In article , Jessica F wrote:
It's done but not a common practice. The University of Washington
(where I'm a student) charges $4 processing fees for payments below $250
and a $20+ (forget exact amount) fee for credit card payments above that.
Most busniess eat the fees (ie. pass it along in hidden costs) for
processing and eqp. Some don't. It's crap either way thou...

If they accept Visa or Mastercard, both would be VERY interested in hearing
this. It is a violation of their merchant agreements.

Take a look at:

http://www.washington.edu/students/u...emo/ccpay.html

I was mistaken thou, it's a $4 fee for payments less than $150, and a
_$40_ fee for payments above $150. As I said it's BS, I'm not sure if
it's illegal or not thou. I pay by check or cash

http://global.mastercard.com/my/consumer/cust_serv.html
http://usa.visa.com/media/business/e...erch_guide.pdf

Might have to look into this some more. It wouldn't be the first time
the university has illegally charged for services/fees. There was an
'electiriity' fee per credit that got overturn just a few qtrs back...