Can we discuss pet peeves here? (7 Viewers)

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

Yes! In your face Instinctive

I clicked on the underlined expecting some kind of gif ...

what I got was @Instinctive profile page that has a restriction on who can view it - LOL, really??

sorry.

 

[FarFromHome]

Yes! In your face Instinctive

I clicked on the underlined expecting some kind of gif ...

what I got was @Instinctive profile page that has a restriction on who can view it - LOL, really??

sorry.

I just requested to be included in this premier group of people who full access to his profile page. Ha ha

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

What does he have to hide?

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

Yes! In your face Instinctive

I clicked on the underlined expecting some kind of gif ...

what I got was @Instinctive profile page that has a restriction on who can view it - LOL, really??

Same. I didn’t even know that was an option.

 

[BeTheMatch]

Yes! In your face Instinctive

I clicked on the underlined expecting some kind of gif ...

what I got was @Instinctive profile page that has a restriction on who can view it - LOL, really??

sorry.

I just requested to be included in this premier group of people who full access to his profile page. Ha ha

There's a 3% service charge if you want access.

 

[Snoopy]

Yes! In your face Instinctive

I clicked on the underlined expecting some kind of gif ...

what I got was @Instinctive profile page that has a restriction on who can view it - LOL, really??

sorry.

I just requested to be included in this premier group of people who full access to his profile page. Ha ha

There's a 3% service charge if you want access.

0*1.03=0

 

[FarFromHome]

Yes! In your face Instinctive

I clicked on the underlined expecting some kind of gif ...

what I got was @Instinctive profile page that has a restriction on who can view it - LOL, really??

sorry.

I just requested to be included in this premier group of people who full access to his profile page. Ha ha

There's a 3% service charge if you want access.

Done

 

[kupcho1]

There's a restaurant near me where you get 3% off if you pay in cash instead of CC.

I get 5% off if I pay in coupons.

 

[FarFromHome]

There's a restaurant near me where you get 3% off if you pay in cash instead of CC.

I get 5% off if I pay in coupons.

I'm hoping he has a coupon that if I get 5 friends that are willing to pay the 3% I get access for free. Doesn't seem unreasonable.

 

[Instinctive]

businesses adding 3-4% surcharge for paying by credit card.

I'm actually kind of shocked it took so long for this to become a "thing".

I lose my #### over this. Just build it into the price, morons!!!!

But then you have to pay 3-4% on the 3-4% you built in….

I mean the math there is not that hard though. I've done it for major corporations on pricing engagements.

Have you done it for hundreds of transactions a day?

Millions. Tens of millions.

 

[Instinctive]

There's a restaurant near me where you get 3% off if you pay in cash instead of CC.

I get 5% off if I pay in coupons.

I'm hoping he has a coupon that if I get 5 friends that are willing to pay the 3% I get access for free. Doesn't seem unreasonable.

Maybe if you do some yardwork or deliver furniture you can get a coupon as a tip

 

[Instinctive]

Yes! In your face Instinctive

I clicked on the underlined expecting some kind of gif ...

what I got was @Instinctive profile page that has a restriction on who can view it - LOL, really??

I didn't click it cuz it wasn't an "@" thing I assumed it was gonna be a rick roll

 

[Instinctive]

Yes! In your face Instinctive

I clicked on the underlined expecting some kind of gif ...

what I got was @Instinctive profile page that has a restriction on who can view it - LOL, really??

Same. I didn’t even know that was an option.

Me neither. How does it work?

 

[Instinctive]

#hippled

That's probably a pet peeve for someone...

 

[fatness]

#hippled

That's probably a pet peeve for someone...

You could hipple the pet peeve thread and find out.

 

[Instinctive]

#hippled

That's probably a pet peeve for someone...

You could hipple the pet peeve thread and find out.

Yeah I guess I didn't go back far enough in posts. Felt spiritually close.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

There's a restaurant near me where you get 3% off if you pay in cash instead of CC.

I get 5% off if I pay in coupons.

I'm hoping he has a coupon that if I get 5 friends that are willing to pay the 3% I get access for free. Doesn't seem unreasonable.

Maybe if you do some yardwork or deliver furniture you can get a coupon as a tip

Are you the tip with coupons guy?

 

[kupcho1]

There's a restaurant near me where you get 3% off if you pay in cash instead of CC.

I get 5% off if I pay in coupons.

I'm hoping he has a coupon that if I get 5 friends that are willing to pay the 3% I get access for free. Doesn't seem unreasonable.

Maybe if you do some yardwork or deliver furniture you can get a coupon as a tip

Are you the tip with coupons guy?

No, I'm the guy with the notebook.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

There's a restaurant near me where you get 3% off if you pay in cash instead of CC.

I get 5% off if I pay in coupons.

I'm hoping he has a coupon that if I get 5 friends that are willing to pay the 3% I get access for free. Doesn't seem unreasonable.

Maybe if you do some yardwork or deliver furniture you can get a coupon as a tip

Are you the tip with coupons guy?

No, I'm the guy with the notebook.

I meant instinctive.

Who’s the guy that tips people with coupons? My notebook sux0rs

 

[offdee]

When I accidentally put on women’s college softball. JUST SHUT THE F UP!

 

[mr. furley]

When I accidentally put on women’s college softball. JUST SHUT THE F UP!

the announcers? the fans? or the teams?

 

[offdee]

When I accidentally put on women’s college softball. JUST SHUT THE F UP!

the announcers? the fans? or the teams?

The stupid chants they constantly do

 

[Instinctive]

There's a restaurant near me where you get 3% off if you pay in cash instead of CC.

I get 5% off if I pay in coupons.

I'm hoping he has a coupon that if I get 5 friends that are willing to pay the 3% I get access for free. Doesn't seem unreasonable.

Maybe if you do some yardwork or deliver furniture you can get a coupon as a tip

Are you the tip with coupons guy?

No, I'm the guy with the notebook.

I meant instinctive.

Who’s the guy that tips people with coupons? My notebook sux0rs

its not me lol im WAY too young for that. that was the joke.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

There's a restaurant near me where you get 3% off if you pay in cash instead of CC.

I get 5% off if I pay in coupons.

I'm hoping he has a coupon that if I get 5 friends that are willing to pay the 3% I get access for free. Doesn't seem unreasonable.

Maybe if you do some yardwork or deliver furniture you can get a coupon as a tip

Are you the tip with coupons guy?

No, I'm the guy with the notebook.

I meant instinctive.

Who’s the guy that tips people with coupons? My notebook sux0rs

its not me lol im WAY too young for that. that was the joke.

There’s someone that does this on this board

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

There's a restaurant near me where you get 3% off if you pay in cash instead of CC.

I get 5% off if I pay in coupons.

I'm hoping he has a coupon that if I get 5 friends that are willing to pay the 3% I get access for free. Doesn't seem unreasonable.

Maybe if you do some yardwork or deliver furniture you can get a coupon as a tip

Are you the tip with coupons guy?

No, I'm the guy with the notebook.

I meant instinctive.

Who’s the guy that tips people with coupons? My notebook sux0rs

its not me lol im WAY too young for that. that was the joke.

There’s someone that does this on this board

To be fair, there's probably someone who tips with Chick tracts, too.

 

[Instinctive]

There's a restaurant near me where you get 3% off if you pay in cash instead of CC.

I get 5% off if I pay in coupons.

I'm hoping he has a coupon that if I get 5 friends that are willing to pay the 3% I get access for free. Doesn't seem unreasonable.

Maybe if you do some yardwork or deliver furniture you can get a coupon as a tip

Are you the tip with coupons guy?

No, I'm the guy with the notebook.

I meant instinctive.

Who’s the guy that tips people with coupons? My notebook sux0rs

its not me lol im WAY too young for that. that was the joke.

There’s someone that does this on this board

Yes. That's what I was referencing. That was the joke.

 

[brun]

It's a liquor store in Maryland, I suggest Instinctive stay dry if he visits the state to avoid the chance of being ripped off by me personally.

Let's cool it down a bit, iFriend.

Nobody suggested you're ripping anyone off. I only suggested you don't seem to understand that you have increased prices to a majority of customers, it might annoy them, and that a better way to do so might be

1. Not raise prices when you don't face any new costs, and instead offer a discount to your cash customers
2. Decide you do in fact want that extra 3% margin, raise it by including it in your standard price setting markup, and then because you want to be fair, offer a discount to cash paying customers.

I have pointed these things out no because I think you are dishonestly ripping anyone off, but because the pass-through-add-on-fee that's new, even though the fee has existed to the business for years, absolutely comes off that way to some customers. And as a small business owner myself, the last thing I want to do on a daily basis is run off any potential long term customer when there's a much better solution.

Admittedly, in my combativeness, I did imply or outright suggest that your business does not understand these things because you are either deluding yourself or lack the sophistication to understand or act on them. The latter portion of which is uncalled for, as I do not know you, and for which I apologize.

I'm late to the party here but thought I'd add my $0.02.

An old saying. You catch more flies with honey than vinegar.

Having an opportunity to get a reward via a cash discount will alienate fewer people than punishing for using a cc.

CC fees are just a cost of doing business. I'm not sure it's good in the long run to charge more/less based on payment method.

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

Summer is upon us, which means for those of us with children, we're heading into day-camp season.

First of all, every year I imagine what it would be like if parents were forced to plan out the school year the way they do summer camps: "We're going to send Junior to public school for two weeks, then a week at private school, then three weeks at a music school ..."

Anyway, that's not my pet peeve. My peeve is the camps that require kids to wear a special camp shirt, then give you one shirt to last the week. So basically your options are some combination of:

• Have the kid re-wear the same shirt after spending all day sweating outside in it
• Spend the entire week doing laundry
• Buy additional shirts. This is usually what we end up doing, but it's particularly annoying if they're only going to the camp for one week. Even if they end up coming back to the same camp next year, they will likely have outgrown all their shirts and the cycle will begin anew

 

[belljr]

"People" that say, hey tell them that story, then interject every couple of sentences

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

There's a restaurant near me where you get 3% off if you pay in cash instead of CC.

I get 5% off if I pay in coupons.

I'm hoping he has a coupon that if I get 5 friends that are willing to pay the 3% I get access for free. Doesn't seem unreasonable.

Maybe if you do some yardwork or deliver furniture you can get a coupon as a tip

Are you the tip with coupons guy?

No, I'm the guy with the notebook.

I meant instinctive.

Who’s the guy that tips people with coupons? My notebook sux0rs

its not me lol im WAY too young for that. that was the joke.

There’s someone that does this on this board

though I was just being polite by giving out coupons

 

[parasaurolophus]

Store I work at has a cash price with a 3% upcharge for all card transactions. If you don't want to pay the 3%, pay cash. Most folks are ok with it but some have decided we are being "sneaky" as one woman put it when her total was $.60 more than what she thought it was supposed to be. She was pissed over the $.60 and said she wont shop with us anymore. Sorry to see her go.

You are being sneaky. A calculation has been made that many people will not notice it or notice it after their decision has been made. If you were being transparent you would have it the other way around. You are being as shady as the people that added resort fees for stuff you already were getting anyway.

 

[parasaurolophus]

Nobody suggested you're ripping anyone off.

I am. He is. It is a totally shady practice.

Places go to this style of pricing so they can display and advertise lower prices. Baggage fees, seat reservation fees, platform fees, handling fees, all of it. It is all just businesses being sneaky.

We all know this. No reason to dance around it. It is shady.

 

[Instinctive]

Nobody suggested you're ripping anyone off.

I am. He is. It is a totally shady practice.

Places go to this style of pricing so they can display and advertise lower prices. Baggage fees, seat reservation fees, platform fees, handling fees, all of it. It is all just businesses being sneaky.

We all know this. No reason to dance around it. It is shady.

Be careful, you might be asked not to shop there!

 

[ChiefD]

Companies that add the 3% are no different than the airlines that add the stupid $25 bag fee.

This **** was baked into the price FOREVER and now all of a sudden companies are trying to ADD extra profit. This stinks bad and I absolutely hate this stupid philosophy and whatever genius dreamed this up can burn in eternal flame.

Hate this nickel and dime crap everywhere these days.

 

[jhib]

Another fun practice is when a place is cash only and then has a high-fee atm on site.

 

[Joe Schmo]

Nobody suggested you're ripping anyone off.

I am. He is. It is a totally shady practice.

Places go to this style of pricing so they can display and advertise lower prices. Baggage fees, seat reservation fees, platform fees, handling fees, all of it. It is all just businesses being sneaky.

We all know this. No reason to dance around it. It is shady.

There are signs at each register that are clear and prominent announcing the swipe surcharge. Also. we ask every customer before they present payment if they are paying cash or credit so they know the correct total. We've been told by many customers they appreciate the cash pricing option and so far very few have balked at the swipe surcharge being added. Our prices are open and honest as is the owner, me and my fellow coworkers. Nothing shady or sneaky about our set up.

Do not shop at my store if you don't like transparency. Thank you.

 

[jhib]

Nobody suggested you're ripping anyone off.

I am. He is. It is a totally shady practice.

Places go to this style of pricing so they can display and advertise lower prices. Baggage fees, seat reservation fees, platform fees, handling fees, all of it. It is all just businesses being sneaky.

We all know this. No reason to dance around it. It is shady.

There are signs at each register that are clear and prominent announcing the swipe surcharge. Also. we ask every customer before they present payment if they are paying cash or credit so they know the correct total. We've been told by many customers they appreciate the cash pricing option and so far very few have balked at the swipe surcharge being added. Our prices are open and honest as is the owner, me and my fellow coworkers. Nothing shady or sneaky about our set up.

Do not shop at my store if you don't like transparency. Thank you.

Personally, if I were a customer, I'd appreciate a sign at the entrance so I knew before filling up a cart rather than just before paying.

 

[Instinctive]

Nobody suggested you're ripping anyone off.

I am. He is. It is a totally shady practice.

Places go to this style of pricing so they can display and advertise lower prices. Baggage fees, seat reservation fees, platform fees, handling fees, all of it. It is all just businesses being sneaky.

We all know this. No reason to dance around it. It is shady.

There are signs at each register that are clear and prominent announcing the swipe surcharge. Also. we ask every customer before they present payment if they are paying cash or credit so they know the correct total. We've been told by many customers they appreciate the cash pricing option and so far very few have balked at the swipe surcharge being added. Our prices are open and honest as is the owner, me and my fellow coworkers. Nothing shady or sneaky about our set up.

Do not shop at my store if you don't like transparency. Thank you.

Except of course many who read what you've done here, plus at least one customer you've mentioned.

I'm still interested in why you would run the risk at all instead of just building it into the markup and then offering a cash discount (which, by the way, is what liquor stores in Dallas do, quite successfully). Not that you've been hyper defensive about it (oh wait nvm)

 

[belljr]

Nobody suggested you're ripping anyone off.

I am. He is. It is a totally shady practice.

Places go to this style of pricing so they can display and advertise lower prices. Baggage fees, seat reservation fees, platform fees, handling fees, all of it. It is all just businesses being sneaky.

We all know this. No reason to dance around it. It is shady.

There are signs at each register that are clear and prominent announcing the swipe surcharge. Also. we ask every customer before they present payment if they are paying cash or credit so they know the correct total. We've been told by many customers they appreciate the cash pricing option and so far very few have balked at the swipe surcharge being added. Our prices are open and honest as is the owner, me and my fellow coworkers. Nothing shady or sneaky about our set up.

Do not shop at my store if you don't like transparency. Thank you.

Except of course many who read what you've done here, plus at least one customer you've mentioned.

I'm still interested in why you would run the risk at all instead of just building it into the markup and then offering a cash discount (which, by the way, is what liquor stores in Dallas do, quite successfully). Not that you've been hyper defensive about it (oh wait nvm)

It's way easier for whomever is ringing up the sale in the POS to add the 3% then trying to deduct it. Its also much easier to settle the register end of shift without the mark up then subtraction

Eta: I haven't worked retail in 25 years so I could be skewed

 

[Instinctive]

Nobody suggested you're ripping anyone off.

I am. He is. It is a totally shady practice.

Places go to this style of pricing so they can display and advertise lower prices. Baggage fees, seat reservation fees, platform fees, handling fees, all of it. It is all just businesses being sneaky.

We all know this. No reason to dance around it. It is shady.

There are signs at each register that are clear and prominent announcing the swipe surcharge. Also. we ask every customer before they present payment if they are paying cash or credit so they know the correct total. We've been told by many customers they appreciate the cash pricing option and so far very few have balked at the swipe surcharge being added. Our prices are open and honest as is the owner, me and my fellow coworkers. Nothing shady or sneaky about our set up.

Do not shop at my store if you don't like transparency. Thank you.

Except of course many who read what you've done here, plus at least one customer you've mentioned.

I'm still interested in why you would run the risk at all instead of just building it into the markup and then offering a cash discount (which, by the way, is what liquor stores in Dallas do, quite successfully). Not that you've been hyper defensive about it (oh wait nvm)

It's way easier for whomever is ringing up the sale in the POS to add the 3% then trying to deduct it. Its also much easier to settle the register end of shift without the mark up then subtraction

Eta: I haven't worked retail in 25 years so I could be skewed

It's not as simple as "the button that adds it right now just subtracts it" for some reason? Seems to work just fine at spec's and on every POS I've ever seen. What am I missing?

Settle up - do the receipts match the cash + charges? Not that hard either.

I think you're super skewed.

 

[parasaurolophus]

There are signs at each register that are clear and prominent announcing the swipe surcharge. Also. we ask every customer before they present payment if they are paying cash or credit so they know the correct total. We've been told by many customers they appreciate the cash pricing option and so far very few have balked at the swipe surcharge being added. Our prices are open and honest as is the owner, me and my fellow coworkers. Nothing shady or sneaky about our set up.

Do not shop at my store if you don't like transparency. Thank you.

Blah blah blah.

If you guys were honest it would be the other way around. Advertised and posted prices would all be credit. Then cash discount from there.

You make yourself look worse trying to explain it away. At least own it.

I mean lots of people are super shady and dont think they are. This guy called me a couple days ago and said his name was Frank calling from a spoofed number. Heavy accent. Obviously a scammer. Probably thinks he is a great guy.

 

[Terminalxylem]

Really, I’d just prefer one price. Kinda like it’s been for years, before the recent cc fee trend.

TBH, I’ve always thought people offering cash “discounts” were more likely to be shady, as it increases the opportunity to skip paying taxes.

 

[nirad3]

Oblivious people.... which is becoming, more and more, just.... "people".

Cell phone have a lot to do with this.

 

[shuke]

Really, I’d just prefer one price. Kinda like it’s been for years, before the recent cc fee trend.

Gas stations have been offering cash discount on gas since at least the 80's.

 

[belljr]

Nobody suggested you're ripping anyone off.

I am. He is. It is a totally shady practice.

Places go to this style of pricing so they can display and advertise lower prices. Baggage fees, seat reservation fees, platform fees, handling fees, all of it. It is all just businesses being sneaky.

We all know this. No reason to dance around it. It is shady.

There are signs at each register that are clear and prominent announcing the swipe surcharge. Also. we ask every customer before they present payment if they are paying cash or credit so they know the correct total. We've been told by many customers they appreciate the cash pricing option and so far very few have balked at the swipe surcharge being added. Our prices are open and honest as is the owner, me and my fellow coworkers. Nothing shady or sneaky about our set up.

Do not shop at my store if you don't like transparency. Thank you.

Except of course many who read what you've done here, plus at least one customer you've mentioned.

I'm still interested in why you would run the risk at all instead of just building it into the markup and then offering a cash discount (which, by the way, is what liquor stores in Dallas do, quite successfully). Not that you've been hyper defensive about it (oh wait nvm)

It's way easier for whomever is ringing up the sale in the POS to add the 3% then trying to deduct it. Its also much easier to settle the register end of shift without the mark up then subtraction

Eta: I haven't worked retail in 25 years so I could be skewed

It's not as simple as "the button that adds it right now just subtracts it" for some reason? Seems to work just fine at spec's and on every POS I've ever seen. What am I missing?

Settle up - do the receipts match the cash + charges? Not that hard either.

I think you're super skewed.

Your faced is skewed!!:'_+;!;4$

 

[Terminalxylem]

Really, I’d just prefer one price. Kinda like it’s been for years, before the recent cc fee trend.

Gas stations have been offering cash discount on gas since at least the 80's.

I did not know this - which stations?

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Really, I’d just prefer one price. Kinda like it’s been for years, before the recent cc fee trend.

Gas stations have been offering cash discount on gas since at least the 80's.

I did not know this - which stations?

Most are smaller stations or cheaper monoliths. Arco for example

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Really, I’d just prefer one price. Kinda like it’s been for years, before the recent cc fee trend.

Gas stations have been offering cash discount on gas since at least the 80's.

I did not know this - which stations?

A ton of them in NJ do this. There are no logistical obstacles to do this because you can’t pump your own gas so you have to give your money to the attendant regardless of how you pay. Whereas in other states you have to go into the store to pay cash before you pump, which is a pain.

 

[Terminalxylem]

Really, I’d just prefer one price. Kinda like it’s been for years, before the recent cc fee trend.

Gas stations have been offering cash discount on gas since at least the 80's.

I did not know this - which stations?

A ton of them in NJ do this. There are no logistical obstacles to do this because you can’t pump your own gas so you have to give your money to the attendant regardless of how you pay. Whereas in other states you have to go into the store to pay cash before you pump, which is a pain.

Ah, that explains it. I almost always pay at the pump.

The only thing I avoid entering more than convenience stores: New Jersey.

 

[shuke]

Really, I’d just prefer one price. Kinda like it’s been for years, before the recent cc fee trend.

Gas stations have been offering cash discount on gas since at least the 80's.

I did not know this - which stations?

No idea. I don't mean they still do, maybe they do, just that I remember this in the 80's.