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Is a store's acceptance (or not) of credit cards really a factor in John Q Public's decision to shop there?


For me it is.

Just about everything I spend goes on my credit card. I currently have $17 cash in my wallet, the remnants of an initial $40 I put there about six months ago. On average I write two, maybe three checks a year. Everything else goes on the credit card.

I am fanatical about annotating and retaining my credit card statements, and I can show you hard evidence of where virtually every dime in the last 15 years has been spent.

A store that doesn't accept my credit card doesn't get my business. Period.

tanstaafl.
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