On Mon, 07 Mar 2011 13:33:41 -0600, Dave Balderstone
wrote:

In article
,
Robatoy wrote:

That price difference should be available to whomever decided to pay
cash.
If the dealer (furniture, whatever) is willing to pay a credit card
company 3 1/2% then he should give that as a discount for cash.
Problem is... bankers don't like things to happen in cash..neither
does the IRS (Revenue Canada).

The credit card companies make that impossible for the merchant. Give a
cash discount, you can't accept our card.

Some, like Canadian Tire, get around it by using coupons, etc (ie:
CanTire Money) to non-credit card customers.
and giving 2 cents per liter discount when you DO use THEIR card.