
March 12, 2022 10:43pm CST
Went out to eat tonight to an Italian restaurant.
When we got the bill it said: cash: $140.xx / card: $146.xx.
We didn't have that much cash on us so ended up charging it.
$6.xx is not a small fee.
I wish we had known beforehand that the restaurant charged a fee for paying with a credit card.
Would have withdrawn money prior to going there.
On the plus side, the card we used gives us 1.5% cash back, so we will get a few bucks back on the card.
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@lovebuglena (52208)
• Staten Island, New York
15 Mar 22
They don't always tell you upfront that they charge a fee. And I hate that.
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@lovebuglena (52208)
• Staten Island, New York
15 Mar 22
@Adie04 I once bought a turnover at an Italian grocery store and used a card so I can get cash back. Looked at the receipt and noticed the total was more than usual. Turned out they charged a fee for using a card. That fee was more than my cash back.
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@Adie04 (17405)
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15 Mar 22
@lovebuglena I know right. And then when we're like coming back to the store on why our card being overpaid and they goes bla bla bla with the additional fee 
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@lovebuglena (52208)
• Staten Island, New York
15 Mar 22
Unfortunately, not all do that. Not all restaurants say they are cash-only either until you actually sit down at a table and order the food.
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@LadyDuck (502759)
• Italy
15 Mar 22
@lovebuglena This is not correct, you could have withdrawn cash and you would have not paid the fee.
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@lovebuglena (52208)
• Staten Island, New York
15 Mar 22
@LadyDuck that’s assuming there’s your bank nearby. If you withdraw cash not from your bank you pay a fee.
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
13 Mar 22
Yes many places do that now.
I read that the fees are going up for using a credit card too.
Sorry that happened to you.
@lovebuglena (52208)
• Staten Island, New York
15 Mar 22
If restaurants charge a fee for credit/debit card use they should specify that on their Yelp restaurant pages. Not everyone walks around with lots of money in their wallet. And they should also specify that somewhere on the restaurant door/window in case people are in the area, see the place, and wanna go eat there.
I found that some restaurants are actually cash-only. If that's the case they should make that known on Yelp and by the entrance too. This is worse than the fee thing because if you don't have a card you have no way to pay for the bill unless you know it's cash-only before you sit down to eat.
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@lovebuglena (52208)
• Staten Island, New York
13 Mar 22
I don't want to do that either but if not enough cash then no choice. Of course, if there happens to be our bank near the restaurant then we can go withdraw cash. But that's usually not the case.
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@JudyEv (382483)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Mar 22
Some charge fees here. In fact, I think most do but it's not a lot of money usually. Your fee sounds a bit excessive.
@lovebuglena (52208)
• Staten Island, New York
15 Mar 22
I am not sure on the exact number but seems it's close to 4%.
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@LindaOHio (222726)
• United States
13 Mar 22
They get charged a fee; but 99.9% of restaurants absorb it. Sorry you had to pay a fee.
@lovebuglena (52208)
• Staten Island, New York
15 Mar 22
Yeah, it sucks, especially since how much you pay depends on the bill total. Good thing the place was not cash-only or we'd have no way to pay at all.
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