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Worldwalker:
it is possible to charge a percentage fee but they cannot, in most all cases, call it a CC surcharge. Like I mentioned earlier it's just semantics which all mean the same thing, it's a surcharge. I believe in the UK it's fine to do this, or did they recently change that as well. I know there was a huge dust-up over it on eBay a few years back because the UK sellers were trying to pass on either CC or PP fees to the buyer. And of course the CC companies are against it because even though the fee is there no matter what but when presenting a buyer with one more fee rather than hiding it in the price, it can give pause to making the purchase. Personally I don't care but just do not want to be charged twice. And also it's not fair to people who use cash or even a debit card (often cheaper to accept than cash [yes it costs merchants money to accept and process cash]) to pay the same price as those using a CC with it's higher fees. It's not a lot but over a year the added cost to consumers sure adds up. I know I earn around $2000 back from my PP card's 1.5% cashback so I know I am paying more than that in added CC overhead by the merchant.
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